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Irish aid boat 'will break Gaza blockade' (Uh-huh, sure)
AFP/Free Malaysia Today ^
| 6/4/2010
Posted on 06/04/2010 8:12:07 AM PDT by markomalley
DUBLIN: An Irish aid boat steaming towards Gaza still plans to break the Israeli blockade, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who is on board vowed today, saying its passengers and crew "are not afraid".
The MV Rachel Corrie should be within 40 kilometres of the coast of the Palestinian territory by early tomorrow, Mairead Maguire told Ireland's RTE state radio.
"We don't have contact with the Israelis and the Israelis haven't contacted anyone on board this boat, but we are all fully committed to sailing the boat to Gaza," she said by satellite phone.
"We do know that one of the suggestions that seems to be coming is Israel thinks that we would take this boat and its cargo to Ashdod. But we have no intention of going to Ashdod which is in Israel.
"We started out to deliver this cargo to the people of Gaza and to break the siege of Gaza, that is what we want to do."
(Excerpt) Read more at freemalaysiatoday.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: rachelcorrie; saintpancake; stpancake
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Sure, you will.
Only if Israel decides to let you do so.
To: markomalley
To: markomalley
I hope they like the taste of sea water.
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:13:31 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
To: markomalley
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:13:33 AM PDT
by
Dengar01
To: markomalley
“Irish aid boat ‘will break Gaza blockade”
Israel has subs. Use them.
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:13:47 AM PDT
by
Grunthor
To: Irisshlass
I agree. That is the legal remedy for blockade runners.
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:14:37 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(If he could have taxed it, Obama's hole would have been plugged by now.)
To: markomalley
The MV Rachel Corrie should be within 40 kilometres of the coast of the Palestinian territory by early tomorrow The Israeli government should not waffle on the issue of border security.
To: Irisshlass
Sink her!If they do, I hope Bono is on board.
To: markomalley
Breaking a naval blockade is an act of war.
To: Paleo Conservative
I want them to get the biggest jar of maple syrup and dump it on the boat, I think that would be “poetic” justice.
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:15:56 AM PDT
by
Dengar01
To: markomalley
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:16:43 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: markomalley
Then again..............
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:16:56 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson)
To: markomalley
Someone should invite these Irishmen to the coast of South Carolina to scuba dive on the wrecks of all of the English ships that were sunk trying to run the Union blockade of the Confederacy back in the Civil War.
Next thing you know, they'll try to run the blockade with aircraft...
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:17:30 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(Gov. Chris Christie (R) won the NJ-6 held by Rep. Frank Pallone (D) by a 15.5% margin!)
To: markomalley
saying its passengers and crew "are not afraid". There's nothing to be afraid of. ...as long as they don't ambush Israeli sailors. If they have food/aid aboard then Israel will deliver the goods. ...like they always do. But the propaganda hounds aboard the Rachel Corrie will NOT bust the blockade, of that we can be sure.
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:17:48 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: markomalley
Nobel Peace Prize winner who is on board vowed today, saying its passengers and crew "are not afraid". If the ship is carrying legal cargo and not weapons for Hamas, there's nothing to be afraid of, but Israel should and will board her.
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:19:11 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
To: markomalley
I hope they get blown out of the water! They’re begging for it.
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:19:22 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(I Miss Ronald Reagan!)
To: markomalley
Have you taken care of your will idiot..Big man, wanting to be a terrorist hero..
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:20:03 AM PDT
by
PLD
(be)
To: markomalley
To: markomalley
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:22:00 AM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(I said free association. Not freely associate.)
To: markomalley
“An Irish aid boat”
A flat-top?
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