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Irish ship the Rachel Corrie is due to arrive in Gaza
BBC ^
| June 4, 2010
| Staff
Posted on 06/04/2010 4:33:12 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
The Irish aid ship, MV Rachel Corrie, is expected to arrive in Gazan territorial waters at about 0900 local time (0600 BST) on Saturday.
Israel's foreign minister has said it will not be allowed to dock there and so far the crew have had no communication with the Israeli navy.
...Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire is on board the Rachel Corrie.
On Friday night the Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin said he had reached agreement with the Israeli government to allow the vessel dock in the Israeli port of Ashdod, but it is believed that the activists declined the offer.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: corrie; flotilla; gaza; ireland; israel; maguire; maireadmaguire; rachelcorrie
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To: Bean Counter
Fly-in pancake breakfast.
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posted on
06/04/2010 5:57:17 PM PDT
by
Hillbillary
(I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: La Enchiladita
Why are these “humanitarians” such dupes for Islamic terrorists?
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posted on
06/04/2010 5:58:04 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Forty years of electing leftist fools to Congress have culminated in Nancy Pelosi.)
To: La Enchiladita
Hope nobody backs over it for a change.
Pray for America
43
posted on
06/04/2010 5:58:42 PM PDT
by
bray
(No You Don't!)
To: La Enchiladita
I didn’t know bulldozers float.
To: KC_Conspirator
In the past 10 -15 years, Ireland has become real hotbed for America Haters. What happened there?
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:21:53 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: La Enchiladita
So I’m figuring the ETA 0600 BST to be 0100 EDT? Would that be about right?
To: La Enchiladita
I wonder if it is a flatbottom boat....
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:33:55 PM PDT
by
ejonesie22
(Christians: Stand for Christ or stand aside...)
To: Hillbillary
"Fly-in pancake breakfast."
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:34:21 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout hearts...)
To: La Enchiladita
...Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire is on board the Rachel Corrie. Do they teach you how to swim at Nobel Peace Prize school?
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:37:26 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
To: Bean Counter
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:37:30 PM PDT
by
Hillbillary
(I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: La Enchiladita
The problem with Rachel Corrie (as well as any jokes about her), is that she just ran out of steam and then fell flat.
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:37:33 PM PDT
by
Category Four
(Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
To: Spok
Loving referred to here at FR as "The Good Ship IHOP."
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:38:41 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
To: Secret Agent Man
European guilt-ridden liberal human shields. They think their presence will do something. Remember how it went when this same bunch wanted to be human shields for Saddam Hussein?
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:40:44 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
To: La Enchiladita
OMG, I’ve been so darned angry, depressed, and stressed lately. Reading this hilarious thread made me laugh and laugh and laugh. The rest of the family came running to see what on earth could make mama laugh so heartily. They read the thread and are now hooting too. Thanks to all of you for making this family’s day.
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posted on
06/04/2010 7:03:56 PM PDT
by
publana
(Time to go Galt.)
To: flaglady47
Yeah, they learn fast and the last operation didn’t go so well from a PR point of view. I was thinking that a cable with very small (painted black) floats, with “danglers” hanging off at some interval.
Of course it would have to be high strength but reasonably small diameter steel, say 1/2”. Stretch it out in front of the boat under cover of night or out of easy visual range, at the blockade point. Then watch it strip the propellers off when the run over it and it wraps the drive shafts and props. No one gets hurt and they get to float around and think about it.. Apparently they have enough supplies to live off of, unless of course they’re stuck with “fried RPG” and “Baked Kevlar”.
To: La Enchiladita
Do the Israelies have a bulldozer version of a mine sweeping ship to interdict it?
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
06/04/2010 7:20:25 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
To: GeronL
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posted on
06/04/2010 7:22:18 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
06/04/2010 7:25:51 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
To: cripplecreek
lol.
I think I just got deja vu
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posted on
06/04/2010 7:36:20 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
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