Irish ship the Rachel Corrie is due to arrive in Gaza

BBC ^ | June 4, 2010 | Staff

[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.

[GeronL]

Of course, did you really think they would tell the truth?

[Impy]

This ship a garbage trow?

[KC_Conspirator]

Ireland mostly loves Americans. However, the Irish Leftists have made huge headlines in the past few years. Irish Leftists are bat$hit crazy.

[Clintonfatigued]

LOL, no, Rachel Cory was a central character on the soap “One Life To Live,” which I briefly watched in the early 1990’s.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

That Irish involvement smells too much like IRA busybodies. All their 'fight for Irish independence' BS provided cover for all the other bad pies they've had their fingers in. Am curious to see who is bankrolling them since the Soviet Union flopped over. Interesting how they changed some tunes after the old KGB money dried up. Perhaps the jihadis are providing a steady paycheck these days.

 

 

 

[La Enchiladita]

Am curious to see who is bankrolling

As the saying goes, "Follow the money." Aye. There was a blog post online saying Malysia funded them but had no documentation for it. I did find this: Malaysians arrive in Jordan after Israel deported them.

Remember, also, there are IRA ties with Libya and Qaddafi.

[lapsus calami]

 

Remember, also, there are IRA ties with Libya and Qaddafi.

 

Of course. Those were some of the "bad pies" I was obliquely referencing.

 

Appreciate the net link.

 

 

[domeika]

The Israelis should lay pipelines on the blockade line to release compressed air. Any ship trying to sail through it would hit the bottom like a rock with all hands.