So I’m figuring the ETA 0600 BST to be 0100 EDT? Would that be about right?
Your figuring is good, Zack Attack, as the following report is 6 hours old.
Rachel Corrie arrives at Ashdod Port Saturday afternoon accompanied by Navy ships; senior official says peace activists did not show resistance, offered ladder to IDF soldiers boarding vessel .
Amnon Meranda
Latest Update: 06.05.10, 19:24
The Rachel Corrie ship, with 19 Irish activists and a Malaysian crew on board, entered the Ashdod Port Saturday afternoon accompanied by Navy ships.
Earlier Saturday, Navy commandoes raided the commandeered the ship in a peaceful operation and without any injuries. A senior IDF official said that activists on the ship displayed no resistance and even offered a ladder to the soldiers. He added that the army utilized electronic shielding to paralyze communications on the seized vessel.
Navy officials earlier attempted to convince the ship's crew to change its course and head to Ashdod, but the activists refused all offers. Navy officials earlier attempted to convince the ship's crew to change its course and head to Ashdod, but the activists refused all offers.
"We pledged that all the equipment they're bringing in, including the cement, would be handed over to the Strip, and that they would be allowed to accompany the goods all the way to the border crossings," the Navy official said. "We said the cement would be handed over to the United Nations or to official organizations to ensure it is used for civilian means."
...Police officials said the activists on the Rachel Corrie did not commit any offences, did not offer resistance, and reached understandings with the IDF, and for that reason will be treated leniently. The activists were expected to be interrogated and later taken to an Immigration Authority facility in Holon, near Tel Aviv.