Israel raid on Gaza flotilla was a premeditated 'terrorist attack', say Turkish organizer

Report drafted by IHH, the Turkish NGO which spearheaded the May 31 flotilla, calls says IDF deadly takeover 'an attack against all humanity and peace'.

The Israel Navy's deadly takeover of a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip was a pre-mediated "terrorist" attack motivated by hostility, the Turkish NGO that organized the convoy wrote in a special report released on Tuesday.

"Israel exhibited an example of illegal action by stopping the attempts for breaking the embargo in Gaza which is a collective punishment of Palestinians," according to the report compiled by IHH regarding the May 31 raid on the Mavi Marmara, which left nine Turkish activists dead.

"The Israeli navy, including hundreds of fully geared up soldiers with faces painted camouflage carrying guns in assault boats, battle ships, submarines and military helicopters carried out a terrorist attack towards the ship Mavi Marmara in international waters," the report said.

While all six ships comprising the flotilla were in someway affected by the raid,according to the report the passengers aboard the Mavi Marmara were directly subjected to live fire. In its report, the IHH accused the IDF soldiers of having "started killing unarmed civilian humanitarian aid volunteers by directly opening fire on them. Obviously, current Israeli government performed a planned terrorist attack to kill out of nothing but hostility." ...

1 posted on 06/29/2010 8:45:14 AM PDT by honestabe010

OK, then what were the passengers/crew of the vessels doing with metal bars, knives, and small arms? I guess they were taking pre-emptive and premeditated steps to defend themselves against a premeditated terrorist attack? Mind boggling prescience.

2 posted on 06/29/2010 8:50:03 AM PDT by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)

I agree, any military enforcing a blockade has plans to deal with those that break it. Go Israel!

3 posted on 06/29/2010 8:52:32 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)

Israel raid on Gaza flotilla was a premeditated ‘terrorist attack’... uh huh, interesting perspective nimrod - a “premeditated attack” that required your active participation.

4 posted on 06/29/2010 9:26:31 AM PDT by Common Sense 101

So where’s AmANutJob’s flotilla that was supplosedly en route a couple weeks ago?

5 posted on 06/29/2010 10:19:49 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo

To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...

He’s got a good head for business, if by business we mean a single shot at close range.

6 posted on 06/29/2010 3:19:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)

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