FEBRUARY 2011 : (IRELAND : LIBYAN MAHDI AL HARATI LEAVES FOR LIBYA AT THE OUTSET OF THE LIBYAN "ARAB SPRING" ------- See GAZA FLOTILLA / MAVI MARMARA) Prior to the Libyan rebellion against Qaddafi, al-Harati was living in exile in Ireland. He is reported to have returned to Libya in February, at the very outset of the uprising. On his own account, barely eight months earlier he participated in the “Free Gaza” flotilla aboard the Mavi Marmara. -------Libyan Rebel Commander: I Was on the Mavi Marmara, nationalreview.com ^ | 12-28-11 | John Rosenthal , http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2826083/posts, Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 6:27:23 PM by bayouranger
This "Libyan rebel commander" was on the very boat whose "peaceful" passengers attacked israeli commandoes as they came aboard to search for blockade busting items such as weapons destined for Hamas.
Just for the record, the most of the perps who launched the attack on the Israelis on board this vessel belonged to the group IHH. The IHH is a Turkish terror group that bombed some historic sites in Turkey associated with Ataturk and worked against the previous secular government, before Obama's buddy Erdogan came to power. Edogan as we know has arrested a number of secular Turkish generals and officers.
Also on board that vessel were Obama's friends from Code Pink.
The Obama admin's terrorist denial syndrome is getting old.
IHH's Deep, Longstanding Terror Ties
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News ^ | June 8, 2010 | n/a
Posted on 06/10/2010 3:22:46 AM PDT by Cindy
IPT News June 9, 2010
SNIPPET: "The Turkish-based charity that helped drive last week's deadly confrontation with Israeli commandos has deep ties to Hamas and other terrorist groups. The Hamas ties are not in question. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and IHH officials simply do not acknowledge that Hamas is a terrorist group."
SNIPPET: "U.S. officials have expressed concern over the fact that "IHH representatives have met with senior Hamas officials in Turkey, Syria, and Gaza over the past three years," but IHH is not a designated terrorist organization in the United States.
It's fair to ask, why not?" SNIPPET: "Hamas is a designated terrorist organization in the U.S...." SNIPPET: "The U.S. Treasury has designated an umbrella organization of which IHH is part due to its fund-raising activities on behalf of Hamas and Hamas-controlled organizations in the West Bank and Gaza. The Union of Good is a collection of charities run by Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi. .......
According to the Spanish daily ABC, a Libyan rebel commander who played a key role in overthrowing the rule of Muammar Qaddafi previously participated in the May 2010 attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza aboard the Turkish-owned vessel the Mavi Marmara. The operation famously culminated in a deadly clash between Israel Defense Force commandos and “activists” armed with iron rods and knives aboard the ship. ....According to his December 17 article, ABC correspondent Daniel Iriarte unexpectedly ran into al-Harati and two other Libyan associates of Belhadj in Syria, where the Spanish journalist was working on a story on the “Free Syrian Army,” the recently formed rebel force that aims to overthrow Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. ------ Libyan Rebel Commander: I Was on the Mavi Marmara, nationalreview.com ^ | 12-28-11 | John Rosenthal Posted on 12/28/2011 3:27:23 PM PST by bayouranger
No reason to think Libya diplomats might need good American security.../s
The Marxist’s friends from Code Pink...
I remember Bernadine Dorn and her spouse, Bill Ayres, were on a flotilla, but this is not the same one, right?