Israel accused of ramming Gaza aid ship (Former Dem Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney aboard!)

The London Guardian ^ | December 30, 2008 | Mark Tran

[Abathar]

Love to see it? I would PAY good money to see them sink that tramp freighter!

[TChris]

I would love to see a JMSDF destroyer put a 5” round right through the pilot house followed by a spread of torpedos or Harpoons.

I really like the whalers' solution of using a tracking boat to follow the Sea Shepherd around. It just radios the Sea Shepherd's position to the whalers so they can avoid the envirowhackos.

Simple. Effective. Legal.

[U.S.overallothers]

let’s review the situation:
1. Israel is at war with Hamas
2. you want to give aid to the injured palestinians...most likely Hamas gunmen
3. you’re trying to run an israeli navy blockade
4. you have McKinney onboard
5. israel is israel

knowing this why are you complaining

[U.S.overallothers]

let’s review the situation:
1. Israel is at war with Hamas
2. you want to give aid to the injured palestinians...most likely Hamas gunmen
3. you’re trying to run an israeli navy blockade
4. you have McKinney onboard
5. israel is israel

knowing this why are you complaining

[maica]

Interesting.... so this Paul Watson scumbag, who’s too far-out for Greenpeace...

...is so skilled at envirospeak that he has millions in donations rolling his way every year.

[jwparkerjr]

re: knowing this why are you complaining

I trust you are using the Papal “You” here. Goodness knows I’m not at a loss to understand what happened!

I would be tempted to impose a sort of tit for tat response to the rocket attacks. I would respond one for one. A rocket falls on Israeli territory, a bomb falls on Gaza. It’s not a fair fight though because the rockets have no control mechanisms, it’s just light the fuse and see where they go. I love the video the other day of one of the rockets going a mile or so horizontally and then falling onto Gaza soil. Although that does beg a question, does that rocket count in the tit for tat response or is it a wash since it fell on Gaza?

I really hope the Israelis have what it takes to see this thing through. They looked pretty good in the first days of the war two years ago, but then suddenly lost their nerve and it was a disaster.

[maica]

From Wikipedia: It [butyric acid] has also been used by Sea Shepherd to create stink bombs, and spoil whale meat.[3]

3. “Animal Planet on risky seas”, Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles), Los Angeles Times (March 24, 2008), p. E-11. Retrieved on 20 December 2008. “On this trip, the group tossed rancid butter on Japanese ships to make the decks slippery and to spoil whale meat, and diplomatic intervention was needed after two society members climbed aboard a Japanese ship.”

[jmcenanly]

rammed
What are the Israelis using for blockade duty these days?

[gardengirl]

That video is fantastic! Only way it would have been better was if the fishermen had “accidentally” sunk the gp ship!

[SunkenCiv]

oh, boo-effing-hoo. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

Widening range, rockets strike Beersheba kindergarten
The Jerusalem Post | Dec 31, 2008 | Yaakov Katz
Posted on 12/30/2008 5:15:38 PM PST by Uncle Miltie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156451/posts

Egyptians open fire on Palestinians
Google News | December 28, 2008 | Press Association
Posted on 12/28/2008 1:37:56 PM PST by SolidWood
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155297/posts

[SunkenCiv]

The Free Gaza Movement

Gaza is ruled by Hamas, so no, it's not free, and the FGM should be helping Israel overthrow it.

[pointsal]

WHO OWNS THE YACHT “DIGNITY”?

Just for kicks....Is anyone taking a tax deduction?

[nonliberal]

They should have rammed it with a live torpedo.

[nonliberal]

although no one was hurt

Dammit!

[eaglestar]

Here’s the Arctic Sunrise getting struck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCS_M2dSJpI

[Cheerio]

I bet we could raise enough to totally outfit the Israeli army! Poor Cynthia and no one was taking her picture, how sad.

I am surprised that Crawford ditch sitting witch wasn't with her. Didn't the two of the used to travel together with the same media circus tent?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

If the boat was still afloat, it wasn’t rammed. It was scratched.

Ramming is when the piece of leftist shit sinks in 30 seconds or less.

[Postman]

I’d put them in the brig for failing to sink it.

[Colorado Doug]

the Dignity carried three tonnes of medical supplies

That's a lot of "medical" supplies for less than 400 allegedly wounded.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I was flipping through the channels last week and caught part of "Whale Wars". Those folks are nuts! They actually broadcast the captain and his senior "officers" gloating about manipulating the press into creating a firestorm after their two nutcase crewmen boarded the Japanese whaler. If I was one of those Japanese crewmen whose ship had just been attacked with acid and smoke bombs and I suddenly found two of those attackers onboard, I would immediately suspect that they were attempting some sort of sabotage.

And then they showed the part where the captain was "shot" by someone on the processing ship. The bullet supposedly hit him in the chest, was slowed down by his kevlar, and finally stopped by the UN Marshall badge he had pinned to his t-shirt. The distance was almost two hundred feet in rough seas and only "one shot" was fired, so if it happened, it most likely would have been from a rifle, yet he didn't stagger at all, just looked down and shouted "I've been shot!" They rushed him inside, took the vest and shirt off, and revealed his pasty white chest with just a small cut from the broken badge. There wasn't any bruising or redness, just that small cut. I've been shot with low-powered paint balls and rubber bullets and I can tell you that they leave one heck of a bruise, even under body armor, so I can just imagine what a real bullet would do to a person. So I have to imagine that this was just a publicity stunt they pulled to try and gain some sympathy from the public.