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Israel accused of ramming Gaza aid ship (Former Dem Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney aboard!)
The London Guardian ^ | December 30, 2008 | Mark Tran

Posted on 12/30/2008 5:47:23 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Activists trying to bring aid to Gaza today claimed their boat had been rammed by Israeli gunboats in a "criminal attack" in international waters.

The Free Gaza Movement said its vessel, the Dignity, was intercepted by several Israeli vessels as it was heading to the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli aerial bombardment since Saturday.

One gunboat rammed the Dignity on the port bow side, causing heavy damage, although no one was hurt, the group said.

"[The Dignity] is taking on water and appears to have engine problems," the movement said on its website. "When attacked, the Dignity was clearly in international waters, 90 miles off the coast of Gaza.

"The gunboats also fired their machine guns into the water in an attempt to stop the mercy ship from getting to Gaza.

"Israel thumbs its nose in the face of maritime law by attacking a human rights boat in international waters and has put all of these human rights observers at risk.

"At no time was the Dignity ever close to Israeli waters. They clearly identified themselves and the Israeli attack was willful and criminal."

The group said the attack took place as the Dignity carried three tonnes of medical supplies at the request of doctors in Gaza.

The crew and passengers were hoping to treat some of those injured in four days of the Israeli air strikes, with hospitals in the territory overwhelmed.

The Dignity is still in international waters, 40 miles off Haifa, and is making its way slowly to Lebanon. The ship flies the flag of Gibraltar, is piloted by an English captain and its passenger list includes Cynthia McKinney, a former US congresswoman.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cynthiamckinney; democrats; gaza; gazastrip; haha; hamas; israel; israelinavy; mckinney; operationcastlead; peacecreeps; shouldasunkit
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You can buy pizza for troops


81 posted on 12/30/2008 7:11:51 AM PST by Flavius
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To: gardengirl
"Great pic, but who gets the shoes?! LOL"


82 posted on 12/30/2008 7:13:57 AM PST by musicman
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To: eleni121
"Who are the dudes sitting there?"

They smell Russian to me.

83 posted on 12/30/2008 7:14:54 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Yikes! That’s one scary woman. I’d definitely hit it...with an Israeli gunboat.


84 posted on 12/30/2008 7:17:11 AM PST by GBA
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She is the gift that keeps on giving.


85 posted on 12/30/2008 7:19:32 AM PST by DemonDeac
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To: musicman

Are you equating the former Congresswoman with a fuzzy hoe?

The nerve!

(heh heh heh)


86 posted on 12/30/2008 7:19:48 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Women were treated like livestock by Mohammad, so Allah must want women treated like cows forever.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
To the moon Cynthia!


87 posted on 12/30/2008 7:19:54 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
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To: F15Eagle
Some people have nothing to do at home, like cook, clean ect ect. Does Cynthia work? I guess my taxes made another useless American rich.
88 posted on 12/30/2008 7:20:33 AM PST by angcat ("When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe".)
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To: gardengirl

from Wikipedia:
Paul Watson (born December 2, 1950) is the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and a significant figure in the environmental movement and animal rights movement. He was named by Time Magazine in 2000 as one of its Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century.[1]
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In 1977, Watson was expelled from the Greenpeace’s board of directors by a vote of 11 to 1 (Watson himself cast the single vote against it). The group felt his strong, “front and center” personality and frequently voiced opposition to Greenpeace’s interpretation of “nonviolence” were too divisive. Watson subsequently left the group. The group has since labeled his actions at the time as those of a “mutineer” within their ranks. That same year, he founded his own group, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.


89 posted on 12/30/2008 7:26:07 AM PST by maica (Barack Obama is a Weathermen Project.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They’ll have to ride her hair to shore!


90 posted on 12/30/2008 7:26:52 AM PST by skipper18
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To: musicman

ROTFLMAO

My New Year’s resolution—I am going to learn to photoshop and post pics!


91 posted on 12/30/2008 7:26:56 AM PST by gardengirl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Activists trying to bring aid to Gaza today claimed their boat had been rammed by Israeli gunboats in a "criminal attack" in international waters.

WHAT? Israel didn't blow it out of the water?

Shame on them.

92 posted on 12/30/2008 7:28:45 AM PST by The Anti-One (So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.)
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To: maica

Time magazine? Hero?

Ping ping ping.

Greenpeace kicked him out? BWAHAHA That pretty much sums it up.


93 posted on 12/30/2008 7:30:34 AM PST by gardengirl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The boat has made it back to Lebanon. Gaza protest boat sails into Lebanon From the article,

.......Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said the boat had ignored an Israeli radio order to turn back early Tuesday.

Palmor says the boat tried to outmaneuver an Israeli navy ship and crashed into it, lightly damaging both vessels. The navy then escorted the boat out into the territorial waters of Cyprus............


Guess who else was on board?

..........."We have sadness in our hearts that we could not reach our people in Gaza but we will continue the journey until we meet them," said Sami al-Hajj, among the activists on board. Al-Hajj, a cameraman for the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera Television, spent six years in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay before being freed earlier this year.........
95 posted on 12/30/2008 7:33:06 AM PST by Girlene
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To: The Anti-One

and that’s what’s wrong with this story imo. If Israel had wanted to sink this boat they would have done so and mz Cindy would be under arrest.
If it happened as the “dignity” crew reported they would have it on video since this was an attention seeking cruise.


96 posted on 12/30/2008 7:35:36 AM PST by CindyDawg (Lord, please bless America)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL!


97 posted on 12/30/2008 7:36:17 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I assume McKinney’s hair doubles as a flotation device.


98 posted on 12/30/2008 7:38:39 AM PST by KingSnorky
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To: ExTexasRedhead

“Typical Liberal puke on the wrong side of any war. All Liberals and the media side with America’s enemies. Now, that’s something to be proud, don’t ya think?’


I don’t think they consider themselves to be Americans.

They just use and abuse America and take advantage of

her.


99 posted on 12/30/2008 7:43:32 AM PST by unkus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

NICE


100 posted on 12/30/2008 7:47:31 AM PST by peace with honor
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