Video of what actually happened on the “humanitarian” ship:
Arutz Sheva has three videos of the incident.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137798
JPost
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177040
Video Shows Flotilla Extremists’ Incitement
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137799
by Israel NN News/PMW
Gaza flotilla extremists created a war atmosphere before attacking Israeli Navy commandoes, according to documented video footage translated by Palestinian Media Watch.
Several of the extremists shouted the common Islamic chant, “[Remember] Khaibar, Khaibar, oh Jews! The army of Mohammed will return!” according to video footage on Al Jazeera television and translated by PMW.
Khaibar is the name of the last Jewish village defeated by Mohammed’s army in 628, PMW explained. Many Jews were killed in the battle, which marked the end of Jewish presence in Arabia, and there are Muslims who see that as a precursor to future wars against Jews.
“The chant is often heard as a threat to Jews to expect to be defeated and killed again by Muslims,” PMW added.
Al-Jazeera also interviewed a woman who said that the flotilla participants’ goal was “one of two happy endings: either Martyrdom or reaching Gaza.”
Following is the transcript from Al-Jazeera TV as translated by PMW:
Reporter: “Despite the Israeli threats and several unexpected delays, the arrival of the ships at the meeting point before sailing to the Gaza Strip inflamed the emotions and the enthusiasm of the participants.
While singing songs reminiscent of the Intifada, participants expressed their longing to reach Gaza.
A participant: “Right now we face one of two happy endings: either Martyrdom or reaching Gaza.” [
Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV chose to glorify flotilla participants who shouted the Islamic battle cry by broadcasting an interview with a university lecturer from Sanaa, Dr. Abd Al-Fatah Shayyeq Naaman, who said, “Yesterday I followed the news agencies and they conveyed Zionist threats to stop the convoy and prevent it from entering Gaza; on the other side, those with faith and will, once again call out upon hearing the reports of the threats: ‘[Remember] Khaibar, Khaibar, oh Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!’”
“Free Gaza’ activists said before boarding the flotilla they would not use any violence, but Al-Jazeera reported that before the confrontation, the flotilla’s leaders announced that they would use “Mukawama,’ the Arabic word for resistance and often used as a euphemism to refer to all violence against Israel, including suicide terror.
They should have pulled their commandos off the ship, making liberal use of aerial firepower to support them. Then had the missile boats sink the SOB.
British Airways has apologized for a picture in a company magazine that showed a boarding pass in the name of Osama bin Laden.
The company said Thursday that the image of the fake boarding pass appeared in LHR News, a biweekly publication for British Airways employees at London Heathrow airport.
"A mistake was made and we are working to find out how this occurred. Apologies for the error," British Airways said in Twitter messages replying to Tweeters who raised the issue.
I-19 in Arizona closed due to suspicious vehicle
Officers with the Department of Public Safety are investigating a suspicious vehicle on I-19 at Palo Parado Road which has prompted the closing of the Interstate.
Officer Mehr with DPS says that the incident involves a suspicious vehicle on the Interstate between Nogales and Tucson, southbound traffic is not restricted however northbound traffic has been closed. Units from the officers explosive ordnance team are also enroute to the scene.
Snip: During 2009, El Paso EMS made 50,779 calls, of which 898 (1.8%) were to the four border crossings. Of these 898 calls, 455 (50.7%%) met the alert criteria. Review of the alerts led to final diagnoses being requested for 86 (9.6%) patients. Reportable infectious diseases were identified in nine (10.5%) of the 86 patients, including pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (five cases), coccidiodomycosis, Legionnaires disease, and invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae; nonreportable infectious diseases (e.g., urinary tract infection, bronchitis, osteomyelitis) were identified in 31 (36.0%); and a noninfectious condition in 46 (53.5%) (Table). Reportable infectious diseases were clustered in the fall, coinciding with the H1N1 epidemic (Figure).
During the same period, 295 notifications in QARS involved the jurisdiction of the El Paso Quarantine Station. Of these, 27 (9.1%) were from CPB officers at the four POEs covered by El Paso EMS. Among those 27 patients, two (7.4%) had reportable infectious diseases (tuberculosis, Hansen disease), 15 (55.6%) had nonreportable infectious diseases, and 10 (37.0%) had noninfectious conditions. Only two (2.3%) of the 86 travelers for whom a final diagnosis was requested and none of the nine patients with reportable infectious diseases were reported to the El Paso Quarantine Station by CBP.