Posted on 03/09/2009 4:05:54 AM PDT by gridlock
A humanitarian convoy led by maverick MP George Galloway carrying medical supplies for Gaza has come under attack in Egypt
The convoy, carrying aid worth £1 million, was pelted with stones and vandalised after it stopped in El-Arish, a small town around 28 miles from the Rafah border crossing with Gaza.
"It's an absolute disgrace,'' convoy organiser Yvonne Ridley told AFP. "The power was cut. Under cover of darkness members of our convoy were attacked with stones.
"Vandals also wrote dirty words and anti-Hamas slogans,'' she said. "Several people in the convoy were injured in the attack."
(snip)
"George Galloway is still in negotiations," said Ms Ridley. "What we have agreed to do is to separate the medical aid from the non-medical aid. The non-medical will go into Gaza via the Egyptian Red Crescent."
The convoy is expected to continue to Gaza today.
In early February, it was alleged that three Islamist terror suspects arrested in northwest England had planned to leave the country under cover of Mr Galloway's convoy. Intelligence sources said that the men were planning a terrorist operation abroad.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
It is when it’s George Galloway you’re talking about.
Egypt is primarily pro-Israel, anti-Hamas, believe it or not.
That last bit, about he suspected terrorists planning to use the convoy to leave the UK, was interesting. Maybe that is one of the reasons for the hostile reception. They already have enough of those, without importing them from Merry Ol’ England...
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy! /s
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy! /s
I did not know about anti-Hamas sentiment in Egypt. This is a good thing.
Of course, it is pretty easy to be anti-Hamas. A pretty low bar to clear. Yet somehow Galloway and his ilk fail to do so...
Not pro-Israel, anti Iran. Hamas is Iran’s baby.
maverick MP George Galloway
Kind of a reminder what being a maverick means.
Isn’t Galloway the jerk who came over here and showed us what a wuss he was, bad mouthing the Bush Administration and what we were doing in Iraq. Generally siding with the enemy on every point of doctrine.
I just noticed your typo in the headline.
When oh when is FR going to enter the 21st century and enable post editing?
I know FR is conservative and resists “Change” but this is getting ridiculous.
Keep in mind, Egypt was the first arab country to recognize Israel and its right to exist.
Exactly!
Galloway’s entire career has been based on treason.
Etypt?
Sorry about that. Time change and all that...
Treason is edgy!
What the hell? He was planning on facilitating the travel of terrorists with plans to attack the West (probably the US) and he’s still in the UK government. What the hell?
Apparently the English have the same problem we do with a significant portion of the voting public unable to deal with truth and reality.
Egypt’s entire economy is based on Western tourism. Every time there is a terrorist attack in the west, or violence flairs up in the middle east, Egypt’s economy suffers greatly. Tourism comes to a grinding halt as people cancel their trips. So both the government and the people are heavily invested in combating terrorism and have a very tangible interest in curbing islamic extremism.
Turn Gaza over to the Egyptians.
Apparently the English have the same problem we do with a significant portion of the voting public unable to deal with truth and reality.
Yeah, “mavericks” were always for state control of everything.
This is delicious! To be savored!
He’s also the ‘jerk’ that was laundering money for, and was in the payroll of, Saddam Hussein.
Wasn’t he also a great buddy of Yasser Arafat? Somehow when I hear Galloway mentioned, Yasser come to my mind as well.
He’s also the ‘jerk’ that was laundering money for, and was in the payroll of, Saddam Hussein.
...and still an MP, must have that Barney Frank thing all figured out, or some awfully stupid voters. Sure, a bit of both.
Bingo
http://www.vivapalestina.org official site - “Gaza exposes the hypocrisy, double standards and opportunism of the British media”
VIVAPALESTINA - 8 Mar 2009
Get the latest news and watch the latest TV interviews relating to the Gaza Convoy from the official http://www.vivapalestina.org site.
GAZA - WE ARE ALMOST THERE
As copied from George’s official MP website.
Misleading & disappointing headline - doesn’t say anything about Galloway being hit by rocks, though he certainly deserves it and more.
Sounds like a publicity stunt, IMHO.
You may be right about that.
However, I don’t see why Galloway would permit anybody to contradict his “Everybody Loves Hamas” tour.
Read it all ping.
Unless the message is: “Anyone who does not like Hamas is a mean-spirited vandal”.
I can certainly understand why reasonable people would be pro-Israel and anti-Hamas but these are Muslims, not reasonable people. Why are they anti-Hamas?
OBJECTION
He is not English he is a Scott, and is an MP in a constituency where shall we say the voters are a little bit (NOT ENGLISH) Care being taken because we can go to prison for free speech in this country. In Britain you can stand in the street as an ethnic and spout treason, if your English you cannot speak the truth or you get prosecuted.
This is a restriction you do not seem to have thrust upon you in America so have a heart when you judge us. And in fact it does not work in Britain as you seem to think. A party that polls a greater proportion of the vote does not win in the UK so please do not generalise about the Feelings of Brits. We are suffering the same as you in our leadership and its not popular here.
Obama was not popular with Brits prior to his election and in truth most people (contrary to what the press says) had not heard of him. Bush was popular as we saw him as an average Jo. We don’t care what you concluded from our leadership or the press. The powers that be in UK are considering ways to make the public vote and pay attention to Politics, so why do you imagine we would as a majority think about your. Less than half those entitled to vote in the UK do so. ITS CALLED APATHY.
Economics.
Did you add the word “medical” in the first sentence of the article as you pasted it here on FR or did the Times Online people edit their original article sometime after you pasted it here? Somehow I doubt that you would have had any reason to add it on your own, it is more likely that the original article was edited. The reason it caught my eye was that I was going to comment on how the article was misleading in the first sentence making you think that the convoy was carrying only medical supplies when later in the article it states that they separated the medical stuff from the non-medical stuff. The thing I found interesting about it was that they didn’t elaborate on what the ‘non-medical’ stuff was.
I did a direct cut-and-paste. TimesOnline must have edited after I posted it.
How interesting. You are absolutely right. They probably got comments back that they were contradicting themselves and corrected.
Galloway’s the chap that gave Arafat his AIDS.
Totally off.
The most popular political party in Egypt is the Muslim Brotherhood, which is very closely aligned with Hamas. The unpopular ruling party, led by President Mubarack, sees the Brotherhood as its main threat. So it strongly opposes Hamas (which is very different from being "pro-Israel"). But the vast majority of Egyptians are supportive of Hamas, their government's position to the contrary notwithstanding.
Thanks, I needed a smile this morning.
Took one between the eyes, I hope.
And you know this from your personal travels in Egypt...?
The headline exaggerates, hypes and is misleading. His convoy was stoned.
Regardless, maybe this crazy communist will finally realize that the jihadis hate him because he is British. Maybe he will wake up one day and say “these bloodthirsty savage barbarians hate me and want to kill me. Maybe Western Civilization is right after all”
Don’t hold your breath waiting.
It sounds like Galloway’s cries of “Peace in our time” are being recognized for what they truly are...
Yes to our shame he is voted in by the rag heads in his constituency.
But all governments have them, your President is having a guest into the White House that I would have shot down on sight and would have been decorated for doing so, a gentleman by the name of Martin McGuinness.
And if you ever become devious enough to outwit a politician,.....you have become one yourself.
Galloway Argument: Peace In Our Time
Mob Counter-Argument: Rock
I have to say, the mob won that debate, hands down!
The people throwing the stones are obviously not “progressives”.
For them it is.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving fellow.
Agreed.
Some politicians - and it appears that Galloway is this kind - cannot see themselves as important unless they are in the headlines. Bereft of noticeable talent, they resort to outrageousness in lieu of accomplishment.
In many circles, such people are known by the brutally honest sobriquet “attention whore”.
How’s Gridlock this fine morning?
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