Posted on 07/04/2009 10:08:11 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy
Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney, who is in an Israeli jail for trying to take humanitarian aid to Gaza, says the White House has done nothing to secure her release.
Speaking to Press TV from inside the Israeli jail, she said US taxpayers paid for Israel's 22-day war on the Gaza Strip.
“Operation Cast Lead was made possible by the US taxpayers' gift to the Israeli war machine in the form of F16s, helicopters gunship, white phosphorous, depleted uranium, cluster bombs and anything that kills," she told Press TV from inside the Israeli jail on Saturday.
McKinney has been in Israeli custody since Tuesday when she and 20 other humanitarian activists were arrested by the Israeli Navy while trying to take humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.
She also criticized US President Barack Obama and his special envoy for their policies in the region, saying she was seeking to do what "neither President Obama nor his special envoy has done and that is to visit Gaza in the aftermath of Operation Cast Lead."
McKinney along with her group refused to sign a document admitting they violated Israel's blockade soon after they were taken to custody.
Family, friends and supporters say Cynthia McKinney believed she was in international waters and was free to pass.
"The Israelis hijacked us because we wanted to give crayons to the children of Gaza," McKinney said.
They are due to appear in an Israeli court on Sunday.
Exactly
WP is low tech stuff. If we furnished none to Israel, they would be able to produce it themselves without a problem.
Yup...
"Do you know who I am...?"
S’ok, Sling. I’ve been up too long anyway but Cynbat is the gift that keeps on giving.
“Do you know who I am...?”
“Hi, Ah’m Buh-Weet. Amembah me?”
BTDT. Hope you had a great 4th and get to sleep in today.
I can see the personal add now: Flat Stanley type seeks flat Cynthia type. I like running blockades; finger sticking in other’s eyes; long walks on the West Bank and new settlements. Travel no problem.
What??? Israel has no capital punishment? Now that is truly a bummer. I dont know what kind of hard labor she could do when all she does is bitch and whine.
I covered this disgrace to her race and sex years ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669149/posts
The McKinney Files
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/741480/posts
Jihad Cindy? McKinney won’t go quietly... indeed, she may not go away at all...
and her dear old Dad:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/737406/posts
Billy McKinney- show him the door next?
As one wag ( somewhere in all the links & replies ) put it,
“Her list of contributors reads like the Baghdad phone directory...”
( Loads of Arabic names, and tons of out of state contributions. )
Don’t we have diplomatic relations with some canibal tribe? We could give this woman to them as foreign aid.
Sorry Charlie...They don't want Congresswomen with bad taste, and they darned sure don't want...
*snicker*
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McKinney didn't get the message from "brother" O-Bammy that America doesn't "meddle" in the affairs of sovereign countries!
You gotta love it!
STE=Q
It'll give her something else to spin besides her pro-terrorist propaganda.
Leni
A hunger strike. That's the ticket. Start a hunger strike. We'll get back to you in a couple of months.
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