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Gaza flotilla: 2 dead, dozens injured in navy boarding
JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST ^ | 05/31/2010 07:00 | By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ

Posted on 05/30/2010 9:42:20 PM PDT by Cindy

"Gaza flotilla: 2 dead, dozens injured in navy boarding." By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ 05/31/2010 07:00

SNIPPET: "Passengers tried to wrest weapons from soldiers, Army Radio reports; Turkish leadership in emergency meeting to discuss response to attack at sea.

Passengers tried to grab weapons away from soldiers boarding the Gaza protest flotilla, starting the violence, Army Radio reported Tuesday morning, responding to accusations that Israeli commandos assaulted the ships guns blazing."

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To: Cindy

I fully support Israel in this, and our present boy-President needs to chose his words carefully. Israel is under the gun 24/7/365, and it’s time we acknowledged that as a nation.

Over the last decade or two, we have acted as enablers of the Palestinian terrorists more often than not. And this even after our president said no terrorist on earth would be safe from our campaign against them after 09/11.

It’s time to put some teeth in that, and demand our allies do likewise.


61 posted on 05/31/2010 11:56:51 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (J. D. Hayworth, the next Senator, the Great State of Arizona - Sen. Poopdeck, Panama is calling...)
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UPDATE:

Video with captions as the incident progresses. (No sound.)

Video - Description - quote:

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

Close-Up Footage of Mavi Marmara Passengers Attacking IDF Soldiers

idfnadesk — May 31, 2010 — Video taken by IDF naval boat shows the passengers of the Mavi Marmara, one of the ships in the ‘Free Gaza’ Flotilla, violently attacking IDF soldiers who were trying to board the ship after having sent repeated requests for the boat to change course.

Large groups of passengers surrounded soldiers and beat them with metal poles and chairs, and threw one soldier over the side of the ship. Some passengers grabbed pistols from the IDF soldiers and opened fire. As a result of the attacks, seven IDF soldiers were injured, and nine of the passengers were killed.

The ‘Free Gaza’ Flotilla had publicly insisted on their non-violent intentions, however their violent attack on the IDF soldiers was clearly premeditated. They had knives, metal rods, firebombs and other items ready to use.
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IDF Israel Mavi Marmara passangers free gaza hamas ihh turkey violence pistols flotilla


62 posted on 05/31/2010 1:42:36 PM PDT by Cindy
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Previously...

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/hamas_e108.pdf

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http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e108.htm

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
May 30, 2010

“The Flotilla to the Gaza Strip – Update”
(As of 1400 hours, May 30, 2010)


63 posted on 05/31/2010 1:46:14 PM PDT by Cindy
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Quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/readout-presidents-call-with-prime-minister-netanyahu-israel

Home • Briefing Room • Statements & Releases

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 31, 2010
Readout of the President’s Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel

“This morning between 10:00 and 10:15 AM CDT, the President spoke by phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu. He said he understood the Prime Minister’s decision to return immediately to Israel to deal with today’s events. They agreed to reschedule their meeting at the first opportunity. The President expressed deep regret at the loss of life in today’s incident, and concern for the wounded, many of whom are being treated in Israeli hospitals. The President also expressed the importance of learning all the facts and circumstances around this morning’s tragic events as soon as possible.”


64 posted on 05/31/2010 1:48:35 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897076,00.html

“Israel to UN: Flotilla participants not peace activists”

Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 05.31.10, 23:24 / Israel News

SNIPPET: “The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday evening, less than 24 hours after the deadly naval raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.”

SNIPPET: “Carmon continued to say, “What kind of Humanitarian activists demand to bypass the United Nations, the Red Cross, and other internationally recognized agencies? What kind of peace activists use knives, clubs and other weapons to attack soldiers who board a ship in accordance with international law? What kind of Humanitarian activists, some with known terrorist history, embrace Hamas, a terrorist organization that openly shuns a two state solution and calls for Israel destruction, defying conditions set by the international community and the Quartet? The answer is clear: they are not peace activists; they are not messengers of good will. They cynically use a humanitarian platform to send a message of hate and to implement violence.”

“Let me remind the Council that a state of armed conflict exists between Israel and the Hamas terrorist regime controlling Gaza. Let me remind the Council that rockets and mortars are still being launched by Hamas and others toward southern Israel. Let me remind the council that Gaza is occupied by terrorists that ousted the PA in a violent coup, and that arms are continuously being smuggled, including by sea. Let me stress that a maritime blockade is a legitimate and recognized measure under international law that may be implemented as part of an armed conflict at sea,” he added.

The Israeli official said the radical Turkish IHH organization, one of the primary organizers of the flotilla, announced just prior to boarding “we are going to resist and resistance will win.””


65 posted on 05/31/2010 1:53:48 PM PDT by Cindy
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ADDING to post no. 64:

NOTE The following text is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897084,00.html

Obama discusses Mideast state with Canadian PM
Published: 05.31.10, 23:28 / Israel News

US President Barack Obama held a phone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the two discussed current affairs in the Middle East following the IDF raid on the Gaza sail. The conversation was held shortly after Harper met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Ottawa. (AFP)


66 posted on 05/31/2010 1:56:16 PM PDT by Cindy
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If the Israelis had come to the ship with “guns blazing” wouldn’t all the pali sympathizers be friggin’ dead?????? The “peace convoy” was a sham, is a sham and will remain a sham. Losers all.


67 posted on 05/31/2010 1:58:52 PM PDT by hal ogen ($10 (I think) amounts through the internet from all over the world.)
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http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=177053

“Report: ‘Youths attack Nazareth police station’”
By JPOST.COM STAFF
05/31/2010 22:22

SNIPPET: “The youths were protesting the deaths of nine pro-Gaza activists during the Navy commando’s storming of the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara.”


68 posted on 05/31/2010 1:59:02 PM PDT by Cindy
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69 posted on 05/31/2010 1:59:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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and in France...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897056,00.html

“Paris: 2,000 protest flotilla deaths”
Reuters
Published: 05.31.10, 22:19 / Israel News

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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137794

Published: 05/31/10, 4:05 PM / Last Update: 05/31/10, 6:56 PM
“Head of Anti-Semitism Watchdog Group Targeted in France”
by Maayana Miskin

SNIPPET: “The arson was “an anti-Semitic attack and intimidation,” Ghozlan said. He told the European Jewish Press that he had not received any threats prior to the attack, and that no individual or organization has claimed responsibility.

Ghozlan, a retired French police captain, heads the Bureau National de Vigilance Contre l’Antisémitisme (National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism). He aims to protect Jews in neighborhoods known for anti-Semitic violence by ensuring that attacks are reported.

He has also pushed police to look into anti-Semitism as a motive for attacks on Jews, and has drawn attention to anti-Semitic incitement.

Anti-Semitic attacks nearly doubled in France in 2009, with Jewish organizations counting 832 attacks on Jews compared with 474 in 2008. The increase was apparently linked to Israel’s counterterrorism offensive in Gaza in early 2009; by summer, the number of attacks had dropped to previous levels. (IsraelNationalNews.com)”


70 posted on 05/31/2010 2:05:56 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/turkey/index?tab=articles

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http://turkey.usembassy.gov/warden_information.html

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Note: The following text is a quote:

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=117892

YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: Adana (Turkey) Demonstrations
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Europe - Turkey
31 May 2010

This Warden Message alerts U.S. citizens to an anti-American demonstration planned for today, Monday, May 31, 2010, at 11:30 in Adana. The demonstration will take place in front of the consulate and along the E5 highway between the consulate and the cemetery. There may be additional anti-American or anti-Israeli demonstrations throughout the area in the coming days.

We remind U.S. citizens that even events intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational. We urge you to avoid scheduled anti-American events and to exercise caution if within the vicinity. American citizens should stay current with media coverage of local events and be aware of their surroundings at all times.

Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the U.S. Embassy’s website and the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs website, where current Worldwide Cautions, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Country Specific Information can be found. The U.S. Consulate also encourages U.S. citizens to review to “A Safe Trip Abroad,” which includes valuable security information for those both living and traveling abroad. In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the U.S. and Canada, or outside the U.S. and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. In Turkey, travelers can contact the U.S. Consulate in Adana at 0322-346-6262 during and after business hours.

RELATED REPORTS
8 Apr 2010
WARDEN MESSAGE: ANKARA (TURKEY) ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION
29 Mar 2010
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5 Mar 2010
WARDEN MESSAGE: TURKEY CAUTIONS EVOLVING POLITICAL EVENTS
1 Mar 2010
“SLEDGEHAMMER”: TURKISH COUP PLOT
U.S. Consulate Adana issued the following Warden Message on May 31, 2010.


71 posted on 05/31/2010 2:13:23 PM PDT by Cindy
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GOD!!! How I miss Reagan and W!! Please dear Lord deliver us from this mad mad mad SICK muslim JOKER!!
72 posted on 05/31/2010 2:20:38 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Cindy

One question I have not heard asked or answered yet: Were any weapons or munitions found on the flotilla? Or, was this just a test run to see how Israel would react?

I suspect that part of the idea here was to raise an international stink in the hope that Israel would get bashful about reacting similarly to the next “flotilla”, or the one after that or the one after that... I also suspect that no way would Israel get that stupid.


73 posted on 05/31/2010 2:20:47 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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God bless BiBi and the IDF. I stand with Israel!


74 posted on 05/31/2010 2:24:41 PM PDT by Katarina (God bless ElRushbo and Mark Levin!)
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To: DoughtyOne
There's no doubt in my mind that Israel's enemies are furhter emboldened by Obama's icy relationship with Israel. In their minds, Obama (and the world) will side with them.

The terrorists are likely right.

Obama has made it pretty clear he doesn't give a rat's a$$ about Israel. This will not change.

75 posted on 05/31/2010 2:28:11 PM PDT by rintense (God bless Israel!)
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Absolutely. Look at all that unrest that resulted from Biden’s disgusting remarks about a month ago.

He and Obama are terrorist enablers.


76 posted on 05/31/2010 2:58:56 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (J. D. Hayworth, the next Senator, the Great State of Arizona - Sen. Poopdeck, Panama is calling...)
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Whataybet they’ll arm commandos with something more than paintball rifles from now on? Thank god they had side arms.


77 posted on 05/31/2010 3:00:57 PM PDT by moodyskeptic (the counterculture votes R)
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To: DoughtyOne

This is just a preview of what will happen to the USA. In fact, its already happening now. Democrats, for years, have been slamming their own country and enabling terrorists. And the world has been watching.


78 posted on 05/31/2010 3:01:56 PM PDT by rintense (God bless Israel!)
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897096,00.html

“Raed Salah removed from Marmara ship; faces arrest”
Published: 06.01.10, 00:38 / Israel News

SNIPPET: “Leader of the Islamist Movement’s northern faction Sheikh Raed Salah was removed from the Mabi Marmara ship in the Ashdod Port.”


79 posted on 05/31/2010 3:02:52 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: rintense

I agree. Look at the enabling that took place under the last administration, facilitating the invasion of our nation by foreign nationals. We have regions of our nation occupied by those foreign nationals now. Wasn’t that a form of subversion? It’s tragic what has taken place.

I now you’re talking about terrorism, and I agree with you, but it wasn’t limited to that.


80 posted on 05/31/2010 3:11:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (J. D. Hayworth, the next Senator, the Great State of Arizona - Sen. Poopdeck, Panama is calling...)
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