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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16sANhzjcC0
“Weaponry Overview and Footage of Mavi Marmara Passengers Preparing Weaponry”
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idfnadesk — June 03, 2010 — The opening footage of the video shows knives, rods, wrenches, gas masks, bulletproof vests, and binoculars found on the ship and gathered at the Port of Ashdod. IDF soldiers then reenact how rioters prepared weaponry by using electric saws to remove metal poles from the stairs and other parts of the ship in order to attack the soldiers. The closing seconds of the film come from actual footage found on the Marmara showing the demonstrators preparing the weaponry.
In the early hours of the 31st of May 2010, IDF soldiers boarded the ships of the “Free Gaza” Flotilla, after the ships refused to redirect their course. Aboard the Mavi Marmara the soldiers encountered serious violence when, in a preplanned attack, the activists on board lynched the soldiers with knives, metal rods and stole two of their guns. As a result 7 soldiers were injured and 9 activists were killed.
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/1989/truth-behind-the-harm-ada
“Truth behind the harm-ada”
by Steven Emerson
New York Post
June 3, 2010
SNIPPET: “The “Free Gaza” flotilla was far more than a collection of innocent “peace activists” trying to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza. Most passengers may have been nonviolent — but a significant minority were anything but.
The passengers reportedly included 100-plus members of various Muslim Brotherhood chapters, at least 20 of whom taped al Qaeda-style “martyr” videos before embarking.
And the chief organizers clearly had more than “peaceful” intentions for the flotilla.”