Posted on 05/31/2010 9:27:19 AM PDT by maggief
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"The soldiers were beat up, stabbed, there were even gunshot sounds, and they were forced to defend themselves. Unfortunately, approximately 10 people were killed during the conflict," Netanyahu said. The prime minister stressed that Israel must maintain the situation which prevents explosive materials from reaching the Gaza Strip. (Ynet)
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This American (ugh) President will react completely wrong in the aftermath of this, leaving Israel on the chopping block. They will be forced eventually to demonstrate what they have avoided admitting in the past. There will be one or two neighboring Arab/Islamist countries that become parking lots as a result of this.
“There will be one or two neighboring Arab/Islamist countries that become parking lots as a result of this.”
Boy its gonna be hard to pick which ones. Should we start a poll?
Well, I’m certainly up for Syria as the number one, fer sure.......
I vote Iran and Syria. Then Mecca if they haven't learned their lesson.
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says commandos who raided a Gaza aid flotilla, killing nine and injuring dozens of others, were under attack and acting in self defense.
Netanyahu spoke after a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The Israeli leader was cutting short his visit in Canada Monday and canceling a visit planned Tuesday with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington so that he could return home.
Netanyahu says Israel wanted to check the cargo to ensure it contained no weapons.
He says this was done successfully with five ships, but the sixth did not cooperate.
He says hundreds of people on board that ship beat, clubbed and stabbed soldiers, and there was a report of gunfire. He says that forced soldiers to attack.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says commandos who raided a Gaza aid flotilla, killing nine and injuring dozens of others, were under attack and acting in self defense.
Netanyahu spoke after a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The Israeli leader was cutting short his visit in Canada Monday and canceling a visit planned Tuesday with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington so that he could return home.
Netanyahu says Israel wanted to check the cargo to ensure it contained no weapons.
He says this was done successfully with five ships, but the sixth did not cooperate.
He says hundreds of people on board that ship beat, clubbed and stabbed soldiers, and there was a report of gunfire. He says that forced soldiers to attack.
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via twitter IDFSpokesperson
Blog update: close-up footage of Mavi Marmara passengers attacking IDF soldiers: http://ht.ly/1S7do
Anyone said if there was any contraband on that sixth ship?
Whoa!
Should NOT have done it in international waters though
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177028
Didn’t the flotilla have like 700 people attached to it somehow? The fact only 10 were killed alludes to some amazing restraint on the part of IDF, IMHO. Israel COULD have just blown the boats out of the water...but of course, the media won’t take it that way,,,
They should have just sunk the ships.
Since I would not BELIEVE anyone from that quarter claiming a lesson learned, my vote is we hit ALL THREE SIMULTANEOUSLY. There will be time for discussion (and world condemnation) after the dust settles.
Hey, they want to live in the Stone Age and I say, let’s blast them back there!
He says this was done successfully with five ships, but the sixth did not cooperate.
Gee, that's not mentioned in any of the other msm reports.
That works for the Norks.
So what was with the sixth ship? Just your run-of-the-mill violent peaceniks, or was there something different on board that one particular ship?
IMHO, that is a good thing.
That would be UP THERE my friend. LOL
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