Posted on 06/03/2010 3:44:40 AM PDT by Scanian
The "Free Gaza" flotilla was far more than a collection of in nocent "peace activists" try ing 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.
The Middle East Media Research Institute reports that a Gaza-based Hamas leader declared last Friday -- three days before the voyage started -- that the head of the Turkish ship had told him: "We will not allow the Zionists to come near us, and we will wage resistance against them."
The morning before the Israelis attempted to board, a Turkish passenger on the lead boat posted on Facebook, "The Turks are prepared with water canons [sic] and slingshots tonight I think all hell will break loose."
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