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Deep ignorance: Most Turks know nothing about what really happened on the "Mavi Marmara"

I find this to be the case in many countries, especially the Middle-East. They know nothing about Jews, or the the Israel or America they are told to hate so much. The people are often unhappy about their crappy lot in life, but the Govt's they live under use Islam and standard totalitarianism to re-direct anger elsewhere. ALSO - Claire Berlinski's stuff is good! Watch her - she is on her way up.

Nice to see some intelligent reporting on Turkey. I noticed that YouTube was banned from Turkey about the time of the Mavi Marmara incident. (Not that YouTube is any great loss, but still...)

And now for a popular culture treatment:

The Three Terrors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmffgIqlAYA

We Con the World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGG_osOoVg

On Monday, the NEFA Foundation published a picture showing IHH officials, along with former British MP George Galloway*, who leads a similar organization that partners with the Turkish group, at a memorial for Hamas leader Mohammad Said Seyam that was sponsored by IHH.----------- "IHH's Deep, Longstanding Terror Ties,"June 9, 2010 INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News | June 8, 2010 | n/a http://www.investigativeproject.org/1998/ihhs-deep-longstanding-terror-ties

* see George Galloway's involvement with the regime of Saddam Hussein and the al Mada oil vouchers list

(IHH, ZAKAT FOUNDATION & IRAQ : see CHICAGO CELL) ... this report from Global Terror Alert indicates that an Illinois charity called the Zakat Foundation of America coordinated with IHH on two convoys sent to Iraq. Before the war, Yildirim and his charity organized mass demonstrations that included the burning of American flags. Later, Yildirim "lobbied hard to prevent Turkish troops from joining the renewed coalition against the Baathist regime in Baghdad."---- "IHH's Deep, Longstanding Terror Ties,"June 9, 2010 INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News | June 8, 2010 | n/a http://www.investigativeproject.org/1998/ihhs-deep-longstanding-terror-ties