Posted on 06/30/2011 12:44:53 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
The first of this year’s Freedom Flotilla 2 ships set sail for confrontation with Israel's navy Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.
A French ship called 'Dignity' decided to skip the rendezvous with the other vessels participating in the Gazaflotilla on Saturday and opted to sail directly for Gazainstead. Flotilla organizers, maintaining 'operational security,' refused to officially confirm the ship is approaching the region.
Jordanian activists earlier this week said they purchased an additional ship for $805,000 to represent the Arab world after the infamous IHH sponsored Mavi Marmara was refused sailing permits by Turkey's government.
During the 2010 flotilla self-described 'peace activists' aboard the Mavi Marmara attempted to lynch members of Israel's Shayatet-13, or naval commando, who boarded the vessel in accordance with international maritime law. Nine members of the mob were killed when the imperiled comrades were forced to open fire to rescue them.
Reports have circulated that participants in this year’s flotilla also intend to do Israeli soldiers harm.
The Jordanian ship will carry 35 activists, many of them from Islamic societies. The organizers said that the flotilla will set sail on Thursday but noted there may be delays due allegations of Israeli sabotage and Greek officials refusing to issue permits to some of the participating vessels.
"One ship was damaged and two others are being detained over bureaucratic claims," Hawida Araf of the Free Gaza movement told reporters "We will pass the checks as these ridiculous claims are baseless. The ships have already been checked."
....The activists maintain that Israelsabotaged one ship which resulted in heavier security.
"The damage was done underwater with a machine that can cut through steel. It could not have happened accidentally. I can't say Israeli soldiers did it, but who else wants to stop us?" Araf asked.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Stop you? Son, the IDF has much more permanent ways to stop you than sabotage.
Get me within a thousand yards with a good rifle and I'll tell him...
Let them get into international waters.
Then deploy a heavy cable/wire net in a manner to foul their props.
Should not be that hard to find a way, no one gets hurt, but the vessel will be dead in the water and have to be towed to port.
Might be able to use old fishing nets, “Aw gee, fishermen should be more careful”.
Once in port inspect again, whatever they meant to sneak in will be aboard this time.
But gosharooty, how can you be opposed to bringing expired food and meds to the besieged people of Ghaza? They need those sewer pipes on the Rachel Corie. What kind of a monster are you?/sarc
http://www.paltoday.ps/arabic/News-64161.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/world/middleeast/23gaza.html?_r=1&ref=world
Torpedo time.
Gee. What a good thing that Ashdod was right nearby. We’ll get that fishing net off your props in about as long as it took them to find the coke in the car in The French Connection.
Gee. What a good thing that Ashdod was right nearby. We’ll get that fishing net off your props in about as long as it took them to find the coke in the car in The French Connection.
A French ship called 'Dignity' decided to skip the rendezvous with the other vessels participating in the Gazaflotilla on Saturday and opted to sail directly for Gaza instead.
If I were the IDF, I wouldn't go to all that trouble, I'd just blow you out of the water.
A simple limpet charge would do the trick. No need for anything more expensive, although live fire exercises are always useful.
>I can’t say Israeli soldiers did it, but who else wants to stop us?”
Who else? I can think of millions of honest, decent people that would like to see you terrorist supporters fail in your harassment of Israel.
You and your palifilth are dead weight in society and if you were to sink at sea it would be a positive gain for the world.
Good luck with that...I'm sure the Israelis will be armed with something a little more potent than paintball guns this time around.
Attacking a merchant vessel in international waters? That is an act of piracy. And fouling their props would be hard to do, certainly if remaining undetected.
Send in the Sea Shepard. Those idiots could have an accident.
The first of this year’s Freedom Flotilla 2 ships set sail for confrontation with Israel's navy Wednesday, ... A French ship called 'Dignity'.... opted to sail directly for Gazainstead...On the upside. In a year or so their families can look back and say...
At least they died 'with Dignity'.
sometimes the jokes write themselves.
Why does the word “strafe” comes to mind?
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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HOZE-EM!!! 
Jordanian activists must be pretty well financed.
They lost one ship when the prop fell off , they just went out an bought another one for $805,000 dollars. The money must be rolling in.
Probably United States foreign aid money, or did Soros write a check?
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