Military officials: Gaza aid ship heads to Egypt (blink blink blink.. Libyan ship diverts from Gaza)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/13/10 | Mark Lavie - ap

[NormsRevenge]

JERUSALEM – Israeli military officials say a Libyan ship carrying supplies and pro-Palestinian activists is heading for Egypt instead of Gaza, averting a confrontation at sea.

They say the ship captain informed the Israeli navy that he was sailing to El Arish. Israel has insisted that it would not allow the Libyan ship to reach Gaza, breaking a naval blockade.

The Israeli officials spoke late Tuesday on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made.

[NormsRevenge]

good move, Quackdaffy,, better than the bottom of the sea

[NormsRevenge]

meanwhile, at thebeach..

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A man sits next to his fishing rod and a fisherman holds up a fish on the beach near the port of Ashdod July 13, 2010. A Libyan aid ship originally headed to the blockaded Gaza Strip has requested and received permission to dock in Egypt instead, an Egyptian official said on Tuesday. The captain of the aid ship had earlier rejected an Israeli demand that it dock instead in Ashdod or in the Egyptian port of El Arish. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

[Spok]

Object lesson for Obama: how a nation being led by a man with a backbone is treated.

[Celerity]

Libya probably remembered, too late, that the food was needed in LIBYA. Desert heat gets to these people.

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• Israel orders Gaza aid ship to divert

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