A boat carrying international peace activists, including former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip sailed back into a Lebanese port on Tuesday after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, organizers of the trip said.
The crowds on the docks in the Lebanese port city of Tyre were jubilant and cheering as they welcomed the vessel.
The boat, which set off from Cyprus Monday wanted to make a statement and deliver medical supplies to embattled Gaza. The trip’s organizers said the boat was clearly in international waters, 90 miles off the coast of Gaza, at the time of its close encounter with the Israeli navy.
“Our boat was rammed three times, twice in the front and one on the side,” McKinney told CNN Tuesday morning. “Our mission was a peaceful mission. Our mission was thwarted by the aggressiveness of the Israeli military.”
She called on President-elect Obama to address the Gaza crisis, saying the weapons being used by Israel were supplied by the United States.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
McKinney relief boat rammed by Israeli navy
The naivete' of these imbeciles is truly mind boggling, this is not a freakin game. What they either fail to comprehend or refuse to understand is that a state of war exists and they are NOT an internationally recognized relief organization. That makes them potential combatants and hence subject to legitmate attack. They're damn lucky they didn't get their a$$ blown out of the water.
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