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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Galloway convoy blocks entrance to Egyptian port following riot
2010-01-06
[Ma'an] Over 2,000 riot police were called to the scene of the Galloway convoy's camp site at the port of Al-Arish on Tuesday Kevin Ovenden, Viva Palestina convoy leader, said in a statement on the organization's website. "This late afternoon we were negotiating with a senior official from Cairo who left negotiations some two hours ago and did not return. Our negotiations with the official was regarding taking our aid vehicles into Gaza," he wrote. "We have now blocked the entrance to the port and we are now faced with riot police and water cannons and are determined to defend our vehicles and aid."
We've got "aid" and stupidity on our side. That makes us the LAW around here, see? We can do whatever we want you dumb cops!
Spokeswoman for the convoy, Alice Howard, told Ma'an that the delegation was due to arrive at the Rafah crossing with their vehicles carrying humanitarian and medical aid on Tuesday, 2pm local time. "The Egyptian authorities have by their stubbornness and hostility towards the convoy, brought us to a crisis point," Ovenden added.

Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that three were injured during the clashes between riot police and convoy members on Monday evening, according to the Israeli daily Ynet.
Posted by:Fred

#13  Make the border like a pitcher plant, or the Hotel California. You can check out, but you can't leave.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-01-06 21:29  

#12  Given the Hamas-Egyptian border feud, I doubt that they are too eager to let the convoy move forward. PLEASE OH PLEASE let the them post a you tube video.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge    2010-01-06 18:55  

#11  2. Obama's friend Bill Ayers is there
The Left wing cliques around the world are so organized that they band together almost like a fanatical religious sect. On the one hand many on the Left are anti-religion but have formed what is essentially a religion but without a god. Currently Obama is their god. Worrisome for Israel is that there are key people who have the ear of the US president who are taking part in this Gaza convoy. Bill Ayers is there and this man is a known radical with exteme views who is in the Obama circle.
Gilad144 - Israel (01/06/2010 11:44)
Posted by: anonymous5089   2010-01-06 15:01  

#10  Can't Gallows-sway simply put out his staff and cause the Red Sea to part? The Egyptians wouldn't dare follow.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2010-01-06 13:33  

#9  hopefully The Islamic #7 Truncheon of Clue™ is applied repeatedly and with sufficient enthusiasm
Posted by: Frank G   2010-01-06 13:23  

#8  Wouldn't it be grand if Galloway was arrested, then sent to a very rural Egyptian prison to await trial, and then they lost his paperwork?

Guard Farouk: "Who's the white guy in cell 23?"

Guard Abdul: "The noisy one? Probably a molester of goats."

Guard Farouk: "That dirty rat. Someone like him once molested my favorite goat. I couldn't bear to touch her after that, the slut!"

Guard Abdul: "Say...Maybe we should put him in Bobo's cell. Bobo will teach him a lesson he will never forget!"
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-01-06 12:26  

#7  latest report is that some Americans and Brits in the Galloway convoy have been arrested by the Egyptians
Posted by: lord garth   2010-01-06 12:07  

#6  What hilarity insues when reality intrudes into fantacy.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2010-01-06 11:26  

#5  I'd suggest copious napalm, but knowing Arab ineptitude when it comes to aerial bombardment, they'd probably flash-fry their own cops by accident.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2010-01-06 10:12  

#4  The Jerusalem post report is here.

One issue is the convoy demanded to be allowed to take vehicles into Gaza contrary to the Egyptian understanding that it was just medicine.
Posted by: lord garth   2010-01-06 08:04  

#3  Any chance of this moonbat abuse pr0n getting to YouTube? I'm sure video of Galloway getting to know an Egyptian clue bat would be rather popular.
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2010-01-06 04:37  

#2  "We have now blocked the entrance to the port and we are now faced with riot police and water cannons and are determined to defend our vehicles and aid."

Oh, yeah, I'm sure the egyptians will take that with humor, and give a good-natured, tongue-in-cheek response. It's a match made in Heaven.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2010-01-06 03:03  

#1  Haha - recent info suggests at least 50 injured .... Bet they wish they were back in the nice snow in blighty!!

I truely hope George Galloway is smacked around a lot , the arrogant worm he is
Posted by: True Tommy   2010-01-06 02:15  

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