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Africa North
French Gaza Freedom March activist killed in Cairo
2010-01-01
Organizers of the "Gaza Freedom March" report the death of a French citizen from injuries sustained at the hands of security forces during a demonstration in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

Marie Renee died in the Cairo Hospital. She was traveling with a French delegation of approximately 300 nationals, Ma'an news agency reported.

Press TV presenter Yvan Ridley however didn't confirm the report.

The French delegates had earlier been camped out on the grounds surrounding the French Embassy in Cairo, reportedly flanked by two lines of Egyptian police.

Hundreds of activists with the "Gaza Freedom March" have continued demonstrations and sit-ins in Cairo to protest the Egyptian government's refusal to allow them to cross the border into the besieged Gaza Strip.

On Wednesday, Egyptian security allowed 84 of the 1,300 who registered to participate in the Gaza Freedom March into the impoverished Palestinian coastal enclave All were traveling with the Codepink delegation, which organized two earlier trips into the blockaded Palestinian coastal sliver since the Israeli war on Gaza last year.

Another 1,200 activists from about 40 states remained in Cairo after Egypt refused entry for the group because of what they called the "sensitive situation" in the Palestinian territory.

The "Gaza Freedom March" activists were hoping to march into Gaza on the anniversary of Israel's 22-day offensive on the territory as a sign of solidarity with its people, carrying with them aid and supplies.

Israel has continued to close all border crossings to the Gaza Strip for more than two years. The illegal Israeli imposed blockade on the Gaza Strip, which has steadily tightened since 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the coastal enclave.

Some 1.5 million people are being denied their basic rights, including freedom of movement, and their rights to appropriate living conditions, work, health and education. Poverty and unemployment rates stand at approximately 80% and 60% respectively in the Gaza Strip.

Egypt with the Palestinian Authority's blessings has sealed its borders with the Gaza Strip, effectively cutting off the coastal enclave from the rest of the world.
Posted by:Fred

#16  My opinion is that that little shity country that the slime bastard American jews in this crappy Rant burg. So passionately lick is dirty anus should move there you bastard pro israhell have to explain to me what are you doing in the USA get the hell out of here
You are traitors and Zionist spies a best with no attachment to America
Israhell is not friend of us but that 2 percent scum continuously repeat israhell is our only friend in the Middle East two percent of traitors that is what they are
Posted by: elio17   2010-01-01 23:17  

#15  Well, Islam *is* the Religion of Pieces, after all.
Posted by: SteveS   2010-01-01 20:59  

#14  #12: "RIP"


I presume that means "rest in pieces," rammer?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-01-01 19:21  

#13  Oh good, another day of celebration to be added along with Saint Pancake Day, Zarqawi Bites it Day and Saddams' short drop, sharp stop Day. 2010 is already looking up!
Posted by: Don Vito Uleash   2010-01-01 18:25  

#12  RIP

http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-10878_11-4505-17.html
Posted by: rammer   2010-01-01 17:45  

#11  Was she doing her Rachel Corie imitation?????
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2010-01-01 17:36  

#10  How was she injured? What injuries caused her death? How old was she? Where is the independent confirm? Please pass the salt...
Posted by: regular joe   2010-01-01 15:35  

#9  Line 'em all up against a wall and shoot 'em. The average IQ of the entire planet will rise three points.

I am sick and tired of all the crap spewed as "news", of all the far-left "things have to be done our way" totalitarians, and all the idiocy that leftist governments can come up with. A strong dose of revolution and the elimination of this particular strain of virus would be a GOOD thing. I have NO sympathy with idiots and their controllers. A strong anti-vermin program would do wonders.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2010-01-01 13:38  

#8  how long have the palaostinians been living in that part of the world and they have seen 80% unemployment rate not too mention the rest of the arabs want them. too hell with them
Posted by: chris   2010-01-01 13:22  

#7  how long have the palaostinians been living in that part of the world and they have seen 80% unemployment rate not too mention the rest of the arabs want them. too hell with them
Posted by: chris   2010-01-01 13:22  

#6  Terror symp media everywhere are falling into line on this: "Peaceful protester killed by evil American supplied Mossad inspired cops." There is a dog-whistle of "white girl" under all the standard lefty rhetoric and distortion as well. Expect candlelight vigils on campi throughout the western world and declarations of support from dictatorial vermin like Chavez and the Berkeley City Council.

It is truly ironic that such standard left methodology as cursing, spitting, and throwing bottles, bricks, and shit at police are considered "peaceful protest" in the US and Europe; but are regarded as anti-social violence in supposedly less enlightened places like Egypt.
Makes you wonder.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2010-01-01 12:11  

#5  a most effective way to reduce your carbon footprint
Posted by: lex   2010-01-01 11:54  

#4  Some 1.5 million people are being denied their basic rights, including freedom of movement, and their rights to appropriate living conditions, work, health and education. Poverty and unemployment rates stand at approximately 80% and 60% respectively in the Gaza Strip, because they continue to threaten Israel with indiscriminate terrorist & rocket attacks upon Israel's civilian population.
Posted by: Mike Hunt   2010-01-01 10:55  

#3  Press TV presenter Yvan Ridley

wherever you see Islamic suckitude, Yvonne's nearby
Posted by: Frank G   2010-01-01 10:07  

#2  Well cut her some slack... based on how french security forces handle Youths "festivities" all year long, and how street demos are the very basis of the left kabuki, NOTHING in her experience ever prepared her to encounter ACTUAL police brutality (no, cops bitchslapping a Youth who threw stones at them and thus provoking a MSM holier-than-you sh8tstorm does not qualify)...
What a shock it must have been for her.

I mean, less than the wood shampoo, but, still.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2010-01-01 01:14  

#1  A small, but not negligible, curtailment of oxygen waste.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-01-01 01:05  

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