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| Flotilla ship 'painted' to cover "thousands of bullet holes" |
| 2010-08-09 |
| Just "thousands"? BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) — The Turkish organizers of a Gaza-bound aid boat said Saturday that Israeli authorities painted over "thousands of bullets" in one of their recently returned ships. Hope they charged them for the new paint job. That's expensive... Huseyin Oruc of the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Aid told Reuters upon the Mavi Marmara's return that "When they captured the boats, the Israelis hid all of this proof on the outside of the boat." Reporters, according to the BBC, said the ship did appear to have been freshly painted. Turkish prosecutors will board the vessels Monday to look for evidence of what happened during the raid on the six-strong flotilla, which was trying to reach Gaza with 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid. Bet they find some too... Nine Turkish nationals were killed aboard the ship on 31 May. It was then sequestered at the Ashdod port. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #7 Turkish prosecutors will board the vessels Monday to look for evidence of what happened during the raid That's what you call a big fat hope, |
| Posted by: Willy 2010-08-09 22:24 |
| #6 If they wanted to hide the evidence they would have sunk it. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-08-09 17:13 |
| #5 those where some bigass commandos too tote that much ammo |
| Posted by: chris 2010-08-09 16:57 |
| #4 Aluminum dust mixed into the primer (40/1 paint/AL dust) - hit it with a tracer round, and the entire ship goes up in smoke. Even if the Israelis only painted a 1-inch square, the Turks would have to completely sand down ALL the painted surfaces and repaint them, just to be sure. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-08-09 16:44 |
| #3 Did they sub out to Earl al-Scheib???? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2010-08-09 15:28 |
| #2 You figure that even with spackle, some primer coat and the overcoat, you're never going to get an even match, so you might as well repaint the entire side. Now if you want to be witty about it, you can make your spackle out of a variation of thermite, with an RFID magnesium fuse. Or just metallic mercury, if the hull is aluminum. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-09 08:12 |
| #1 I've seen enough stop signs in west Texas to know that you can't hide bullet holes by painting over them. Maybe the Israelis didn't shoot bullets at all, but were using paintball guns? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-08-09 08:04 |