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| Gaza Flotilla Ship Has Its Propeller Cut Off In A Greek Port |
| 2011-06-27 |
| A ship jointly owned by Swedish, Greek, and Norwegian activists hoping to join a flotilla of activist vessels challenging Israel's economic blockade of Gaza, had its propeller cut while in Athen's harbor today. The ship has been detained in Athens on spurious charges that it's not seaworthy. She says that charge was made by an Israeli legal group. Spurious? You don't have a friggin' propeller! The damage was discovered at 6:30 in the evening Athens time today, and that divers probably cut the propeller in the past 24 hours. Repairing the damage will take a few days. As to who is responsible, he declined to speculate. A few days? Guess again. You're looking at major 3 shop work, or more likely dry dock. Earlier today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet approved using any means necessary to stop the flotilla from reaching Gaza. The flotilla spokesman says it has no plans to enter Israeli waters, instead planning on transiting through international waters to Gaza's territorial waters. Gaza has no territorial waters. The distinction goes to the heart of their protest. While Israel extends de facto sovereignty over Gaza's coastal waters, penning its fisherman close to shore and preventing any shipping or ferries to run to and from the Strip, it's not their territory under international law. Wrong. The activists themselves say they want to make the point that peacefully coming and going from Gaza shouldn't be criminalized, insist that they will practice nonviolent in their attempt, and that they'd be delighted to simply sail through unmolested. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 Feel good story of the day :-) |
| Posted by: Chuckles Whusing8048 2011-06-27 21:37 |
| #1 HA-HA! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-06-27 21:17 |