9 dead as Israeli forces board Gaza aid Convoy

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shio said:

noname2200 said:

shio said:

noname2200 said:
According to the Yahoo! article, there seems to be tape showing that the Israelis didn't open fire immediately as the flotilla members claimed.

 Israel attacked innocent people, and the civilians only tried to protect themselves.

I should probably have cited to the article so that you could read the description.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100531/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians

Footage, or self-interested testimony?  Of course, the footage may well be incomplete.

It is irrelevant, the israeli soldiers attacked and boarded in international waters, which is pretty much the same as pirates. They then killed almost 20 civilians and seized all the aid that was for the palestinians.

Actually, under international law any nation can board vessels in international waters if those vessels make it clear they intend to run a blockade.

And lets not pretend for a moment this was about actually getting aid to the Palestinians.  If that was the case, the activists would have taken up the offer Israel repeatedely made to take the aid through the land border...