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Or perhaps of more relevance the Altmark Incident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altmark_Incident
I don't want the state the obvious, but if there were weapons they would be hiding them wouldn't they?
Well this much is true.
Where do you draw the line then? Do they have the automatic right to launch a boarding action on any ship in the ocean in case there are hidden weapons?
But I think the likelyhood of this arms thing being true is slim, as I've stated earlier it seems utter lunacy to do such things in broad daylight when other methods of clandestine arms smuggling appear to be far more successful and less likely to harm the Palestinian case.
Again, he's not the only one and I'm sure worse has been said in the Arab media - but until the Head of Israel stops making hyperbolic, Daily Mail-esque statements without clear evidence I think Israel's credibility remains highly questionable.
The motivations and methods of those involved in the floatilla were probably complex and in some cases different, but I think that description is just laughably ridiculous.
As for your free and impartial investigation, Israel has apprently seized all property, phones and recording media used by all members of the floatilla. This doesn't bode well for an kind of investigation which will be a break from past 'Full and impartial' Israeli investigations, where everyone is immediately cleared of all wrongdoing.
I've always been a supporter of Israel. I think it has a right to defend itself against terrorists and organisations such as Hamas. It does not always get the response right, but they are a nation that effectively has to live under a "permanently under siege" mentality. On this occasion, I think Israel is fast becoming its own worst enemy. Now, let's get one thing clear. It's apparent that many of the characters on this boat were pretty unsavoury people. It's also clear a fair few of them were on there purely because they wished to see violence. How else do you explain the pictures taken on the boat of their weapons? These people were certainly not "peaceniks", that much is clear now. Whether they were "provocateurs" or "terrorist sympathisers", as they have been branded by some is questionable enough, but these people certainly were not intending to have a picnic and a tea party.
The reaction was somewhat out of proportion to the threat, I have to concede. Indeed, they seem quite determined at times to push the friendship of people like myself and their country to breaking point.
To sum this up in a few words - peace in the Middle East is as far away as ever. How sad.
I noticed a few errors in your post, and have taken the liberty of correcting them.
I also like the idea that it's apparently okay to attack a ship with armed men, but not to defend yourself if you are on the ship.
Defending themselves indeed.
Fucking cunts.
Having said that, if this report is true, that still many people shot from behind...
And also shot in the face, so could be ricochets or he spun when hit by a low velocity bullet.
It report doesn't tell us anything apart from the fact they were shot, which we knew already