U.S. citizen among those killed in Israeli flotilla raid

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JERUSALEM -- A U.S. citizen of Turkish origin was among the nine people killed in a botched Israeli effort to stop a Turkish aid ship from reaching the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, a Turkish official said Thursday.

"It's a Turkish-origin American citizen. We know that," the official said by phone from Turkey, adding that more details were not yet available.

The nine bodies were flown home from Israel to Turkey on Wednesday, along with hundreds of activists, aboard a Turkish plane. Israel was not able to identify the bodies because the dead had no identification on them, Israeli officials said.

The American citizen was identified by the Anatolia news agency as Furkan Dogan, a 19-year-old student. His body had four bullet wounds to the head and one to the chest, the news agency reported.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060301931.html

Shit.

[damntexdem]

1. An act of war -- and one that killed an American citizen.

At the very least, this needs to be prosecuted internationally as a criminal act of piracy.

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3. Hilary Clinton would like for you to tone down your criticisms. n/t

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2. He was 19, and was shot 4 times in the head

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/middleeast/04flotilla.html?hp

Is the blockade worth this?