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oberliner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-05-11 10:48 AM
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French flotilla boat sets sail for Gaza
A French boat has set sail for Gaza from Corsica in the latest attempt by activists to deliver aid to the Palestinian territory, according to a journalist aboard the vessel.

The Dignite al Karama, which left the western Mediterranean island overnight is, thus far, the only boat in a flotilla organised by pro-Palestinian activists to successfully sail for Gaza, with most confined to ports in Greece.

The vessel's passengers include Olivier Besancenot, head of the New Left Party in France, French politician and member of the European Parliament Nicole Kiil-Nilsen, and other well-known French personalities.

"We are about 20 minutes from international waters, and when we arrive there, the organisers on the boat will decide what their next move is," Quentin Girard, a journalist with the French newspaper Liberation, told Al Jazeera from aboard the boat.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/07/201175114643849116.html
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here_is_to_hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-05-11 01:16 PM
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1. Will the IDF nuke'em
from outer space and blame it on Iran?
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henank Donating Member (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-05-11 05:39 PM
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2. Such nonsense n/t
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here_is_to_hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-05-11 08:25 PM
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4. Says who?
Israel has proven herself to be way out of touch with reality so why not?
If the pattern fits, it could happen.
Maybe they miss though and actually hit the real terrorists-themselves.
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henank Donating Member (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-06-11 01:38 AM
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5. You seem to think there is a possibility
That Israel would NUKE a boat???! from outer space? Ad there's a "pattern" to this? LMAO! You've overdosed on James Bond films.

As for calling Israel terrorists - you truly have gone over the edge.



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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-06-11 08:51 AM
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pelsar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-06-11 09:17 AM
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7. thats not going to work......
Edited on Wed Jul-06-11 09:18 AM by pelsar
Israel has a draft that is easy to get out of...so basically its a volunteer force made up of 70% of the population....and the fact there is an active reserve service, its reasonable to say that its more than just simple kids in the army....

so if you're going to indict the IDF as a terrorist organization, you might as well as include 70% of the israeli population....i.e. most of the country.
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here_is_to_hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-06-11 10:40 AM
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10. Nice equation but still you fail.
Israel's government? Blows.
IDF? Terrorists.
Population of Israel? Nice people, all of them.
Now that 30 percent that is so far right wing they make our Fundies look like Pagans...yeah, fuck those idiots!
Lovin' you brother!
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pelsar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-06-11 12:08 PM
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11. i realize its one of the holy writs...
Edited on Wed Jul-06-11 12:15 PM by pelsar
to separate the population/citizens from the govt and its security forces....and it may work in the larger countries, but not in the very very small ones, where the majority actually serve as "terrorist" in the army.

if the IDF is terrorists, its only reasonable that the people who serve in the IDF are terrorists...and thats most of israel....

guess what that means?
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oberliner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-06-11 09:39 AM
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8. I am guessing this post is some kind of spoof/parody
Based on the remark about Israeli female army members looking "hot in their little uniforms" and the remark Israel will just "nuke (the flotilla) from space" it seems like maybe your posts are meant to be satirical.

Am I right?
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here_is_to_hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-06-11 10:35 AM
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9. Yes.
I take none of this shit seriously, its been fucked up since I started paying attention in 1967. It will never change so to me, its one big fucking joke with the Palestinians as the punchline.
Israel will never do the right thing so why bother ranting about it? There is no point to it.

(I will not go as far to say though that nuking the flotilla from space is not something the IDF has considered, they can and do get away with everything)
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King_David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-06-11 10:46 PM
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12. Seems like you are the one out of touch with reality


With that post.


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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henank Donating Member (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-05-11 05:40 PM
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3. French boat turned back
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