Probe: Erdogan knew Gaza flotilla would be violent

Files found on activists' laptops pointed to strong ties between the Islamist IHH movement and Turkey's prime minister.


Anshel Pfeffer
Haaretz
09 June '10
Posted before Shabbat

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan knew in advance that activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla planned to attack Israeli troops, Israeli intelligence officials have said.

In a report published this week, a group of independent investigators from Israel's intelligence community found that activists aboard the 'Mavi Marmara' were part of an organized group that was prepared for a violent conflict.

Last week Israeli commandos killed nine pro-Palestinian activists when they boarded the Turkish-owned boat, part of a six-ship convoy trying to break Israel's maritime blockade on the Gaza Strip

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