Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
25 July '10
1. Yasser Qashlaq, chairman of the Free Palestine Movement and organizer of the Lebanese flotilla to the Gaza Strip, said the ships would leave within a few days. Qashlaq asked Lebanese politicians not to make difficulties, but rather to cooperate so the flotilla might succeed (DayPress news website, July 20, 2010). His previous declarations about its sailing were not realized, but nevertheless it is possible that this time the ships will set sail, despite a large number of international objections.
2. The current situation of the flotilla is as follows:
A. The ship called Maryam reached Tripoli and is currently participating in the routine processes required by law before a ship set sail. Rima Farah, ship spokesperson, said that contacts had been made with a number of countries to acquire authorization for the ship to be received at their harbors, because it cannot sail directly from Lebanon to the port of Gaza. Samar al-Hajj, coordinator for the organizing committee, is the director of the ship's logistic activities. Note: The ship will carry only women passengers (Al-Diyar website, July 21, 2010).
B. The ship called Nagi al-Ali (formerly Julia) is ready to set sail, and according to the organizers all that remains to be done is to load the cargo. Most of the passengers will apparently be correspondents.
C. The organizers may have another ship, but they are not divulging any information about it.
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Any self-respecting country would sink a hostile vessel at sea. But Israel is more concerned with what so-called world opinion thinks than with defending its sovereignty from assault by its enemies.
ReplyDeleteThe problem could very well be the increasing shortage of self-respecting countries, leading to the dismissal of anyone whose course of action is other than surrender. The recent suggestion/request http://frontpagemag.com/2010/07/23/germany%E2%80%99s-surrender/ to bring in Turkish police to deal with Turkish-ethnic teen mob violence in Germany, was one more indicator that the West is throwing in the towel.
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