Cynthia McKinney Kidnapped by IDF

[911oz]

http://www.freegaza.org/en/home/hope...nd-olive-trees

ISRAEL ATTACKS JUSTICE BOAT; KIDNAPS HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS; CONFISCATES MEDICINE, TOYS AND OLIVE TREES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30 June 2009

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www.FreeGaza.org

[23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers). The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel.

"This is an outrageous violation of international law against us. Our boat was not in Israeli waters, and we were on a human rights mission to the Gaza Strip," said Cynthia McKinney, a former U.S. Congresswoman and presidential candidate. "President Obama just told Israel to let in humanitarian and reconstruction supplies, and that's exactly what we tried to do. We're asking the international community to demand our release so we can resume our journey."

According to an International Committee of the Red Cross report released yesterday, the Palestinians living in Gaza are "trapped in despair." Thousands of Gazans whose homes were destroyed earlier during Israel's December/January massacre are still without shelter despite pledges of almost $4.5 billion in aid, because Israel refuses to allow cement and other building material into the Gaza Strip. The report also notes that hospitals are struggling to meet the needs of their patients due to Israel's disruption of medical supplies.

"The aid we were carrying is a symbol of hope for the people of Gaza, hope that the sea route would open for them, and they would be able to transport their own materials to begin to reconstruct the schools, hospitals and thousands of homes destroyed during the onslaught of "Cast Lead". Our mission is a gesture to the people of Gaza that we stand by them and that they are not alone" said fellow passenger Mairead Maguire, winner of a Noble Peace Prize for her work in Northern Ireland.

Just before being kidnapped by Israel, Huwaida Arraf, Free Gaza Movement chairperson and delegation co-coordinator on this voyage, stated that: "No one could possibly believe that our small boat constitutes any sort of threat to Israel. We carry medical and reconstruction supplies, and children's toys. Our passengers include a Nobel peace prize laureate and a former U.S. congressperson. Our boat was searched and received a security clearance by Cypriot Port Authorities before we departed, and at no time did we ever approach Israeli waters."

Arraf continued, "Israel's deliberate and premeditated attack on our unarmed boat is a clear violation of international law and we demand our immediate and unconditional release."

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sh*t! internet was down, just reading this now.

first thing that comes to mind is if Iran did this imagine how it would be rammed/portrayed down the throat of the western world!

if the western world had a non bias msm i would say this was a major blunder.....

the other thing that comes to mind is did they get permission/green lighted from America with a promise of a media black out?

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... ringing all news tips lines.... they start saying "your breaking up" when you mention Israel. im directing them to www.freegaza.org/ but they give comments like "ow that's just a web site...

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quick email too
Stephen.Smith.MP@aph.gov.au
The Hon Stephen Smith MP Minister for Foreign Affairs

please sir i direct your attention to this incident.

Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers). The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel.

http://www.freegaza.org/

i have rang all news tip lines in Victoria but have little faith in the modern Australian main stream media.

if Iran did this they would be all over it but the mention of Israel seems to be a story killer.

they were cleared by the American government to take medical supplies and had the cargo holds checked in Cyprus.

please i ask of you as a Australian citizen to at least acknowledge this incident and bring any pressure or power we instill in you to bare.

human rights should not be race specific!

who else should be rang or emailed?

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8127145.stm

at least some recognition by the msm even with the bias...

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096729.html

[wezthebikie]

Gaza is a place of utter despair. I can't believe the world looks the other way.

[larsporsena]

20 years ago if a political figure like McKinney had been so treated it would have been a huge scandal

the concentration of media ownership means they are fairly confident that they can mistreat any one they want and keep it out of the media


and out of the knowledge of anyone


its all a test , pushing the boundaries , the US public is now effectively blinded , deaf and dumb, , and is like a lamb being led to the slaughter

helpless without houses jobs , money , food , fuel , dependent on charity

americans as a rule really cruelly discipline family members who give money to bums, they punch, cajole , lecture ,

the depth of the evil i have seen in america is astonishing

there is an evil spirit abroad there , of meanness, cruelty , pointless hatred , perverted sexuality , ruthless exploitation

compared to what the americans are in for the gazans will consider themselves lucky

lars

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i take you would agree that a bill to ban private ownership or a bill to control personal weapons will be the trigger or one month count down to crack down lars?

do you expect isolated incidents or mass riots? or isolated precedents resulting in mass riots?

its the trigger im waiting on seeing, it signals to me that the ptb feel confident to enter the last phase or are using it as a last ditch effort to hold on to hidden power.

[King Leonidas]

Our loving Churnalist Andrew Bolt did a tour around Israel-Palestine recently..so he'll be over this like Oprah on a baked ham.

I predict he'll call McKinney a leftist-conspiratorial extremist and liken her to Von Brunn.