MV Rachel Corrie being boarded NOW

Originally posted by janon
reply to post by RVD420

 

People in Gaza have access to the internet? I would have never guessed Israel would allow it.

Internet access is hit and miss there..also heavily censored ..

I'm still betting they blow it up within sight of Gaza to make a statement. This is Israel after all.

Apparently massive protests in front of Israeli embassy in Ireland.

Do you thin kthey are just waiting till the ship gets into Israeli waters for them to board it? And is there any ships that accompanied the Irish boat?

While the closer they get, the more I feel that they will be allowed to dock, I do think that whatever Israel has planned will take place when attempting to leave. They may allow the delivery of supplies to "atone" for everything that happened this past week, but will still need to make a show of force (i.e. boarding, detaining, arresting on departure).

SKY NEWS reports they talked to passengers just now. They have NOT been boarded and are on their way to Gaza

From Twitter

reply to post by PuterMan


I was under the impression that Turkey would escort Turkish ships only.

Originally posted by InvisibleAlbatross
reply to post by PuterMan

 

I was under the impression that Turkey would escort Turkish ships only.

But the Rachel Corrie left port from Turkey or Cyprus or from where?

Seems they are no longer terrorists

7ce8cb7a-ff7f-4045-ab7d-9ca96c108619_normal WRH_Mike_Rivero @SPEAKTHEWORDNOW Claim that flotilla R terrorists has bn officially retracted by IDF. /39tzw7m #gaza #freegaza #flotilla

Does this mean they will get through?


And now this??

UBUIBIOK SHIP under IDS control... #RachelCorrie. Someday They will break the illegal blockade on #Gaza! #Flotilla SOMEDAY.... less than 20 seconds ago from TweetDeck

[edit on 4/6/2010 by PuterMan]

Israel Radio reporting a different story -

Israeli radio is reporting that Israeli navy ships have stopped and boarded the Rachel Corrie, the Irish ship seeking to run the Gaza blockade

Unconfirmed reports had it heading towards the port of Ashdod in Israel

www.irishcentral.com...

reply to post by sonjah1


And I guess more importantly, why wouldn't some country step up and escort, if they're not being assisted?

reply to post by sonjah1


delete

my bad...nervous and impatient

[edit on 4-6-2010 by sonjah1]

Originally posted by sonjah1

Originally posted by InvisibleAlbatross
reply to post by PuterMan

 

I was under the impression that Turkey would escort Turkish ships only.

But the Rachel Corrie left port from Turkey or Cyprus or from where?

From Cyprus if am remember correctly..

Isreali soldiers boarded the ‘Rachel Corrie’ Gaza aid boat today and arrested the leftist and Islamist passengers.

At about 5:50 am on Saturday, the first reports came in over Twitter that the ‘Rachel Corrie’ had been boarded close to Gaza. Earlier the activists reported that their radar had been jammed, however their Twitter accounts continued to operate

The activists reported that three boats were following them for about twenty minutes and then that they had been boarded

The passengers are said to be under arrest

Not sure about the source.

gatewaypundit.firstthings.com... feed&utm_medium=twitter

reply to post by grantbeed


I believe they wrote that when the first 'tweet's came out saying that it was boarded, which seems to be false as of now.

There's seems to be a decreasing flow of info from the sources we're following. The majority of which are saying the boat is 15-25 miles off Gaza and the Israelis haven't raided yet.

Jerusalem Post says "intercepted"...

JPost

*****Statement from Greta Berlin on Aljazeera was #RachelCorrie still going to #Gaza **** Comms are down at the moment..#Gaza #Flotilla

from Waterford site again

Confusion everywhere

# @IsraelPRWatch The info we gave came from freegazaorg then retracted less than 20 seconds ago via web in reply to IsraelPRWatch

# *****Statement from Greta Berlin on Aljazeera was #RachelCorrie still going to #Gaza **** Comms are down at the moment..#Gaza #Flotilla 5 minutes ago via web

I have come to the conclusion that I hate Twitter!

[edit on 4/6/2010 by PuterMan]

Al-Jazeera saying Israel seizes ship:

www.aljazeera.com...

freegazaorg We have been trying every two minutes to contact passengers. No answer. #Flotilla

Mondoweiss RT @IDFSpokesperson: Contrary to false reports the IDF has not boarded the Rachel Corrie, ship ~50 miles from shore. #Flotilla

[edit on 4-6-2010 by RVD420]