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Seif saw his chance of cashing in on the international uproar by staging a stunt for leapfrogging his claim to the succession over that of his brother, one moreover, which the Libyan leader could not publicly thwart or condemn. But Muammar Qaddafi has done what he could to throw a spanner into Seif's plan. Prevented from launching Al Amal from a Libyan port, he had to relocate its point of departure to a Greek port and obstacles place in the path of his joining the expedition.
So when the ship is intercepted by the Israel navy, Muammar and his chosen successor will be quietly celebrating.
Originally posted by Parallex
reply to post by prionace glauca
I am there in spirit with the Libyans.
Parallex.
Too bad you won't get your 72 virgins though because you are in uninformed infidel.
Why cant they search the ship and just let it through? That is more than reasonable
Originally posted by Danbones
reply to post by LieBuster
Hey LB
I'm in Canada. We peasants are under the same thumb as you.
Imho:
The Queen and the fed and the Zionist bankers are all in bed in the "city of London"..from where they decreed the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine in the Balfour declaration.
I was referring to the irony that The "TEA PARTY" initially was about not paying taxes to a lord and master the colonial British Crown, while the current TEA PARTY leaders like Sarah Palin can't wait to give the American peasants' tax dollars to their current lord and master.
Originally posted by insideNSA
Speaking of getting your facts straight. The Libyans themselves don't want this mission to be successful. This is NOT a mission sponsored by Libya.
There have been several times when Palestian refugees wanted to relocated to other Arab states and these Arab states have turned them down and sent them right back to Israel.
I have been to the middle east have you?
Originally posted by insideNSA
Hahaha It look like those idiots pu$$ied out.
Too bad you won't get your 72 virgins though because you are in uninformed infidel.
The ship must be getting close now so any news.
because they are pointing guns at peoples heads and saying would you like to follow us sir.
Was the geniva convention not suposed to stop the use of white phosphorus and what are the UN doing about iserail war crimes or is it not already obvious they have been bribed and want us to pay in blood and send us to fight Iran who have done nothing wrong.
Originally posted by insideNSA
All the people who say 'gee they are only sending them food'. I have news for you. The Arab countries that do this could CARE LESS about the plight of the Palestinian people. The only act like they do and use it as a political playing card because they hate Israel.
Originally posted by insideNSA
There have been several times when Palestian refugees wanted to relocated to other Arab states and these Arab states have turned them down and sent them right back to Israel.
Originally posted by PuterMan
Yup. They don't want them either, including the ones that are already in Syria and Jordan.
Originally posted by insideNSA
So before we all jump on the Libyan love boat just know the same people you are defending would make a home video of you being beheaded without a second thought. They have said it many many times that all infidels, 'YOU = infidel' either need to convert to Islam or be killed.
I have been to the middle east have you? Its very easy for you to be an arm chair general and talk a big game about fairness to all and civil rights, blah blah blah. But in all honesty the people you are defending could care less about you.
Absolutely right! I lived in Israel for almost 2 years - Just returned to the US 1 year ago, so I was there during the last major Gaza conflict (December 2008)...
All of these aid ships are not really about getting aid to the Palestinians. They are designed to make headlines and turn people against Israel. If they truly wanted to get aid to Gaza, they would do it in the most efficient way possible and just send it to Ashdod, let Israel inspect it, and then they would send it in by truck. I think by now everyone knows that's how it works. They could even simply go on-line to the UNRWA website and donate cash.
Al-Amal aid ship is currently undergoing a cordon by the Israeli Navy as four naval vessels are showing up on each side of the ship. The Ship is moving at a slower pace as the Israeli naval vessels are trying to force it to change course.
The Captain of the ship and the Foundation’s mission coordinator on board confirmed that the Israeli navy threatened the Ship, and asked them to change its course; while the team asserted their determination to head towards Gaza.
Gaza aid ship 'diverted to Egypt'
A Libyan aid ship originally bound for the Gaza Strip has been diverted to a port in Egypt after the Israeli navy warned the vessel against trying to break an Israeli blockade on the Palestinian coastal territory.
Israeli warships were shadowing the Moldovan-flagged Amalthea, carrying 2,000 tonnes of food and medicine, to its diverted destination of El Arish port on the Egyptian Sinai coast.
"Eight Israeli warships are surrounding the Libyan aid ship for Gaza and preventing the continuation of its journey," Yousseuf Sawani, executive director of the Gaddafi Foundation which charteredthe vessel, said early on Wednesday.
Sawani said earlier that the warships were "threatening" the Amalthea, also known as Al Amal, which he said was still headed for Gaza. But he made it clear that those on board would not violently resist any efforts to stop them.
"First and foremost, we want to arrive to Gaza. If this is impossible, we don't want to subject anyone to danger," he told Al Jazeera.
Sawani said that communications with the boat had been jammed and the vessel was moving at a slow pace because of the Israeli warships that were trailing it.
An Egyptian official confirmed that the ship sought and received permissionto sail to El Arish, where authorities would unload its humanitarian aid cargo and transfer it by land to Gaza.
But he said that there was "no co-ordination at the moment with the ship and we do not know where its final destination is".