Posted by
Defend America on Monday, May 31, 2010 11:20:57 AM
Via Ed Morrissey
Here is a timeline of events:
A brutal ambush at sea
Ron Ben Yishai
recounts bloody clash aboard Gaza-bound vessel: The lacking
crowd-dispersal means, the brutal violence of ‘peace activists,’ and
the attempt to bring down an IDF helicopter
Our Navy commandoes fell right into the hands of the Gaza mission members. A few minutes before the takeover attempt
aboard the Marmara got underway, the operation commander was told that
20 people were waiting on the deck where a helicopter was to deploy the
first team of the elite Flotilla 13 unit. The original plan was to
disembark on the top deck, and from there rush to the vessel’s bridge
and order the Marmara’s captain to stop.
Officials estimated that passengers will
show slight resistance, and possibly minor violence; for that reason,
the operation’s commander decided to bring the helicopter directly
above the top deck. The first rope that soldiers used in order to
descend down to the ship was wrested away by activists, most of them
Turks, and tied to an antenna with the hopes of bringing the chopper
down. However, Flotilla 13 fighters decided to carry on.
One soldier who came to the aid of a comrade was captured by
the rioters and sustained severe blows. The commandoes were equipped
with handguns but were told they should only use them in the face of
life-threatening situations. When they came down from the chopper, they
kept on shouting to each other “don’t shoot, don’t shoot,” even though
they sustained numerous blows.
Navy commandoes slid down to the vessel one
by one, yet then the unexpected occurred: The passengers that awaited
them on the deck pulled out bats, clubs, and slingshots with glass
marbles, assaulting each soldier as he disembarked. The fighters were
nabbed one by one and were beaten up badly, yet they attempted to fight
back.
However, to their misfortune, they were only equipped with
paintball rifles used to disperse minor protests, such as the ones held
in Bilin. The paintballs obviously made no impression on the activists,
who kept on beating the troops up and even attempted to wrest away
their weapons.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896796,00.html
The humanitarian relief fund who was trying to go to Gaza is not so peaceful and has radical ties and a radical past:
Portrait of IHH
1.
Prominent among the coalition organizations participating in the aid
flotilla scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip in the coming days is
the Turkish IHH (Insani Yardim Vakfi, IHH,
“humanitarian relief fund”). It is a radical Islamic organization which
was established in 1992 and formally registered in Istanbul in 1995. It
is headed by Bülent Yildirim.
2. IHH has a broad program of important activities
in distressed areas. They include sending food and support to orphans,
establishing educational institutions, hospitals and clinics, programs
for vocational education, supplying medicines, building mosques and
preventing the violation of human rights in various Islamic locations
throughout the world. In recent years it has begun widening its
activities to European countries, in part by establishing branches
which bear its name.
3. In practice, besides its legitimate humanitarian activities, IHH supports radical Islamic terrorist networks. In recent years it has prominently supported Hamas (through the Union of Good). In addition, the ITIC has reliable information that in the past IHH provided logistical support and funding to global jihad networks.
IHH Links To Hamas
4. IHH’s orientation is radical-Islamic and anti-American, and it is close to the Muslim Brotherhood (Hamas’ parent movement). IHH supports Hamas and does not hide the connection between them. Hamas also considers its links to IHH and Turkey to be extremely important,
and regards Turkey as a target audience for its propaganda network
(Palestine-Information, Hamas’ main website, has a Turkish version, and
as of the end of 2009, the website of its military wing, the Izz al-Din
al-Qassam Brigades, has also appeared in Turkish).
5.
In recent years, especially since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, IHH
has supported Hamas’ propaganda campaigns by organizing public support
conferences in Turkey. At those conferences, which featured the
participation of senior IHH figures, the heads of IHH expressed their
support for Hamas and its strategy (including the armed struggle it
favors), in defiance of the Palestinian Authority, Hamas’ rival.
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e105.htm