Turkey mulls military escort for Irish blockade-buster vessel

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Looking like Rachel Corrie will have a Turkish military escort!

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Rachel Corrie reported to be heading for Turkey
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Turkey mulls military escort for Irish blockade-buster vessel
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 3, 2010, 12:11 AM (GMT+02:00)

Rachel Corrie – next blockade challenger
Five planes flew out of Israel Wednesday night, June 2, carrying hundreds of foreign passengers and nine bodies from the Turkish-led flotilla Israeli commandos raided and prevented from breaking the Gaza blockade two days ago. After surrendering to Turkey’s ultimatum to release all the passengers, including the seven members of Islamist terrorist groups who assaulted the Israeli boarding party, debkafile reports the Netanyahu government faced a fresh ultimatum from Ankara: Lift the Gaza blockade at once.

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In his televised message to the nation Wednesday night , Netanyahu pledged “to continue to uphold our right to self-defense against terror,” but gave no specific undertaking to preserve the blockade.


Netanyahu faced a fresh Turkish demand to lift the blockade on Gaza without delay.

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Furthermore, the Irish vessel Rachel Corrie, which was left out of the flotilla after it developed technical trouble, was discovered to have changed course from a direct route to Gaza and headed for a stopover at a Turkish port. debkafile’s counter-terror sources disclose suspicions in the Israeli government and naval command that the Irish ship would take aboard a new batch of trained Turkish IHH terrorists and head for the Gaza Strip. They might even be the same IHH activists who attacked Israeli commandos on the Marmara and were deported Wednesday.

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Erdogan has resolved that this group which he personally sponsored will reach Gaza Port by hook or by crook. It is also feared in Jerusalem that he may attach an escort of Turkish warships and air force jets to accompany the Rachel Corrie and make sure the ship breaks through the blockade to its destination.

The Irish ship was first scheduled to anchor Saturday, June 5, but its detour to Turkey will delay its arrival by a couple of days.

Source: http://www.debka.com/article/8829/
 
http://morris108.wordpress.com/2010...hip-location-route-info-pics-due-in-gaza-sat/

This picture from 2008


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The ship, named after the 23-year-old American killed in Gaza in 2003 while trying to prevent an Israeli bulldozer demolishing a Palestinian home, had halted in the Mediterranean following the assault while those on board – among them the Nobel peace laureate Máiread Maguire and Denis Halliday, a retired senior UN diplomat – discussed whether they should continue.
It was now carrying as a “second wave” of the flotilla, said Niamh Moloughney, who organised the sailing in Ireland.
“I’d say the mood on board is resilient and steadfast. When people signed up to this they knew what might happen,” said Moloughney. “We expected we would be confronted and there would be a stand-off, but no one expected this. But there’s never really been a question of the boat turning back.”
As well as the Irish nationals, the 1,200-tonne boat is carrying six Malaysians and eight crew of varying nationalities.
More: http://rachelcorriepgpo.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/irish-aid-boat-holds-course-towards-gaza-despite-israel-warning
Tracking location of Rachel here: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=515886000
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=515886000
 
Lol. IHH, Hamas, Al Queda.

Israel needs to keep its story straight. WHICH terrorist group was on board?
 
Lol. IHH, Hamas, Al Queda.

Israel needs to keep its story straight. WHICH terrorist group was on board?

It's been rumored that Osama BinLaden was aboard but swam to safety during the fight.
 
Kind of surprised to see the Irish getting involved. They've always been an admirably stubborn folk with a "don't piss-around with us" attitude.
 
unless israel seyz its IRA... then israel may have to nicely respect a "mick" boat escourted by nato turks...
 
dudes, the auld IRA as in irish republican army was less marxist.
i have relatives in both the north and south of ireland. i like turks.
 
the newer IRA of the last 40 or 30 years is more marxist, and poor
teddy kennedy talked up a truce between my DISTANT RELATIVES!
i sincerely doubt the irish ship has IRA peoples on it! most sincerely.
 
my kith and kin on BOTH sides of the border...

Kind of surprised
to see the Irish getting involved.
They've always been an
admirably stubborn folk with
a "don't piss-around with us" attitude.

yep... when me "irish' is up.
we do donnybrook sometimes...
 
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