Gaza flotilla begins to form as first ships head toward maritime meeting point

[Scurrilous]

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"Two ships participating in the flotilla to Gaza have already set sail toward the flotilla's scheduled meeting place in international waters.

The French ship "Dignity" and the Irish ship "Freedom" do not intend on anchoring before reaching the meeting point at sea, but it is still unclear how long they will be waiting for the rest of the ships, some of which were said to be sabotaged.

On Monday, the propeller of the Greek-Swedish ship "Juliano" was found broken, and Gaza flotilla organizers said they believed it was deliberate sabotage by Israel. It is still unclear how long it will take to fix the problem to allow the ship to set sail.

Moreover, two Port Authority inspectors appeared at the Greek port of Piraeus on Monday and asked to conduct a surprise inspection of the Canadian ship "Tahrir", after it had already underwent a thorough inspection by the International Naval Surveys Bureau and was said to be ready to sail."

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"David Heap, a member of the Gaza flotilla steering committee, said what the flotilla was recently experiencing was a clear example of a bureaucratic delay driven by political motives.

When asked by Haaretz why the flotilla organizers did not respond to Israeli claims that the activists on board the ships are planning to kill Israeli soldiers, Heap said that the organizers are busy preparing for departure which is more important than answering a country "known to be spreading lies about us."

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/gaza-flotilla-begins-to-form-as-first-ships-head-toward-maritime-meeting-point-1.370261

[CJvR]

1. When...

...is this floating circus supposed to arrive?

[hack89]

2. They remind me of the Sea Shepards

idealistic morons who should be welded to the pier for their own safety.