Flotilla Ship Attacked in Port

[J.T]

A Swedish ship due to join an upcoming Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been sabotaged in the Greek port of Piraeus, organisers say.
In a statement, they said "hostile divers had destroyed the propeller house and cut the propeller shaft" of the vessel Juliano on Monday.
The ship is part of the 10-vessel Freedom Flotilla II that is expected to set sail from Greece and elsewhere for the Gaza Strip in the coming days in a bid to break Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory.
http://www.alternet.org/world/151461/assault_on_gaza_flotilla_ship:_%27sabotaged_by_div ers%27_in_port,_attacked_by_legal_group_funded_by_ christian_right_%27mad_pastor%27_john_hagee

[Little-Acorn]

Hope they didn't get the rockets and other weapons wet.

[fj1200]

It could also be the vile act of a well intentioned Greek mechanic.

[Gaffer]

It could also be the vile act of a well intentioned Greek mechanic.

I thought they were all on strike.

Really sucks when the propeller falls off tho.

[CSM]

I thought they were all on strike.

Really sucks when the propeller falls off tho.

Yep. Makes it hard to move (except for the gentle rocking of the waves)!

[J.T]

Activists on board an Irish ship that was set to participate in a planned flotilla to Gaza have said their propeller was sabotaged and could have caused the ship to sink if it had remained undiscovered.
Fintan Lane, a co-ordinator on board the Saoirse, said in a video posted on the ship's blog that he believed Israel was behind the damage, which he labelled an act of "terrorism".
The damage means the Saoirse will not be able to join the flotilla, the blog said.
"If this boat would've gone to sea, it's almost certain we would've lost lives, this boat would've sank," Lane said.
"It's an absolute outrage that Israel talks about the flotilla as a provocation when they're willing to engage in this type of international terrorism."
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2011/06/2011630155647950458.html

[Gaffer]

So which ship were you scheduled to be on jt?

[Gunny]

http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2011/06/2011630155647950458.html

Quoting al Jazeera. Nice.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW4z045h9-4

[PostmodernProphet]

"If this boat would've gone to sea, it's almost certain we would've lost lives, this boat would've sank," Lane said.

on the other hand, it's pretty hard to "go to sea" without a propeller......

[CSM]

So, a co-cordinator on the ship has the opinion that it was terrorism perpetrated by Israel. I guess that makes it true! I suspect that the aforementioned co-cordinator has no idea what a "propeller" is much less what it looks like or what it does. Also, the organisers "claim" that hostile divers sabotaged the ship. And who knew that propellers had houses? I wonder what the average mortgage rate is for a propeller house and does the structure meet code?

Seriously, this sounds like a bunch of propaganda to me. "There are no tanks in Bagdad!"

[Gaffer]

So, a co-cordinator on the ship has the opinion that it was terrorism perpetrated by Israel. I guess that makes it true! I suspect that the aforementioned co-cordinator has no idea what a "propeller" is much less what it looks like or what it does. Also, the organisers "claim" that hostile divers sabotaged the ship. And who knew that propellers had houses? I wonder what the average mortgage rate is for a propeller house and does the structure meet code?

Seriously, this sounds like a bunch of propaganda to me. "There are no tanks in Bagdad!"

We know where baghdad bob is hanging his hat these days.