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Report: Delayed Irish aid ship sets sail for Gaza:

Despite threats from Israel's navy, an Irish boat packed with humanitarian aid is
reportedly proceeding toward Gaza.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=288655

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Govt warns Israel to 'exercise restraint' on Irish aid ship:

The Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has discussed the ship's approach with
the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland.
http://www.eecho.ie/news/index.aspx?c=ireland&jp=eyojsnsnqley

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Martin demands return of citizens:

Irish Foreign Affairs minister Michael Martin has demanded that Israel allows Irish
humanitarian ship the MV Rachel Corrie through its military blockade of Gaza.
http://tinyurl.com/262rlak

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'Next time we'll use more force':

Israel will use more aggressive force in the future to prevent ships from breaking the
sea blockade on the Gaza Strip, a top Navy commander told The Jerusalem Post on
Tuesday.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177134

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Israel vows to block new aid convoy:

Israel on Tuesday vowed to block all aid ships heading for Gaza as defiant activists
said they would launch another bid to smash the Israeli blockade, despite the latest
mission ending in tragedy.
http://tinyurl.com/2eg6fle

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Turkish fleet will sail to the eastern Mediterranean - Statements Turkish commander:

Turkey has recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv, and the threat of outside support
for the next ship, and threatened to "unprecedented immense reprisals.
http://tinyurl.com/2alh74r

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Israel jails 480 Gaza aid activists:

Israel has jailed 487 international activists captured during its deadly commando
strike on a Gaza aid convoy, while 48 others are to be "expelled."
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=128593&sectionid=351020202

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Statement by the Secretary General of NATO on Israeli attack:

I request the immediate release of the detained civilians and ships held by Israel.
http://www.isria.com/pages/1_June_2010_250.php

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Eye witness accounts of Israeli attack:

Speaking on their return to Germany, Greece and Turkey on Tuesday, the activists
said that commandos had administered electric shocks and beaten passengers during
the assault.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10206802.stm

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Former US ambassador on Gaza aid ship seized by Israelis heading home, wife says:

Edward Peck, 80, of Chevy Chase, Md., was among activists in the flotilla trying to get
humanitarian aid to Gaza, said his wife, Ann Peck.
http://tinyurl.com/2g8auwm

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No weapons on stormed Turkish ship: Report:

"Allegations that there were weapons aboard the Turkish ship are baseless," Fevzi
Gulcan, the head of customs at the Mediterranean port city of Antalya, told Anatolia.
http://tinyurl.com/2auhjfr

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Egypt orders crossing open 'immediately':

Rafah, the sole crossing into Egypt, will be open in both directions to allow the transit
of patients, students, and foreign passport holders for three days, the source said.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=288814

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Gaza aid convoy killings: "Those responsible must be held criminally accountable" -
UN expert:

"Israel is guilty of shocking behavior by using deadly weapons against unarmed
civilians on ships that were situated in the high seas where freedom of navigation
exists, according to the law of the seas," Mr. Falk said.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=
10080&LangID=E

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Lieberman to UN chief: International community is two-faced for condemning Israel:

UN Security Council requests immediate release of ships and civilians held by Israel.
http://tinyurl.com/27umc69

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Still Think Israel Doesn't Run the United States?:

From the website of the U.S. Department of Commerce (Bureau of Industry and
Security)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/58854.html

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