MV Rachel Corrie Boarded by Israeli Forces

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Saturday June 05, 2010 11:17

by TD - Free Palestine Campaign

Haaretz : 'crew compliance'

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting that: The Gaza-bound aid ship "Rachel Corrie" has been boarded by Israel Defense Forces soldiers, and is directed toward the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod, Channel 2 reported on Saturday.

According to preliminary reports, the takeover was conducted peaceful and no resistance or injuries were reported. According to an IDF spokesman, the Israeli special forces soldiers used boats to board the ship, and were not air-dropped as in the nighttime takeover of the flotilla earlier this week. The spokesman added that the boarding had taken place after receiving full consent from the Free Gaza activists on board (much more on link).

Meanwhile, the Irish Times is reporting that: Nine Turkish men on board the Mavi Marmara were shot a total of 30 times and five were killed by gunshot wounds to the head, according to the vice-chairman of the Turkish council of forensic medicine, which carried out the post mortems for the Turkish ministry of justice yesterday.

The results revealed that Ibrahim Bilgen (60) was shot four times in the temple, chest, hip and back. Fulkan Dogan (19), who also had US citizenship, was shot five times from less that 45cm, in the face, in the back of the head, twice in the leg and once in the back. Two other men were shot four times, and five of the victims were shot either in the back of the head or in the back, said Yalcin Buyuk, vice-chairman of the council of forensic medicine http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0605/122...ia=mr