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Turkish TV is reporting 16 killed, based on unidentified Israeli resources. The Islamic "Human Rights Foundation" (IHV with its Turkish abbreviation) main organizer of the flotilla, was already receiving diplomatic flak from Israel for "supporting terrorism". This attack is apparently guided by hatred towards the recent foreign policy initiatives of the AKP government in the region, attempting to sideline Israel and discredit its policy line. For some time during 00:00 - 03:00 AM (Turkish time), IHV's web site broadcast live feed from the ships, but then both the live feed and IHV's web site went down under DDoS attack. I can't be sure, but it appeared that there was weapon fire before boarding the ships? The aftermath of this will be very, very ugly. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
