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I think they conducted raid in international waters for a variety of reasons - claim no court has jurisdiction, make sure flotilla doesn't film offshore gas rigs, and they can claim 'self-defense' of the 'pirate ship flotilla' in international waters.
Well said. Hopefully entire unedited footage will be released, with blurring rather than cuts.
link to cbc.ca
Flotilla Forensics – Eyewitnesses
"CBC interview from a couple of days ago with Mavi Marmara, Vice-Chair of Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine. It would appear that there is one non-bullet brain wound of packaged lead-shot.
It bothered me to no end the official spokesmen emphasis on paint-ball guns, as if for a moment that it is believable that commandos would bring toys. It would appear that the description is a misnomer and a rancid one at that. It appears that a riot control weapon was used to kill." - YYSyd
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Issue I see is the IDF claims they acted in self-defense and have had their version of events and their video played the world over of commandos rappelling down and being attacked.
The 15min released so far, shows in the first 2-5min unexplained blood stains on a ladder, sounds of gunfire, commandos rappelling down from a helicopter. If the blood on the ladder is a passengers blood, wounded or dead before any commando set foot on the ship, that supports every single survivors testimony that they were attacked before being boarded.
It means, irrefutably, that the IDF deliberately provoked the passengers in order to achieve the outcome the IDF and the US-Israeli Gov wanted, a confrontation leading to murder, mayhem, and pre-determined justification of ‘self-defense’ by the IDF
The IDF, AIPAC, the US congress, Jon Stewart, Glenn Beck, ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, SkyNews, etc etc ad nauseam propagandists have barraged the world with “Israel acted in self-defense” Same old story. This video potentially destroys that completely. Thats why have to see it in its entirety.
It will be ignored by Israeli controlled media/politicians and get little exposure, make no mistake, but it is potentially irrefutable to someone who cares about the truth
488Mb HD Download Link of footage released so far:
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First coverage of news conference I have seen (kindly sent by Sharon)
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Unfortunately a bit wishy washy "The footage released by Lee appears to confirm elements of both accounts"
What needs to be shown/explained is the time line. The 15min edit shows blood on ladder in the first 2 minutes, but no explanation of where blood came from. Then later shows commandos rappelling down ...
From what I have seen so far, appears to support time line that people on board ship were dead or wounded before any commando set foot on deck. link to twitter.com
says more footage will be released tomorrow.
If video shows that people on board were dead or wounded before any commando rappelled down that supports every single survivor testimony.
It also means, more ominously, that the IDF deliberately provoked passengers to ensure a confrontation when they rappelled down.
I cant find any coverage of the news conference yet. ALjazeera, RT, PressTV. Has anyone found anything yet?