"Maine video producer recounts Gaza flotilla ordeal" by Clarke Canfield | June 5, 2010
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine video producer recalled hearing shots amid the chaos that broke out as Israeli troops raided the aid flotilla he was on that was attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.
Scott Hamann of South Portland arrived in Maine late Friday night, five days after the flotilla was intercepted by Israeli troops, resulting in the deaths of nine pro-Palestinian activists.
Were the Haiti human rights workers described as pro-Haiti?
Is their any other group designated as such?
I suppose anti-American and anti-Israel qualify to a certain degree (and for good reason).
In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Hamann said troops that landed on the boat he was on fired high-powered paintball guns and threw a "stun grenade" that hit him on the foot before exploding behind him.
Paintballs filled glass from what I saw.
"Israeli commandos "started off with some kind of paintball bullets with glass in them that left terrible soft tissue wounds"
NEVER READ THAT in my MSM paper!!!!
People aboard the flotilla expected a confrontation, but not a deadly one, he said.
"As soon as we heard the real guns going off, that's when we knew things were different than what we thought they'd be," he said. "We knew they'd use excessive force, but it was a game changer when we heard they were shooting people."
Yeah, and the WHOLE WORLD is PISSED!!!!
The six-ship flotilla was attempting to deliver supplies to Gaza in defiance of a 3-year-old Israeli blockade....
The flotilla's journey ended when Israeli commandos boarded the vessels early Monday morning and clashed with passengers on one ship in a confrontation that left nine people dead.
Israel says....
Then it's a lie.
David Rubinson, a former music producer in the U.S. who now lives in Eze, France, said he hired Hamann, 29, who owns Harbor Light Films video production company in South Portland, to ride aboard one of the six vessels in the flotilla, shoot video and photographs and post them on the website . http://www.witnessgaza.com
Hamann said the flotilla was in international waters when it was intercepted by Israeli troops. When they boarded his vessel, Challenger I, they destroyed all video footage and camera memory cards, he said.
And then put out their OWN FAKE S***!!!
He and hundreds of others on the flotilla were then brought to an Israeli prison and detained before they were deported.
15 are STILL MISSING!
There, Israeli troops and intelligence officers intimidated and threatened the prisoners, he said. After being brought to an airport to be put on a plane, two deportees were attacked by soldiers when they refused to sign deportation orders, he said.
One of them, he said, was an American citizen who was beaten and bloodied....
Hey they KILLED ONE with 5 BULLETS and Obama doesn't give a shit.
Speaking from France earlier this week, Rubinson said little media attention was paid to another aid flotilla last year that was disrupted by Israel as it made its way to Gaza. This time, he wanted to make sure people worldwide could witness the journey through video and photographs posted on the website.
Rubinson is Jewish, but no longer practices his faith because of his disapproval of Israel's actions against Gaza.
:-)
Another JEW I LOVE!
Related: B'Tselem
Are a LOT of 'em out there -- and with Israel behaving the way it is there are MORE all the TIME!!
"I'm doing this because it's my people who are perpetrating this tragedy," he said. "I feel it is imperative we do something to stop it."
Yes, ALL JEWS should be ASHAMED of Israel!!!!!!
And the Globe should be ashamed for not bringing that to me.
What they doth giveth:
"Maine man taken into custody after flight
A Maine man who accidentally lit a match on a flight bound for Logan International Airport last night was arrested on an outstanding warrant when the plane landed, State Police said. Paul Prater, 50, of Sanford, Maine, lit the match when he removed a book of them from his pocket during the flight, State Police Sergeant Michael Popovics said. State troopers, who were alerted shortly after 8:40 p.m., met Prater for questioning at the airport and discovered that he had an outstanding arrest warrant for identity fraud in Georgia. Prater was detained and has a hearing on the warrant scheduled for today in East Boston District Court. He was not charged in connection with the matches incident. Popovics and a Massachusetts Port Authority spokesman said they did not know which airline Prater was flying on or where his trip originated.
--more--"
"Observers say the field of seven candidates and a tax overhaul referendum drew Republicans. They also say winner Paul LePage, a favorite of the Tea Party movement, turned out a big vote.
Dan Billings, a Republican political consultant, told the Portland Press Herald that LePage drew many people to the polls who wouldn’t normally vote in a primary.
Yeah, the DemocraPs are in for a RUDE AWAKENING later this year.
HISTORIC LOSSES that will be WORSE than '94!!
--more--"Also see: Around New England: Sunday Morning Tea in Maine
Tea Party Can't Win For Losing
That's the Globe spin, can you believe it?
Smells like SORE LOSER to me.
Here is SOMETHING ELSE that STINKS to HIGH HEAVEN!
"Warm days lead to early strawberry crops
Warm, sunny weather has led to an early strawberry crop in Maine, up to two weeks early in some parts of the state. Despite the generally warm weather, one hard frost killed as much as 25 percent to 30 percent of the area’s strawberries (AP)."
See: The MSM Monitor's Vanishing Climate Change Coverage
I can't stand the AmeriKan MSM and their obfuscations and lies on this issue anymore -- and if they will lie about the weather.
Cloudy, rainy, and COOL again here today!
Also see: Maine man charged with wife’s murder
(Soccer update: second match starting. Time for a break)
