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Monday
May312010

Gaza Flotilla Video: Questions from Last Reports Before Attack (Turkish TV & Al Jazeera)

2 clips with footage from Turkish TV feed and Al Jazeera English just before the Israeli boarding of the ship.

I don't think the significance of these clips have been taken in:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB-Mk4bFz-U&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Gaza LiveBlog: Israel Forces Attack Freedom Flotilla, Up to 16 Killed
Gaza Video: “If You’re Watching This, The Flotilla Has Been Attacked”



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFEBbDkyrqQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

1. Note not only the sounds of the Israeli loudspeakers calling on the ship to halt and allow boarding. Note the sounds of live fire, despite the raising of the white flag of surrender, and  and the clear indiciations in the reports, "Two people have already been killed...and tens of people have been injured," before any Israeli troops were on the ship.

2. Now consider the official Israeli military account, which is that the passengers attacked first with live ammunition . If this is true --- given that two passengers have already been killed by gunfire, presumably by Israeli troops --- why do the reporters never mention any gunshots from the ship towards the approach Israeli forces?