A video has been racing around the Internet — purportedly showing heavy weapons discovered behind bags of flour on the Mavi Marmara. The find would serve to justify the lethal raid on the flotilla to Gaza and some posters have asked why no uproar? The answer is because the video is a fraud — it shows a boat that was actually searched in 2009.
The video is often accompanied by the same text, which was posted by a commenter on this blog:
This video shows that during the unloading of the Marmara boat in the port of Ashdod, behind the bags of flour were boxes of heavy weapons and ammunition: mortars, artillery shells, bazookas, without counting a trunk where more than one million euros was found intended for Hamas. This video should be widely distributed as evidence of why the IDF Naval commandos were dispatched to intercept the six vessels including the M/S Mavi Marmara. One wonders what is aboard the Irish vessel, the M/S. Rachel Corrie, that Israel will intercept sometime today when it approaches the Naval blockade line off the coast of Gaza. Clearly the Turkish AKP Islamist government is complicit in permitting this military cargo to be loaded on the ‘peaceful’ Free Gaza Flotilla. Please distribute this video widely. If you had any doubt about what was on the flotilla, here is the video. The French explains that the arms on display were hidden behind sacks of grain.
There appears to be a conscious misinformation campaign afoot. The people who originally posted this video obviously knew it was false but wanted to mislead viewers. They succeeded.
I’m curious who linked to this story and opened the floodgates.
Who says it is not just one of their own rockets they show? They obviously believe us to eat any garbage they throw our way. Not so!!
Everybody here seems to be lawyers, or thinking like them;19 people, not 9, were killed in an attack,dead of night,with choppers and military vessels. Forensic evidence shows that shooting started from the choppers, before entering (rather stupidly down a rope one at the time!)the deck.In international waters.This seems to be to demoralise the huge upsurge of volunteers to stop Israeli crimes that now are becoming obvious to all (except lawyers who still think they can get us to focus on what someone said in 1919 , instead of our own judgement of facts)BUT it must be remembered that the REAL culprit is those with the means/mony to make all this horror exist:who has the means?Its the class-fight they said did not exist;and it is allways the poorest,most badly equipped that are targeted.Who has the Means?Anyone knows the list by now:Rotschild,Rockefeller, J.P.Morgan etc.etc.If their “organisation”(Bilderberg,tri-lateral commision,AIPAC etc.etc. ) are not dissolved, all problems will just be worse, as it is a ponerological mentality that drives it: people who think they can keep death at a distance by compiling a lot of goods. Such stupidity should govern us? An=without, archy=leaders, demands that we are ready to agree that it ,at least theoretically, is possible for humans to lead themselves,without slave-owners. IT IS!!!
“American Christians little suspect they are being brainwashed twenty-four hours of every day over television and radio, by newspapers and magazines, by motion pictures and plays, by books, by political leaders in office and seeking office, by religious leaders in their pulpits and outside their churches, by leaders in the field of education inside and outside their curricular activities, and by all leaders in business, professions and finance, … ”
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I totally agree. And the brainwashing is clearly the work of the Christians themselves in clinging to a First Century myth despite the mountain of evidence to the contrary.
“They’re here.” – Carol Anne Freeling
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The biggest hoax in the history of man kind is this.
Benjamin H. Freedman, Jewish Historian – Researcher – Scholar.
From “Common Sense”, p. 2-1-53 and 5-1-59
Christians have been duped by the unholiest hoax in all history, by so-called Jews. This is considered their most effective weapon.”
“This ‘big lie’ technique is brainwashing United States Christians into believing that Jesus Christ was “King of the Jews”, in the sense that so-called ‘Jews’ today call themselves ‘Jews’. This reference was first made in English translations of the Old and New Testaments, centuries before the so-called Jews highjacked the word ‘Jew’ in the 18th century A.D. to palm themselves off on the Christian world as having a kinship with Jesus Christ. This alleged kinship comes from the myth of their common ancestry with the so-called ‘Jews’ of the Holy Land in the Old Testament history, a fiction based on fable.”
“American Christians little suspect they are being brainwashed twenty-four hours of every day over television and radio, by newspapers and magazines, by motion pictures and plays, by books, by political leaders in office and seeking office, by religious leaders in their pulpits and outside their churches, by leaders in the field of education inside and outside their curricular activities, and by all leaders in business, professions and finance, whose economic security demands that they curry the favor of so-called “Jews” of historic Khazar ancestry. Unsuspecting Christians are subjected to this barrage from sources they have little reason to suspect. Incontestable facts supply the unchallengeable proof of the historic accuracy that so-called “Jews” throughout the world today of eastern European origin are unquestionably the historic descendants of the Khazars, a pagan Turko-Finn ancient Mongoloid nation deep in the heart of Asia, according to history, who battled their way in bloody wars about the 1st century B.C. into eastern Europe where they set up their Khazar kingdom. For some mysterious reason the history of the Khazar kingdom is conspicuous by its absence from history courses in the schools and colleges.
“The historic existence of the Khazar kingdom of so-called “Jews”, their rise and fall, the permanent disappearance of the Khazar kingdom as a nation from the map of Europe, and how King Bulan and the Khazar nation in about 740 A.D. became so-called “Jews” by conversion, were concealed from American Christians by censorship imposed by so-called “Jews”, of historic Khazar ancestry, upon all U.S.A. media of mass communications directed by them. Then in 1945 this author gave nation-wide publicity to his many years intensive research into the “facts of life” concerning Khazars. The disclosures were sensational and very effective but apparently angered so-called “Jews” who have continued to vent their spleen upon this author since then solely for that reason. Since 1946 they have conducted a vicious smear campaign against him, seeking thus to further conceal these facts, for obvious reasons. What have they to fear from the truth?
“In an original 1903 edition of the Jewish Encyclopedia in New York’s Public Library, and in the Library of Congress, Volume IV, pages 1 to 5 inclusive, appears a most comprehensive history of the Khazars. Also in the New York Public Library are 327 books by the world’s greatest historians and other sources of reference, in addition to the Jewish Encyclopedia, dealing with Khazar history, and written between the 3rd A.D. and 20th centuries by contemporaries of the Khazars and by modern historians on that subject.”
Bible,,Revelation 2:9,3:9.
Considering that israel actually created Hamas to counter Arafat’s PLO, who were originally a humanitarian organization, there is no doubt in my mind that the perpetual state of victimhood being experienced by israel is the creation of israel. The so called rockets fired by “Hamas” which very rarely find a significant target could very well be “By deception… There is no reason to trust the israelis they are human garbage to me
Actually, the whole area known as “israel” is in itself one shameless fraud.
I would not expect anything less coming out of that s-hole !
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites.
Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal.
In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance for a bombing run on Iran.
To ensure the Israeli bombers pass unmolested, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defence systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdom’s air defences will return to full alert.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7148555.ece
More video has come out. Also, wikileaks is about to let loose State Dept. cables that should give us some accurate information concerning what our own govt. is up to. This information can be found at the Daily Beast. There is also an interview with Daniel Ellsberg about the threats to the founder of wikileaks, Julian Assange. We need more truth and this leaks are just about the only way we have to get it.
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Dave Lindorff
The false narrative initially put out by the Israeli government of hapless IDF commandos severely threatened by hardened “terrorists” on the Mavi Marmara has fallen apart, amid revelations of doctored photos, dubbed voices and other deceptions and the patent absurdity of the claim that the commandos had boarded the ship armed only with “paint guns” and low-caliber pistols. Now the Big Lie stands fully exposed, thanks to a smuggled-out video showing IDF commandos kicking a prone, helpless victim and then executing him with semi-automatic rifle fire.
This smuggled video, showing IDF commandos brutally kicking their captive, who is clearly posing no threat to them, and then firing four shots down at him from almost point blank range, proves these commandos were on the ship with intent to kill and injure, and that is what they did.
There are claims from Turkish sources that this clip shows the 19-year-old American-born Furkan Dogan being executed. Dogan’s autopsy showed he was shot four times in the face, and at least once in the back.”
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/95
Back to something more on topic: Saudi Arabia being the vile shit disturbing enemy of peace everywhere that isn’t a Wahabist Islamic theocracy clears Israel to use their airspace to bomb Iran.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37653040/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Is there any doubt now that Saudi Arabia needs to be wiped from the face of the Earth in order to promote peace? This is the very definition of playing both ends against the middle.
James,
Non-story? Eh, perhaps. Extremely lazy from an editorial standpoint at a minimum. Maybe it’s the Ghost of Jefferson in me or the training, but I still find the disclaimer attached to the Constitution inexcusably offensive and doubly so to the Declaration. Nonetheless, any reason to boo FAUX is also acceptable. They do indeed suck.
Buddha & mespo,
That’s a non-story. Their webpage turned up the fact that they have a large catalog of classics that appear geared for middle and high school classroom use. Amazon “Look inside” feature turned up the fact that they all have the same disclaimer on the copyright page. This isn’t them making a political statement about our founding documents or looking for “shock value”–it’s a standard policy that no one was smart enough to say, “Hey, maybe let’s not put that on this one.” BOOOOooo Fox News. Boooo.
“OT, but I think you’d find this appalling. Check out the link below I originally posted to the Corrections thread for the Prof to consider for an article.”
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Like most crass attempts to garner attention by substituting shock value for talent, Wilder Publishing has lost its power to appall me – maybe just make me wonder how we can spawn punks like this who would sell their soul and freedom for a few dishonorably acquired shekels.
mespo,
OT, but I think you’d find this appalling. Check out the link below I originally posted to the Corrections thread for the Prof to consider for an article.
It’s disgusting.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/09/publishing-company-putting-warning-label-constitution/?test=latestnews
mespo,
I have no issue with the application of Maslow’s hierarchy, I just thought Cohen penned an interesting op-ed. Another picture to add to the collage. I do, however, think security and legitimacy go hand in hand in the nuclear age but especially when the state’s legitimacy in question is a nuclear power. True, terrorists gaining a warhead would be a worst case scenario. But how is that any different than if a country, isolated by their own bad actions and growing fearful and stupid in that isolation, deciding that it has nothing to lose by playing the “ultimate trump”? As crazy as Kim Jong Il is, there is a reason China hasn’t just invaded North Korea. A destabilized state can be every bit as dangerous as a terrorist organization. Possibly more so. Damaging and potentially losing their legitimacy can only destabilize and further isolate Israel from the international community. And I think Bibi is, in his own way, just as insane as Kim. Both are dangerous dogs when backed into a corner and unafraid of Pyhrric “victory”.
Sources: Obama Administration to Support Anti-Israel Resolution at UN Next Week
http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/sources-obama-administration-support-anti-israel-resolution-un-next-week