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In reply to the discussion: Haaretz exclusive: Organizer of Gaza flotilla sought assistance from Assad's office [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)40. Wait, are these the same witnesses claiming...
...IDF soldiers were rappelling down from helicopters with one hand while firing with the other?
With witnesses like that....
But worse, look at those videos of the IDF soldiers rappelling down. If the helicopter fired on that crowd of thugs, why didn't they disperse and run for their lives? Even better, why the hell would the IDF send down defenseless IDF soldiers, presumably after firing on a rowdy crowd? The superhuman IDF must be just as lousy protecting the lives of their fellow soldiers as they are when they're shooting Palestinian children right between the eyes pointblank for no reason other than the IDF is pure evil incarnate.
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Haaretz exclusive: Organizer of Gaza flotilla sought assistance from Assad's office [View all]
DUIC
Feb 2012
OP
'Scintillating' if rather old news as this correspondence is from the period 8/10-10/10
azurnoir
Feb 2012
#3
yes that is the corresponsdence from 8/15/ 2010 but that is not what I asked about
azurnoir
Feb 2012
#17
No, not at all. But the most insanely extreme theocratic rightwingers of the Arab world...
shira
Feb 2012
#10
so boarding a ship in international waters and killing people is your defination of "fighting back"
azurnoir
Feb 2012
#19
Pelsar, not even video evidence of the IDF using 2 hands to rappel down from helicopters....
shira
Feb 2012
#28
oh gosh they used 2 hands but how many IDF died on the Mamara? How many Turkish and American?
azurnoir
Feb 2012
#32
Slow down there. What happened to yr claim WRT the IDF shooting peaceniks from those ropes? n/t
shira
Feb 2012
#38
hmmm how many IDF died on the Mamara? how many Turkish and American citizens died?
azurnoir
Feb 2012
#33
Azurnoir, please answer Holden's question w/o throwing more BS accusations around...
shira
Feb 2012
#27
LOL! What were they defending themselves from? The other boats peacefully obliged...
shira
Feb 2012
#37
luved you that video so much you had to post it twice? however I'll take the word of the victims
azurnoir
Feb 2012
#46
I was wondering when you'd get around to posting that video you did so many times on DU2
azurnoir
Feb 2012
#55