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Erdogan: Aid ship raid is Israeli state terrorism
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Published: 31.05.10, 19:30
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31. Turks got what they asked for.. Erdogan & co.
Stuart ,   USA   (05.31.10)
are the butchers of Armenians, Kurds, and other ethnic groups
32. #9 explain
ben Ish   (05.31.10)
Israel was declared a Nation by international law. The US was declared a nation at the point of a gun. How many Native Americans did you murder? How many Native American REFUGEES are living in abject poverty in camps? Oh that's right... ALL OF THEM.
33. 21 israeli armed idil
ARMAN ,   ISTANBUL   (05.31.10)
DEAR IDIL WHY DID YOU REPHRASE ME BY WRITING "i've always thought of israeli armed forces as professional soldiers but i was proven wrong.They should have handled the situation better." DO YOU THINK I WAS TOO HARSH? Don't worry I prefer any Israeli or any follower of MOSES to anyone else aytime BUT ALSO FOR THAT REASON THEY SHOULD KNOW THE TRUTH. Turkey and Israel should never separate their ways. We both need each other. MAY ISRAEL and TURKIYE live forever in PEACE...
34. DEAR MR. ERDOGAN
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (05.31.10)
Sir ,please give it a rest .You have sufficiently proven your dislike of Israel and ,frankly ,you have become a bit of a bore ,old chap. Israel appears to have screwed up and botched this operation ,but the Turkish people sent this flotiila and successfully provoked Israel so the turks are not blameless. However, future "have -a-go -heroes" may indeed think long and hard before taking on the Israel Navy.
35. #28 you are mad, right? I AM SO HAPPY!
El Duce ,   Firenze, Italy   (05.31.10)
Erdogan is the new Middle East bully , after Syria, Hezbolla and Hamas. He only knows to attack those who thinks are weaker than him, but when met with resistance he whines and wiggles his tail behind his hind legs, just like a coward dog that he really is. He will hang, heads-down, just like Mussolini.
36. So allen nr 20, do you think Turkey wanted a confrontation?
Daniel ,   Holland   (05.31.10)
Erdogan the poet president has good reasons. As a decent jew hating Islamist he's not very comfortable with Turkey's close relationship with Israel. So he is both using the old Middle Eastern trick of clashing with Israel to gather more support, and ridding himself from Israel. I don't think he would have dared under Bush. Erdogan seems hungry and ambitious, Turkey is a powerhouse. Turks are proud, nationalistic and humiliated. Not a good mixture, specially not when enhanced with Islamism. Now all we need is Turkey in the EU. It's the kind of disaster like the Oslo accords. If you're lucky you survive, but you'll never be the same again.
37. Hezbollah thugs are also on board the Turkish
Stuart ,   USA   (05.31.10)
ship to exploit the situation. Turks got what they deserve.
38. Well, this is too obvious
Jonathan   (05.31.10)
Israel is not going anywhere, on the contrary. It is VERY clear that the point was not to aid the Palestinians. Such moves simply hurt the Palestinians, and the whole region. Turkey is getting closer and closer to the 'dark forces' with cheap politics. It is very clear that people want to kill all the Israelis, to nuke them, bombard them, ambush them, criticize them - but honestly and frankly - the truth is out there. The world is not doing anything against Iran, Hamas, HIzballa, etc. - it is a shame to see how the medias are so happy to kill more people, in the name of 'peace making'. If they really wanted to ship aid to Gaza (and not weapons), attacking these soldiers showed exactly what they were after.
39. Armenians
Ruth Rosenthal ,   Ashkelon, Israel   (05.31.10)
Erdogan, before opening your mouth to anyone, fall on your bare knees and beg forgiveness for the genocide conducted by you people against the Armenians. How dare you speak out against anybody?
40. Raid
Alessandro Maiolino ,   Frankfurt Deutschlan   (05.31.10)
Referring to Hitler doesn't help any more, since Israel has made with the Gaza Strip his own Warsaw Ghetto. And don't forget Sabra and Shatila when you refer to the Kurd.
41. All this is Erdogan's fault
Hans ,   Germany   (05.31.10)
Standing back looking at the situation: Israel has established a long standing blockade of Gaza. A turkish-backed aid convey attempted to BREAK through it. Attempting to break through a blockade appears highly IRRESPONSIBLE and antagonistic; especially having been warned they would be intercepted. Ensuring agreement of safe passage of ANY aid convey past ANY blockade that needs to be traversed is the ONLY responsible means of ensuring tragedies like this do not occur. Approaching a military presence and failing to listen to their instruction puts all parties in a very difficult situation. Risk was assumed by the aid convey not only approaching the blockade (without agreement being reached ahead to ensure safe passage) but then attempting to break through it. Choosing to ignore military instruction at sea will almost certainly lead to being boarded. What did the aid convey expect? I find the parallels to piracy highly tenuous. Piracy is an opportunistic act for net benefit. The boarding of this aid convey is to the contrary on both counts. Aid conveys must run their operations in a responsible fashion. Doing so will remove the risk of such tragedies transpiring. It is painful to read about what has happened here as it could so well have been avoided. Groups that fail to act in the interests of the international community should be held accountable. Setting sail as an aid convey without safe passage being agreed with nations that have blockades that need to be traversed should not be viewed as acceptable. International community step up – take responsibility by the horns so such events do not happen!
42. #8- "Israeli genocide"??
William ,   Israel   (05.31.10)
Soldiers fighting back after being hit with pipes and shot at is hardly a "genocide". But don't let facts get in the way of your rabid racism. One thing Debka didn't acknowledge is that the area was inside Israel's exclusive economic zone, and therefore not covered by Intl Maritime Laws. BUzz!!!!
43. Arman - Good post
David Israel ,   New York, USA   (05.31.10)
Your name sounds Armenian but I don't know if you are really Armenian. It does not matter because as you mentioned September 6-7 incidents it was due to a rumor started by the government against the Greek minority (Rums as you wrote) Jews and Armenians were not spared from the attacks. I can understand that after seeing the mobs in Taksim today even if you are Armenian you may be scared and concerned. I for one already canceled my yearly summer visit to Turkey to see my relatives. The fact is this group knw that they were going to a dangerous mission. They were equipped and prepared to respond to an IDF intervention and they did act therefore they received harsher actions from IDF. Now I would like to ask everyone with common sense.... 1. What was the 1 year old boy doing in this dangerous environment? What kind of a parent would take a child to such a dangerous mission? 2. See the picture of the man with a rounded beard and a dagger in his hand. Looks like the mob that beheaded Lieutenant Kubilay in Menemen in 1927. Can you as a Turk sincerely say that these middle aged barbarians were i=on a peaceful humanitarian mission or just provocation? 3. As a Turk don't you think this IHH is a branch of the Lighthouse (DENIZ FENERI0 organization that was found to be wrongful in German courts and proven to be related to people in high places in Turkey including the head of the TRT?
44. Idil From Istanbul #21
David Israel ,   New York, USA   (05.31.10)
1.You mentioned it before that this ship was provocation and then you say it is an aid ship. If it really was an aid ship it would gladly let the aid go to Gazza through Ashdot after the Israeli inspection. After all the PA voluntarily signed an agreement with Israel in 1992 to let Israel control the Gaza shore. Turkey would not allow any ships to get into the shores under her control also without proper inspection right? 2. At first the Israeli soldiers entered the ship unarmed but they were attacked. If yo usee the various pictures of the so called aid group you will see people holding deadly daggers with rounded beards just like those who killed lieutenant kubilay in Menemen in 1927. IOt is after that Israeli forces used deadly force. Of course we all wish that it never happened but don;t blame the wrong side. Blame those provocateurs who invited this disaster. And how about bringing a 1 year old child to such a dangerous ship? What kind of a mother would allow this? Idil Hanim I don;t know if you are a mother but if you are one or when you become one would you allow your 1 year old child to be in such an environment? What kind of civilization does this mother and father belong to? I am sure that not the one you would like to belong. Iyi geceler
45. Erdogan is a hypocrite
Paul ,   New York   (05.31.10)
What a bunch of Turkish hypocrites who murder freedom loving Kurds in Iraq and at home. Last week a Kurdish boy was stoned to death while Turkish soldiers and policemen stood buy laughing. What about the almost 2 million Armenians that were murdered by the Turks? How quick it is where Erdogan wants to point the finger at everyone else but why doesn't he allow international monitors to inspect the Turkish concentration camps where the Kurdish minority are forced to live?
46. Sabotage
roli ,   miami beach, USA   (05.31.10)
that is the International Solidarity Movement and this is the kind of work they do By encouraging suicidal objectives and missions they are now responsible for the death of at least 12 non-Levantine Muslims (counting the Mikes Place suicide bombers). Aggressive war inciters, posing as pacifists, they are, anti-Semites calling for the rape of Zion . Part of any peace agreement should include the barring of crusaders and social pol-pots like these.
47. Israel should recognize Armenian Genocide
American   (06.01.10)
and the suffering of the kurdish people.The only way to make the turkish jihadists behave.
48. Aid Ship
Mary ,   Near Albuquerque,USA   (06.01.10)
If the IDF were amedwith just "Paint" guns then we'd have herd of IFD in color rather than shot with their own bullets!
49. The Lunatic Delusions of Hatred
Voice of Reason ,   Nazareth, Philistine   (06.01.10)
This Zionist article describes "the navy operation" as a "pre-dawn .. RAID" in which "10 ... killed" "after commandos" "stormed aboard from dinghies and rappelled down from helicopters" to capture "foreign vessels ... some 120km (75 miles) out in the Mediterranean [international waters]," yet the HATERS want to believe that the IDF was attacked!?? Blind hatred is a sad thing to witness. When you can no longer see your imperfections as you reflect on the mirror we call our soul, then PM Erdogan is right: this was truly a morbid inhumane act.
50. How can you talk without knowing?
Dogan ,   Turkey   (06.01.10)
Turkey invited Armenians to prove their genocide and they could not find. You guys are blaming Turkey for genocide, according to what? Google? Or you saw it in your dreams? Maybe you want to think like that. Stop blaming all the time. Imagine we killed Armenians, what about the Native Americans slaghtered. First, clean your own dirt and attack another country.
51. I think time has come for Erdogan to look into his backyard.
JAMES ,   ISRAEL   (06.02.10)
Looking into his backyard by Erdogan is a must. If he thinks Israel is a terror state,then it behooves him to look at the new friends he made with the REAL TERRORISTS he forgot to mention. Why? because he has joined forces with the REAL TERRORISTS... i.e Syria,Hizbs, Iran. That is where the problems lays and he has the audacity to call our forces who tried not only calm the rioters who were wielding knives,battons and granades,but resorted to throw our IDF soldier out into the sea. Hey Erdogan it is not Israel or the IDF who are TERRORISTS but it is you Turkey and YOUR NEW FRIENDS Point a finger AWAY from Israel/IDF and into your islamism. Shame to see your picture in front of ATATURK's Had he been around you wouldn't dare and be punished forthwith. You began this shenanigan and have the nerve to accuse Israel? Be careful how you speak or write your bullshit. YOU ARE THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITE EVER. We Jews(yahoodists that you call us) know how you are going down the PIT YOU HAVE DUG.ENJOY THE FILTH. I will tell you what I think of you. YOU HAVE BECOME A BIG ESHEK. Remember,remember the Armenians and the Kurds you kill and maim.SURPRISE? not at all. Typical of the ISLAMOFASCISM. Lastly I say: GO TO HELL
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