Cynthia McKinney ferrying supplies to Hamas?

[Chris]

Here's a YouTube vid of it.  All the visible damage looks like it is above the waterline.  (Warning: crazy lady talking )

[youtube=425,350]CH9oJoBDt4c[/youtube]

[Chris]

Some person is claiming the SS Dignity (ROFLMAO) was in international waters when the "attack" occurred.  Has this been reported?

Dear Israel: you picked wrong boat to mess with. Israeli patrol boats have rammed into and nearly capsized a relief vesssel sailing in international waters, bearing humanitarian medical aid to Gaza. Accompanying the international doctors and aid workers who comprised the heart of the mssion were several politicians, including former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, as well as several international journalists, such as Karl Penhaul of CNN and Othman Abu Battiri of Al Jazeera, who have used mobile video reporting to refute Israel's claims that the damage was somehow caused by those leading the relief mission. Shades of the USS Liberty... or Whale Wars?

posted by markkraft

I have an online friend who used to work at CNN... and she used to swear up a storm about how half of the job of the people back in Atlanta seemed to be trying to persuade/force reporters that what they saw was somehow a lot more "grey" than it actually was.

After years of Bush administration castration, CNN Atlanta can't seem to acknowledge actual intentional wrongdoing by anyone, unless the current presidential administration has signed off on it first... at which point, their mission seems to be to draw every negative inference possible.

posted by markkraft at 12:33 PM on January 1

You act as if Israel didn't know they were coming already. You think they don't monitor -- and occasionally infiltrate -- groups they know who are trying to send a message about Israel's behavior?

posted by markkraft at 12:39 PM on January 1

http://www.metafilter.com/77899/Israel-humanitarian-relief-reporters-politicians-Made-for-Television