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"The propaganda for the flotilla has been in the works for months. Most of it was simply false...."

[U]nlike the typical "humanitarian" aid vessels, these were filled with violent activists rather than the normal caches of weaponry.

[R]ather than allow an Israeli search for armaments ? a blockade necessitated by Hamas rockets falling on Israel daily ? the mob, chanting songs about invading Israel, attacked those who boarded with sharpened iron bars, poles, rifles and clubs.

Before boats were boarded, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, whose Jew-hating would make Himmler proud, already had said, "If ships reach Gaza ? victory. If terrorized by Zionists ? victory."

Using civilians as human shields, stocking weapons in schools, mosques and boats, and relying on death and martyrdom as forms of depraved propaganda is the game plan.

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Full post as published by Althouse on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).