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Wow. Could it be that the outgoing Bush Administration is doing the right thing for a change? Check this out:
The Pentagon has suspended the delivery of a shipload of munitions to Israel after international concern that it could be used by Israeli forces in Gaza.The German-owned cargo vessel, Wehr Elbe, under charter by the US Military Sealift Command, is currently in Greek waters with its transponder tracking turned off to prevent its location being identified.Amnesty International has written to the foreign secretary, David Miliband, asking him to make "urgent approaches to the US, German and Greek governments to prevent this, or any pending or future shipments of weaponry until it can be verified that they will not be transferred to the Israeli Defence Forces or other parties to the conflict in Gaza.
Wow.
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Thanks PW.
Wow. The US can veto everything at the UN but they need at least passive consent to use a German boat through Greek waters … and they ain’t gettin’ it for this!!! Milliband is UK so they are acting at the request of Amnesty International without having direct involvement EXCEPT for agreeing this should be stopped. It’s good.
I had thought it was the Greek government that was blocking the transfer and shipping of the cargo. Of course, I can’t remember where I read that.