Gaza aid flotilla tries a new tactic.

[Lemon law]

With perhaps billions of dollars of promised Sadie aid awaiting deliver to Gaza, this time, a Libyan aid ship with an avowed course for Gaza, instead diverted to an Egyptian port rather than face Israeli boarding on the high seas.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/world/middleeast/14flotilla.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Thus perhaps opening up a second front in the entire Gaza aid flotilla debate.

Because the rub is, Egypt's existing policy is to only allow in needed medical supplies to Gaza to through Egyptian ports.

All that is know now is that the ship in question carries 2000 tons of supplies for Gaza, financed by Libyan charities, but not the exact contents of the cargo.

But now the pressure is transferred to Egypt, will they risk the wrath of the Arab world by refusing to open its borders to the delivery of aid to Gaza, or will Egypt say, we will allow the aid to go through unimpeded? Effective ending the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

I have no idea of the final outcome, or how this will play out, so no sense in me speculating. But a second front may have opened up.

 

[nageov3t]

so, Libya is potentially bringing in 2000 tons of weapons and ammunition to Hamas and hoping Egypt allows it to go through because they're afraid of what the Israeli inspectors will find?

 

[MikeMike]

so, Libya is potentially bringing in 2000 tons of weapons and ammunition to Hamas and hoping Egypt allows it to go through because they're afraid of what the Israeli inspectors will find?

jesus christ no wonder P&N is full of such shitty threads with pure arguments...

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

I think you mean "tack"...

 

[Lemon law]

so, Libya is potentially bringing in 2000 tons of weapons and ammunition to Hamas and hoping Egypt allows it to go through because they're afraid of what the Israeli inspectors will find?

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We certainly do not if any arms at all are aboard. Nor do we know if Egypt will allow Israeli inspectors to inspect the cargo, or for that matter of Egypt will buy the Israeli restricted list for imports, or more importantly open its ports for Gaza exports.

 

[nageov3t]

jesus christ no wonder P&N is full of such shitty threads with pure arguments...

it's the worse case scenario and why Israel doesn't want uninspected shipments going into Gaza.

 

[Drako]

I think you mean "tack"...

I used to work with some dork that would say "new tact" during meetings a lot. Had the whole room snickering. He never got it.

 

[Lemon law]

I used to work with some dork that would say "new tact" during meetings a lot. Had the whole room snickering. He never got it.

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Whopee, I have now changed tact to tactic. Now are you going to start processing the implications, or do you think the verb police will save you from the bother of thinking.

 

[Drako]

LL - opportunity missed.

You would have had a nice little double entendre there, if you would have changed the title to "new tack" instead of "new tactic"

 

[Genx87]

Egypt doesnt want Hamas to have missile any more than Israel. If there are weapons Egypt will confiscate them. Egypt closed the border the same time Israel did and only allowed limited humanitarian aid to pass until recently.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

I used to work with some dork that would say "new tact" during meetings a lot. Had the whole room snickering. He never got it.

I think we may have worked at the same place.

 

[Lemon law]

I have been very careful not to speculate beyond the known facts, but depending on the Egyptian and international community response, the Egyptian port option has the potential to change the whole Israeli blockade of Gaza ball game, or alternately, it may mean nothing.

Why should we be in denial about facts and events. Its already happened so why deny it?

 

[Lemon law]

There is new news regarding the aid ship.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100714...DeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDbGlieWFhaWRzaGlw