Greece stops pro-Hamas flotilla from leaving port

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Good for them! The Americans on those ships should be arrested and charged with aiding terrorists.

Also, note the name they chose for the boat, a tribute to another pro-Hamas American:



www.theblaze.com/stories/greece-bans-gaza-flotilla-from-leaving-port/

ATHENS, Greece (The Blaze/AP) — Greece on Friday banned ships heading to the Gaza Strip from leaving Greek ports, and a vessel carrying several dozen American protesters which left port without permission was ordered to return.

A flotilla of nine Greek and foreign-flagged vessels and several hundred activists have said they want to break Israel’s sea blockade and deliver aid to the Palestinian territory.

Greece’s Civil Protection Ministry said coast guard authorities had been ordered to take “all appropriate measures” to implement the ban. It also said the “broader maritime area of the eastern Mediterranean will be continuously monitored by electronic means for tracking, where applicable, the movements of the ships allegedly participating” in the flotilla.

Protest organizers said one of the boats, dubbed the Audacity of Hope and carrying several dozen Americans, had left the port of Perama near Athens Friday afternoon, but had been intercepted by coast guards on inflatable speedboats about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) out at sea.

“We’re not moving because they put one of the (boats) in front of us, so we are stationary,” vessel spokesperson Jane Hirschmann told reporters in Athens.

The Merchant Marine Ministry refused to give any details of the incident, saying only that the protest boat had not left the “general port area.”

Two journalists embedded on the boats, however, do offer some detail. According to Phil Black, who says he’s a CNN correspondent, the boat that left port is returning after officials allegedly threatened to board the ship

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Whoa, would ya check out the name of the terrorist laden flagship there...

Sure wouldn't be too proud of that.