~candice~ Posted June 7, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted June 7, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/07/2920852.htm The Iranian Red Crescent says it will send three aid ships to Gaza in the latest bid to break the blockade imposed on the Palestinian territory by Israel. It will also send a plane carrying 30 tonnes of medical equipment to Egypt for onward delivery to Gaza. Red Crescent director for international affairs Abdolrauf Adibzadeh told Iranian media that two ships would leave for Gaza this week, followed at a later date by a third vessel. The first two ships will head to Gaza in coordination with the Turkish government. Of the two ships, "one will carry 70 aid workers such as nurses and medics and the other will have foodstuffs and medicines," Mr Adibzadeh was quoted as saying on the state television website. "The (two) ships will be sent to Gaza by end of this week," Mr Adibzadeh told the state IRNA news agency. The news agency said the third vessel would be equipped with an onboard operating theatre and would head for the Palestinian territory at a later date. Mr Adibzadeh said the Red Crescent had called for Iranian volunteers to act as relief workers and accompany the first two vessels. The head of the Iranian Red Crescent, Abolhassan Fakhi, told the Fars news agency that 20,000 volunteers had already registered over the past three days. Mr Adibzadeh said an aid plane would "leave in a short time for Egypt in coordination with the Egyptian Red Crescent." The Iranian Red Crescent had previously sent an aid ship carrying food and medicines to Gaza in December 2008 but it was prevented from reaching the territory by the Israeli navy. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said such aid ships were symbols of the "protest movement against the blockade". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted June 7, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Oh NOW they decide to send humanitarian aid to Gaza. It's only taken them how many decades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 A protest Movement Against The blockade Sovereignty Of Israel And Against The Right Of The Jew To Live To Return To The Land Of Their Forefathers God Says Otherwise No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Isaiah 44:17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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