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By Dahr Jamail and Max Blumenthal, Al Jazeera English and MaxBlumenthal.com
Posted on June 28, 2011, Printed on June 29, 2011
http://www.alternet.org/story/151461/assault_on_gaza_flotilla_ship%3A_%27sabotaged_by_divers%27_in_port%2C_attacked_by_legal_group_funded_by_christian_right_%27mad_pastor%27_john_hagee
The following are two news stories revealing an orchestrated attempt to prevent the launch of the 2nd flotilla ship aimed at breaking Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.
Gaza flotilla ship 'sabotaged by divers'
by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English
A Swedish ship due to join an upcoming Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been sabotaged in the Greek port of Piraeus, organisers say.
In a statement, they said "hostile divers had destroyed the propeller house and cut the propeller shaft" of the vessel Juliano on Monday.
The ship is part of the 10-vessel Freedom Flotilla II that is expected to set sail from Greece and elsewhere for the Gaza Strip in the coming days in a bid to break Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory.
About 350 pro-Palestinian activists from 22 countries are likely to participate.
Israel insists the latest flotilla is a "dangerous provocation" and has vowed to intercept it.
Determined organisers
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