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Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:44 AM<br>Subject: [GazaArk] Gaza's Ark attacked<br>To: Gaza's Ark <<a href="mailto:gazaark@lists.riseup.net" target="_blank">gazaark@lists.riseup.net</a>><br><br><br>
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<div style="direction:ltr" text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><big><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><big>Gaza's Ark
Attacked</big></font></b></big><br>
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<i><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">for immediate
release<br>
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Gaza City - Gaza</font></i><br>
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At 3:45 AM Gaza time on April 29th, the night guard on board
Gaza's Ark received a call to leave the boat because it was
going to be attacked.<br>
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The guard left, but when nothing happened, he returned after
5 minutes. A few minutes later, a large explosion rocked the
boat causing extensive damage. <br>
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The boat sank part way and is now sitting on the shallow sea
floor. The guard was not injured but was taken to hospital
for tests.<br>
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Mahfouz Kabariti, Gaza’s Ark Project Manager, says: “The
extent and nature of the damage are currently being
investigated. We will provide an update when available.”<br>
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"Gaza’s Ark and all our partners in the Freedom Flotilla
Coalition are considering our next move in response to this
cowardly act of terrorism, but our position remains clear:
Neither this nor any other attack will stop our efforts to
challenge the blockade of Gaza until it ends," adds David
Heap of Gaza's Ark Steering Committee.</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font face="Times New
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</b>"Freedom Flotilla boats have been sabotaged before.
This attack comes as we were almost ready to sail. You can
sink a boat but you can't sink a movement," concludes Ehab
Lotayef, another member of the Steering Committee.<b><br>
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</b>- 30 -<b><br></b></font><div><br></div></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br>
<a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left">(202) 448-2898, extension 1.</span><br>
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