Archive for August 23rd, 2008

IDF shooting at boats on Gaza coast

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Update:

Palestinians in Gaza claim that the IDF is shooting at Palestinian boats sailing away from the Gaza coast. The boats want to greet two boats coming from Cyprus filled with almost 50 peace activists. (YNet)

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Israel prepares for arrival of activist boats to Gaza

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

The foreign ministry indicated that Israel is preparing for a confrontation with two boats of activists that are sailing towards Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of the region.  The group set sail from Cyprus Friday afternoon and are expected to arrive Saturday afternoon.

Meanwhile Israel Army Radio reports that the organizers of group lost contact with the boat. I am really wondering what happened…

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Iran plans manned space mission

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Al Watan Daily is reporting that:

Iran plans to send a manned rocket into space in the next 10 years, state television reported on Thursday, just days after the Islamic Republic announced it had put a dummy satellite into orbit.

Iran is doing everything to provoke the west. They want to get nuclear, they want to destroy Israel, they want Satellites and they want manned space trips. It’s about time to stop those guys.

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