Corrie waiting in Mediterranean for other aid ships, to form a fleet: deal reached?

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' Corrie' run over by Israeli bulldozer - from Olympia, Washington (my brother knows the family).ArhataMV Corrie waiting in Mediterranean: Reports

Published today (updated) 03/06/2010 16:38

Ma'an - The Irish Times reported Thursday that the MV Corrie assumed a holding position in the eastern Mediterranean one day earlier, apparently waiting for two other boats to sail as a second flotilla to Gaza by the week's end.Free Gaza organizer Greta Berlin told the Times that a small ship, Challenger II ,was being fixed so it was fit for the voyage. In addition to Berlin, aboard the ships will be Nobel Prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former UN assistant secretary general Denis Halliday.The A statement from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) said the Corrie was carrying 1,000 tons of educational and rebuilding supplies.Israeli media reports, however, said the ship may have already agreed to dock in Ashdod. The daily newspaper Haaretz cited European diplomats and senior Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem, as saying a "diplomatic" solution had been found to impending second challenge to Israel's siege on Gaza. Speaking from the boat, Irishman Graham told PSC that "if this aid is not delivered, then Monday's deaths will have been in vain". He said the passengers had discussed the possability of being boarded by commandos like the first ships, and told PSC that all 15 passengers would sit with their arms in the air so that they would not be attacked.Irish Republican Sinn Féin condemns action by Israeli commandosIn Ireland, the largest branch of the Republican party issued a statement on Monday, saying the Israeli attack on the aid ships "must be condemned unreservedly by all right thinking countries and peoples."Speaking on behalf of the party, its General Secretary phine Hayden said the attack came "without regard to international law or humanitarian principles," and added that "No amount of propaganda can hide the fact that this was cold-blooded murder carried out to further isolate the people of Gaza."The party encouraged "All right-thinking countries" to "withdraw their diplomatic representatives immediately in protest at this war crime."Since the call, three nations -- Nicaragua, Ecuador, and South Africa -- have called in their ambassadors over the attack.http://www.maannews .net/eng/ ViewDetails. aspx?ID=289291