Timmins: Boarding of Gaza aid ship 'plain wrong'

Fine Gael Foreign Affairs Spokesman Billy Timmins has said that boarding of the MV Rachel Corrie by Israeli troops "was plain wrong".

Timmins: Boarding of Gaza aid ship 'plain wrong'
Sat, 05 Jun, 2010 - 12:45

Fine Gael Foreign Affairs Spokesman Billy Timmins has said that boarding of the MV Rachel Corrie by Israeli troops "was plain wrong".

The Israeli military said its forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel today, preventing it from breaking a maritime blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.

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CourtsGaza aid shipPlace: GazaPlace: IsraelPlace: AshdodPlace: Northern IrelandPlace: TurkeyPlace: Mavi MarmaraPlace: IrelandPlace: MalaysiaPlace: CyprusPerson: TimminsPerson: Billy TimminsPerson: DeputyPerson: Minister for Foreign AffairsPerson: Lt ColPerson: Avital LeibovichPerson: First MinisterPerson: Martin McGuinnessPerson: Rachel CorriePerson: Mairead CorriganPerson: TurksEvent: Free Gaza movementOrganisation: Fine GaelOrganisation: HamasOrganisation: IsraelOrganisation: Sinn FéinOrganisation: UNOrganisation: Islamic aidOrganisation: Foundation for Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian ReliefOrganisation: IHHOrganisation: US State Department
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