The "Peace Activists" Were Mercenaries

Confederate Yankee links to this story which demonstrates that the "Peace Activists" on board the Turkish ferry boat Mavi Marmara were organized into squads who communicated via radio to coordinate the attacks. (Almost passed over is the fact that there were only 15 members of the IDF aboard, while there were at least 60 terrorists.)

Based on preliminary results of its investigation into the navy’s takeover of the Mavi Marmara, which ended with nine dead passengers and more than 30 wounded, the IDF said on Thursday that the commandos were attacked by a well-trained group of mercenaries, most of whom were found without IDs but with thousands of dollars in their pockets.

The group was well trained and was split into a number of squads of about 20mercenaries each distributed throughout the upper deck, the IDF said. All of themercenaries wore gas masks and ceramic bulletproof vests and were armed with either bats, slingshots, metal bars, knives or stun grenades.

The IDF’s understanding is that the mercenaries mainly chose dual-purpose items of this sort rather than guns, since opening fire would have made it blatantly clear that they were terrorists and not so-called peace activists.

And just in case that wasn't enough, it appears that the terrorists... Er, "Peace Activists" had firearms of their own. The only firearms the IDF had were 9mm Glock pistols. But shell casings were found that were not 9mm, indicating that there were other guns fired. (Usually a military organization buys their ammo in huge lots from a supplier so that the remaining shell casings. Thus when evaluating a battle scene you can often tell which shell casing came from who, even if they are of the same caliber.) Further, I own three 9mm pistols. One stock Glock 17 (that belonged to my late wife,) one custom Glock 17, and a Beretta 92F. The striker on the custom Glock was replaced as part of the custom work, and the markings on the shell casings are different even with a simple pocket magnifier- And the Beretta's shell casings have different markings.

The Turkish captain of the Mavi Marmara told of seeing guns thrown overboard by the terrorists.

Israel turned everyone loose, even those who had shot and stabbed members of their military. It's a pity we'll never find out where they were trained and who paid them.