The Lone Ship of the Freedom Flotilla: The Rachel Corrie MV Continues to Sail Towards Gaza in Defiance of Israeli Threats
Monday, June 7, 2010
Freedom Flotilla: The Rachel Corrie
The Lone Ship of the Freedom Flotilla: The Rachel Corrie MV Continues to Sail Towards Gaza in Defiance of Israeli Threats
Friday, June 4, 2010
Furkan Dogan 19-years Old by the Israelis Abroad Rescue Ship Mavi Marmara to Gaza
A 19-year-old man with dual U.S.-Turkish citizenship was among the nine people killed in the Israeli raid on an aid flotilla in the eastern Mediterranean, the State Department said Thursday. That potentially complicates the Obama administration's attempts to remain neutral in the crisis.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/03/furkan-dogan-us-citizen-k_n_599173.html
| Furkan Doğan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 20 October 1991 Troy, New York |
| Died | 31 May 2010 (aged 18) near Ashdod, Israel (killed in theGaza flotilla raid) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Known for | İHH activity |
| Home town | Kayseri |
| Parents | Ahmet Doğan |
Furkan Doğan (20 October 1991[1] – 31 May 2010) was a Turkish American who was residing in Turkey permanently.[2] He was the youngest person killed by the IDF on the MV Mavi Marmara, in the Gaza flotilla raid and became a political symbol after his death
Early life[edit]
Furkan Doğan was born to ethnic Turkish parents in Troy, New York[5][6] in the United States and moved to Turkey at the age of two.[7]
He was a high school student at Kayseri Özel Hisarcıklıoğlu Fen Lisesi inKayseri, Turkey.[8][9][10] He wanted to study medicine.[11] He had planned to visit New York in the summer of 2010.[12]
His father, Ahmet Doğan, who graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutewith an MBA in accounting, is an assistant professor of accounting at Erciyes University.[5][13]
Gaza flotilla and Doğan's death[edit]
Dogan was not intensely interested in politics, and his participation in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, was volunteered by himself.[11] He was killed in the Gaza flotilla raid.[14] Doğan's father said that "Furkan was a US citizen only and he never thought that he would be killed since he was an American citizen."[2] In his final diary entry written on the ship, he wrote about the beauty of martyrdom:
"It is the last hours to martyrdom, insha'Allah. I am wondering if there is a more beautiful thing. The more beautiful thing is only my mother, but I'm not sure. The comparison is very difficult. Martyrdom or my mother? Now, the hall has been evacuated. So far people were not serious, but they have become serious recently."[15]
An autopsy revealed he had suffered five gunshot wounds, to the nose, back, back of the head, left leg, and left ankle,[18] at a distance of 45 centimeters. A UNHCR concluded he was also shot at after he fell wounded on the floor.[11] He was shot when he was filming the events in the ship.[19] A video from İHH which was posted in many websites including haber7 claims to show a person being shot by IDF soldiers. It is claimed that the person shot was Doğan by haber7.[20] This video was also posted at the on-line news collective This Can't Be Happening: [3]
The US alleges the autopsy report was never handed over to US authorities despite repeated requests to that effect.[21]
Reactions to his death[edit]
On 3 June 2010, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed his death and said U.S. officials had met with Doğan's father to express their condolences.[22] Clinton said,
U.S. authorities in Turkey have offered U.S. consular services.[25][26] His funeral service was held at the Fatih Mosque inIstanbul on 3 June 2010[27]
The American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) condemned the attack.[28] Ray McGovern questioned Israel's killing of Americans without being held accountable.[29] The Christian Science Monitor reported that his US citizenship may make it difficult to avoid a diplomatic confrontation between the US and Israel.[30]
The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, criticized the USA Government for being silent after Doğan's death. He asked: "Why is his death not followed by the USA, is it because of his Turkish origin?"[31]
Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit[edit]
In May 2011, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. government to release documents related to its knowledge and role in the attack, which it has thus far blocked.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furkan_Do%C4%9Fan
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
The Killing of Innocent Civilians in Afghanistan ... the Cry of Humanity
Reporting from Surkhrod, Afghanistan. The father's eyes reddened with tears as he hefted an English textbook that had belonged to his ninth-grade son, Habibuddin. The boy, along with eight other people, was shot dead this month when American special-operations forces swooped down on the family's remote mud-brick compound in the dead of night.
Afghans protest against NATO, say 12 civilians killed.
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Thursday, May. 13, 2010
Local residents and relatives gather around the bodies of people killed in an overnight raid by NATO forces, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.
A man and a boy cries at the death of their relatives, allegedly civilians who were killed by NATO forces in an overnight raid, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.
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Local residents take out a procession as they accuse NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.
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Local residents throw stones at the district headquarters office as they accuse NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.
Local residents burn a makeshift U.S. flag as they accuse NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.
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KABUL Hundreds of protesters brandished sticks, threw stones and burned an American flag Friday in eastern Afghanistan as they accused NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, but the alliance said eight insurgents were killed in the attack.
More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians. A father and his four sons and four members of another family were killed in the NATO operation, said Mohammed Arish, a government administrator in Surkh Rod.
Should the family of these killed innocents be compensated very adequately?
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/05/13/1433066/at-least-3-dozen-militants-die.html#ixzz0orFnZjhr
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-night-raids-20100524,0,4911751.story
http://www.washingtontimes.com/photos/galleries/afghans-claim-nato-raid-killed-civilians
/http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2010/05/14/afghans-protest-against-nato-say-12-civilians-killed.html
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latest-news/afghan-protests-over-nato-raid-nangarhar-province
http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/afghan-lawmakers-relative-killed-in-night-raid-642321.html
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Bomb strikes Shiite market in Baghdad, killing 69
The Ultimate BrutalityBAGHDAD – A bomb ripped through a crowded market in Baghdad's main Shiite district on Wednesday, killing at least 69 people and wounding more than 100 less than a week before a deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraq's urban areas.
An Interior Ministry official said 69 people were killed and 135 wounded, while police and hospital officials in Sadr City put the death toll at 72.
http://newsIraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has said the recent wave of attacks in the country were isolated incidents which did not threaten overall security improvement, and would not delay the withdrawal of American forces.
At least 150 people were killed in just two days of suicide bomb attacks at the end of last week.
But Mr Maliki, in an exclusive BBC interview, said his government at the moment had no intention of taking up an American offer to keep troops in some Iraqi cities beyond the end of June, when they are supposed to leave.
www.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8020815.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/world/middleeast/25iraq.html?hp
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Military: Gitmo Yemeni Detainee Suicide June-02-09
A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay has died of an apparent suicide, U.S. military officials said Tuesday. His is the fifth apparent suicide at the offshore U.S. prison, which President Barack Obama hopes to close by January. The Joint Task Force that runs the U.S. prison in Cuba said guards conducting a routine check found Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih unresponsive and not breathing in his cell Monday night.
The Yemeni prisoner, also known as Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al-Hanashi, had been held without charge at Guantanamo since February 2002, a month after the isolated U.S. base started taking prisoners. Military records show the alleged Taliban fighter was about 31.
The Associated Press showed that the prisoner's weight had dropped to about 86 pounds (39 kilograms) in December 2005 — an indication that he may have joined a long-running hunger strike among prisoners. He weighed 124 pounds (56 kilograms) when he was first taken to Guantanamo in February 2002.
Men on hunger strike had been force-fed a liquid nutrition mix through a tube inserted in their noses and down their throats
The Yemeni prisoner, also known as Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al-Hanashi, had been held without charge at Guantanamo since February 2002, a month after the isolated U.S. base started taking prisoners. Military records show the alleged Taliban fighter was about 31.
The Associated Press showed that the prisoner's weight had dropped to about 86 pounds (39 kilograms) in December 2005 — an indication that he may have joined a long-running hunger strike among prisoners. He weighed 124 pounds (56 kilograms) when he was first taken to Guantanamo in February 2002.
Men on hunger strike had been force-fed a liquid nutrition mix through a tube inserted in their noses and down their throats
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