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Report: Iran preps humanitarian aid ship to Gaza Strip
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Gaza Strip, Iran 

An Iranian freighter carrying tons of humanitarian equipment destined for the Gaza Strip will set sail from the Islamic Republic on Saturday, Iranian media reported on Friday.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society organized the shipment which it says will reach the Gaza shoreline in defiance of the Israeli military blockade imposed on the territory since Hamas' ascendancy to power.

"The ship will carry medicine and foodstuffs including rice, flour, sugar as well as six tons of medicine for the impoverished population of Gaza," said Hamed Taheri Jebelli, a spokesman for Iran's Red Crescent Society on Thursday.
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"Despite the Zionist regime's opposition ... this consignment will leave Bandar Abbas for Palestine on Saturday and will arrive in 12 days," a provincial Red Crescent director, Ahmad Navvab, was quoted as telling the French news agency AFP.

"The cargo contains over 2,000 tons of food, medicine and appliances and it will be accompanied by 12 Iranian doctors and relief workers," he told AFP.

Earlier this month, the Red Crescent said it aimed to send a 1,000-ton shipment of grain, sugar, oil and medicine to the aid-dependent land.

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      1.   Board it, Inspect, then Seize it or Sink it 21:34  |  Born In The USA 26/12/08
      2.   Events are building to a crescendo... 21:42  |  BBSNews 26/12/08
      3.   No Iranian Revolutionary Guards Allowed 21:45  |  Yosemite 26/12/08
      4.   Israel needs to prove its respect to any humanitarian help 21:51  |  Antonio da Silva 26/12/08
      5.   Thank you Shiite brethren 21:54  |  Ali Fattal 26/12/08
      6.   hmm 12 days? 21:58  |  vik 26/12/08
      7.   #1 Not too bright are you---Born in the USA 22:05  |  Labhras 26/12/08
      8.   Iranian mystory cargo 22:12  |  bretware 26/12/08
      9.   to #1 22:16  |  Brad 26/12/08
      10.   #1, American 22:19  |  KHX 26/12/08
      11.   Seize it for the humanity of Sderot! 22:21  |  Arie 26/12/08
      12.   Reprisals: An effective tool in its day 22:34  |  Natallie Durson 26/12/08
      13.   let them violate the blockade and arrest them 22:38  |  spander 26/12/08
      14.   Then Prepare To Be Turned About 22:55  |  Jeff Northridge 26/12/08
      15.   BBS AND CRESCENDOS 22:59  |  Brant 26/12/08
      16.   The IDF should seize the supplies 23:04  |  J 26/12/08
      17.   Brad-New York 23:08  |  Edifice 26/12/08
      18.   Iran to the Rescue 23:17  |  Jasper 26/12/08
      19.   what will be the name of the ship? 23:18  |  scallywag 26/12/08
      20.   #9 labarse of arabia and moonbeams over the liffey 00:05  |  victor hardman 27/12/08
      21.   NO WEAPONS ON THIS ONE 00:07  |  IsraFan 27/12/08
      22.   #2 BBS NEWS Dont you mean the Occupation of Gaza 00:22  |  Labhras 27/12/08
      23.   Well done Iran! (nice to see the zionists wanting Gaza to starve. 00:34  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
      24.   #9, Brad, well, look at that! 00:37  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
      25.   #11 Arie--Make peace for the humanity of Sderot 00:40  |  Labhras 27/12/08
      26.   Seize It And Give To Sderot Residents 01:19  |  Bill Foonman 27/12/08
      27.   Humanitarian aid such as weapons and amo 01:30  |  Rabbi Izzy Lahm 27/12/08
      28.   Gardeners Corner. 01:39  |  k. 27/12/08
      29.   DO NOT LET ANY IRANIAN SHIP THROUGH 01:44  |  Mike 27/12/08
      30.   Iran has set the bait... 01:45  |  yezmar 27/12/08
      31.   Iranian help is the worst thing Hamas can accept 01:46  |  Dr D 27/12/08
      32.   #11 Arie. Israelis are not thieves. 02:00  |  Maureen Ann 27/12/08
      33.   #5 Ali Fattal 02:03  |  Rudy 27/12/08
      34.   Iranian Aid 02:06  |  Barrie 27/12/08
      35.   Prophecy 02:12  |  Barrie 27/12/08
      36.   Labhras # 7 Heave To And Prepare To Be Boarded! 02:17  |  Jeff Northridge 27/12/08
      37.   Blow it out of the water. 02:30  |  po`d 27/12/08
      38.   IRAN "CLAIM`S" it`s HUMANITARIAN CARGO 02:31  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
      39.   BSnews - Neither does your pretense of 02:34  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
      40.   #9 Brad NY 02:38  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
      41.   Search the ship 02:51  |  Harry 27/12/08
      42.   Yeah, "blow it out of the water"... 02:57  |  BBSNews 27/12/08
      43.   Arie claims Sderot needs humanitarian help... 03:03  |  BBSNews 27/12/08
      44.   just don`t let the ship through 03:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/12/08
      45.   #5, sunni hamas 03:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/12/08
      46.   Iran hangs their ("non-existing")homosexuals high 03:42  |  Starving Iranian 27/12/08
      47.   a PR provocation. 03:43  |  stop that ship 27/12/08
      48.   blow it out of the water 03:47  |  sheer provocation 27/12/08
      49.   BSNews and flatulence of the mouth 03:49  |  SDHD 27/12/08
      50.   BSNews thinks he`s on the "reality" side of the planet 03:52  |  SDHD 27/12/08
      51.   Keep the ship, send the crew home, deliver the groceries to Gaza 03:53  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 27/12/08
      52.   #21, Jeff Northridge... 04:24  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
      53.   #9, Brad... 04:26  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
      54.   #25,Ben Jabo, how can you possibly say that? 04:28  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
      55.   Ben Jabo 04:49  |  Sean 27/12/08
      56.   To Ali Fattal 05:01  |  David James Vickery 27/12/08
      57.   BBSNews # 26 Wrong! 05:01  |  Jeff Northridge 27/12/08
      58.   Trojan Horse II 05:13  |  Yosemite 27/12/08
      59.   Silvienne # 38 And What If... 05:16  |  Jeff Northridge 27/12/08
      60.   Silvienne, you don`t pay attention 05:27  |  utagawa 27/12/08
      61.   Iranian aid 05:33  |  Jack D`Angelo 27/12/08
      62.   What Would The Russians Would Do ? 05:36  |  GZLives 27/12/08
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      64.   TO ALL WHO ADVOCATE A VIOLENT RESPONSE 05:47  |  cheer4 27/12/08
      65.   Wonderful! 06:07  |  Damboviteanu 27/12/08
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      69.   BSnews - Still striving for attention 06:31  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
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      73.   #41 Silvienne - Do you really think 06:42  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
      74.   #48, Jeff Northridge.... 06:46  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
      75.   Yosemite you must be daft... 06:55  |  BBSNews 27/12/08
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      77.   #57, Ben Jabo... 07:01  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
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      82.   The irony is... 08:29  |  Colin Wright 27/12/08
      83.   what will be the name of the ship? 08:32  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      84.   silvienne 08:34  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      85.   #62 Samy 09:14  |  thomas 27/12/08
      86.   cap ahab 09:15  |  Daniela 27/12/08
      87.   BBS News 09:21  |  Yosemite 27/12/08
      88.   Response to Silvienne 13:36  |  Simon_Of_Sydney 27/12/08
      89.   #75 BBS....may be amusing, but he has a better 14:30  |  Lynn 27/12/08
      90.   Collective punishment 17:31  |  David 27/12/08
      91.   If it pleases the King 17:38  |  David 27/12/08
      92.   Humanitarian aid ? 17:51  |  George 27/12/08
      93.   If Israel stopped starving maybe there would be no 17:57  |  Robert 27/12/08
      94.   Silvienee 20:44  |  Brad 27/12/08
      95.   colin Wright irony 20:53  |  Jay 27/12/08
      96.   Humanitarian 21:09  |  Peter 27/12/08
      97.   Iran`s ship 23:49  |  Brod 27/12/08
      98.   BBSNews if the gaza seize isn`t "working out so well" 00:12  |  terrornator 28/12/08
      99.   labrat,you not to smart are you? 00:14  |  terrornator 28/12/08
      100.   Sink the ship 00:19  |  Howard 28/12/08
      101.   maureen ann #32 when you talk about taking something thats not 00:20  |  terrornator 28/12/08
      102.   iran is only trying to stir up things a little more in the middle 00:29  |  terrornator 28/12/08
      103.   israel should seize it and the iranians onboard,then trade it for 00:34  |  terrornator 28/12/08
      104.   samy # long live america,britin and israel,f**k arabs like 00:38  |  terrornator 28/12/08
      105.   BBSNews lieing again,if you "live in the country" why do you 00:40  |  terrornator 28/12/08
      106.   silvienne #76 looks like those stars have lined up,otherwise 00:52  |  terrornator 28/12/08
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      108.   TROJAN HORSE - FALSE FLAG OPERATION 01:04  |  Mark Leaman 28/12/08
      109.   Response to #23 01:25  |  Scott L. Havsy 28/12/08
      110.   NEXT ONE 02:06  |  Commonsense 28/12/08
      111.   Sieze Iranians 02:30  |  Bill 28/12/08
      112.   Bad idea, really bad idea!!! 02:33  |  Lynn 28/12/08
      113.   BBSNews - empty truths and outrage 04:37  |  allang 28/12/08
      114.   BBSNews - self anointed half-wit 04:52  |  allang 28/12/08
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