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Last update - 22:30 14/02/2009
Report: Nine arrested in England by terror police en route to Gaza
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: terror, gaza, israel news 

Police in a counterterrorist operation arrested three men and seized three vehicles that tried to join a convoy organized by a British charity to carry aid to the Gaza Strip, authorities said Saturday.

Lancashire Constabulary said the men were arrested Friday evening while traveling on a major highway near Preston, 220 miles (360 kms) northwest of London.

The vehicles were seized in the same area, but police declined to say if the three men were traveling in them. Police also declined to say what the men - aged 26, 29, and 36 - were suspected of doing.
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The police said the contents of the three vehicles and five houses in the nearby town of nearby Burnley were being searched as part of the operation.

They declined to disclose the contents of the vehicles.

According to Sky News, the vehicles included an old ambulance that bore an image of the Palestinian flag and signs saying "Stop Killing Children, Free Palestine" and "From Blackburn (U.K.) to Gaza."

Sky News reported that there were medical supplies and clothes on board, and that the men were apparently planning to drive to London and then on to the Gaza Strip.

The rest of the aid convoy to Gaza, organized by British charity Viva
Palestina, set off from London on Saturday. More than 100 vehicles carrying food, medicine and toys will drive in the convoy to Gaza in a journey that is expected to take around two weeks.

The group's Web site said volunteers planned to drive 5,000 miles (8,000 km) through France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt where they had hoped to cross the border at Rafah into Gaza on March 2.

A spokesman for Viva Palestina told Press Association, the British news agency, that the organization did not know the people involved in the arrests and that it had not been contacted by police.

Police Chief Superintendent Neil Smith said the police were trying to be sensitive to the local communities.

Another six men arrested as part of the same operation on Friday evening were released without charge.

Israel unilaterally ended a three-week offensive in Gaza, meant to halt years of rocket fire on southern Israeli communities, last month.
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  1.   Arrested? What for? Carrying Clothes and Medecine? 21:48  |  Monitor 14/02/09
  2.   ZIONIST 22:01  |  TRUTH 14/02/09
  3.   Released without charges 22:03  |  Christopher 14/02/09
  4.   To `Azza overland????? 22:07  |  The Judge 14/02/09
  5.   End of freedom 22:13  |  Truth 14/02/09
  6.   Meaningless Symbolism 23:01  |  Baruch Gold 14/02/09
  7.   in an english country gaden.. 23:23  |  moss 14/02/09
  8.   One hell of a long drive 23:42  |  UsedToPostHere 14/02/09
  9.   The correct headline is "nine arrested by anti-terror police" 23:47  |  Realist 14/02/09
  10.   The correct headline is "nine arrested by anti-terror police" 23:47  |  Realist 14/02/09
  11.   The Brits get tough! 00:23  |  As`ad - ANGRY ARAB 15/02/09
  12.   TERROR POLICE EN ROUTE TO GAZA??? 00:24  |  Brant 15/02/09
  13.   how dumb 00:31  |  arab american 15/02/09
  14.   Muslims harassed again 00:49  |  Martin Friedman 15/02/09
  15.   So what have they done wrong? 01:07  |  David James Vickery 15/02/09
  16.   "Terror police?" 02:43  |  Zach 15/02/09
  17.   Good to see our police are on their toes 02:56  |  Liliane 15/02/09
  18.   9 Arrested 09:53  |  Gerald Sobel 15/02/09
  19.   So 10:23  |  Noura 15/02/09
  20.   Aid To Gaza and the arrest by the British police 11:58  |  A.Ali 15/02/09
  21.   # 4 judge 12:05  |  Axel 15/02/09
  22.   # 17 liliane 12:09  |  Axel 15/02/09
  23.   #4 At least read the article before going off on a rant 14:31  |  Ben Alofs 15/02/09
  24.   False posting 00:29  |  Truth 16/02/09
  25.   WHY not give it the Red Cross instead of the publicity stunt? 09:10  |  PETER SM 16/02/09
  26.   #19 Calm down Noura 12:55  |  Urani Diot 16/02/09
  27.   aid convoy 15:06  |  captain grumpy 15/09/09
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