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(BBC News) Jane Corbin - Some of the Israeli special forces showed me the wounds they received on board the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara. "I saw a knife in my abdomen and pulled it out," Captain R said. "The beating was continuous - and the cries of Allah Akbar." Israeli footage shows Captain R being beaten with bars by activists, stabbed and then thrown to the deck below. The commandos insist their lives were in danger and they were under attack when they opened fire. "We have very clear evidence that in at least four cases the other side did use live fire," said retired IDF Maj.-Gen. Giora Eiland, who carried out the investigation into events on board the ship. "In some they used Israeli weapons stolen from our soldiers - in at least one case they used their weapon because we found bullets and shells not used by Israeli forces." He said that the Israeli commandos' use of live ammunition was justified. "These people came to kill and be killed," he said. 2010-08-16 09:23:28Full Article
Israel: Flotilla Activists Wanted Violence
(BBC News) Jane Corbin - Some of the Israeli special forces showed me the wounds they received on board the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara. "I saw a knife in my abdomen and pulled it out," Captain R said. "The beating was continuous - and the cries of Allah Akbar." Israeli footage shows Captain R being beaten with bars by activists, stabbed and then thrown to the deck below. The commandos insist their lives were in danger and they were under attack when they opened fire. "We have very clear evidence that in at least four cases the other side did use live fire," said retired IDF Maj.-Gen. Giora Eiland, who carried out the investigation into events on board the ship. "In some they used Israeli weapons stolen from our soldiers - in at least one case they used their weapon because we found bullets and shells not used by Israeli forces." He said that the Israeli commandos' use of live ammunition was justified. "These people came to kill and be killed," he said. 2010-08-16 09:23:28Full Article
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