Flotilla Massacre: Cynthia McKinney interviewed on CBC's Connect with Mark Kelley

Flotilla Massacre: Former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney interviewed on CBC's Connect with Mark Kelley June 1, 2010
Original video @ http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/Connect_with_Mark_Kelley/ID=1509511148

Also see:
Israel's security cannot come at any price
Ben Saul
2 June 2010
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2915343.htm

EXCERPT:
"First, absent any intention by the flotilla to attack Israel, or any suspicion of piracy, it was unlawful for Israel to forcibly board foreign merchant vessels in international waters.

Secondly, such action amounted to an unlawful interference in the enforcement jurisdiction of the "flag-States" (countries of registration) of those vessels, such as Turkey.

Thirdly, it violated the fundamental principle of freedom of navigation on the high seas, codified in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982.

Fourthly, under international human rights law, the apprehension and detention of those on board the vessels likely amounts to arbitrary, unlawful detention, contrary to article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, since there is lawful basis for detention.

Fifthly, if Israeli forces killed people, they may not only have infringed the human right to life, but they may also have committed serious international crimes. Under article 3 of the Rome Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation of 1988, it is an international crime for any person to seize or exercise control over a ship by force, and also a crime to injure or kill any person in the process.

Ironically, that treaty was adopted after Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, in 1985, in which a Jewish American was killed.

In such cases, any claim of self-defence by Israeli forces is irrelevant. The treaty necessarily adopts a strict approach. One cannot attack a ship and then claim self-defence if the people on board resist the unlawful use of violence.

Legally speaking, government military forces rappelling onto a ship to illegally capture it are treated no differently than other criminals. The right of self-defence in such situations rests with the passengers on board: a person is legally entitled to resist one's own unlawful capture, abduction and detention."

Associate Professor Ben Saul is Co-Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney, a barrister, and a leading international authority on terrorism in international law. Dr Saul teaches the law of armed conflict and has been involved in such cases in The Hague, the Israeli Supreme Court, and in the Balibo coronial inquest.

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• Flotilla
• Israel
• Massacre
• Gaza
• Cynthia
• McKinney
• CBC
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• Kelley
• War
• Peace
• Palestine
• USA
• Obama
• Mavi
• Marmara

[c0smicbyte]

Death is tragic, but one cannot hardly apply the term "massacre" to the armed and combative fatalities aboard the ship. It is more appropriate to use the term on the intent of those who launched 10,000 rockets into the civilian population of towns like Sderot, and those who drove civilians planes into the working places of moms and dads in Manhattan.

[StevenM818]

@c0smicbyte

I think you should look up the definition of massacre, it applies here. Passengers were slipping on all the blood that flowed from civilians who were shot execution style, many with multiple gun shots to the head, including a 19-year-old US citizen. You remarked earlier where I got my info? Kind of ironic after looking at your page to find out that you're getting your info from the IDF, who've openly admitted to doctoring transmissions from the Mavi Marmara to gain public support.

[Annette0077]

@punkin7733 Many of the 9/11 victims do not believe the "official" story. Why? It's impossible to believe, especially with the 9/11 commission not allowing most of the pertinent information to be presented. Why? Cover up of course. Some people need to take a course in Logic 101.

[StevenM818]

@Annette0077

Most of the 9/11 Commission members don't even believe the official story, saying that their report was almost entirely untrue, and that their investigation was set up to fail. Most people living in the US believe there was a cover-up. And something like half of New Yorkers believe it was a total inside job. Bill Doyle who lost his son on 9/11 and founded the largest 9/11 family group went on record 4 years ago saying most of the families don't believe the official fairy tale.

[edisonoside]

I question the validity of Hamas rocket attacks..I only say that because of Israel's history of False Flag attacks..I do not believe in Collective Punishment which Israels practice so much of..Nato should help protect Palestine and help to stop this unfair Blockade.

[BLAQBUCK]

@TheJomogogo Oh, and I repeat, Flat Asshole: How many graduate degrees (because undergraduate academics do not REALLY suffice/cut it) do you REALLY have?

[BLAQBUCK]

@TheJomogogo Actually, Smart Ass, my degrees are: a Master's of Arts in "Communication in Contemporary Society" from the Johns Hopkins University and Master's of Science in Library & Information Science from the Catholic University of America. Though I am currectly a Docent (basically an "Associate Professorship " specializing in Afro-American Civil War collections), I'm an Archivist by profession.

[TheJomogogo]

@BLAQBUCK

Let me guess, your two master's are in........"Black Studies and Edumacation".....right?

[BLAQBUCK]

@TheJomogogo Cute... you pale, flat-ass, racist sh*t! By the way, as a fellow "silverback"-- I've got TWO MASTER'S DEGREES, how many do do have?

[BLAQBUCK]

@JlBBERJABBERZ I know... at one point, Zionist were considering "UGANDA"... Boy, did us Blacks dodge that fucking bullet!!! LOL... Oh, and Cynthia OWNED HIS ASS!!!

[BLAQBUCK]

@TheFlex21 EXACTLY!!! CYNTHIA IS NO JOKE!!! LOL

[BLAQBUCK]

@StevenM818 Execllent points... these Zionist bastards are disgustingly hypocritical. How can a 19-year-old BOY justifiably be shot in the back of the head multipole times?!!! OUTRAGEOUS!!!

[BLAQBUCK]

@swizzletik Why is she a "moron"? What has she said and/or claimed that is either moronic, factually incorrect, or a lie? STOP NAME-CALLING AND SUPPORT YOUR ACCUSATIONS!!!