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Injured pro-Palestinian activist evacuated from flotilla. Photo by Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty ImagesAt least 10 pro-Palestinian activists carrying aid supplies bound for the Gaza Strip were killed Monday when an Israel
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stanley cup of activists were wounded.The Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement the activists were killed when Israeli naval personnel boarded the six ships after the ships refused to dock in Israel. The military said the naval personnel were attacked with live fire and light weaponry including knives and clubs. The military then employed riot dispersal means, including live fire. The s
stanley cup hips, sponsored by the Free Gaza Movement and a Turkish group called Insani Yardim Vakfi, carried more then 600 activists, including 1976 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan-Maguire of Northern Ireland and Holocaust survivor, Hedy Epstein, 85. International condemnation was swift. Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and canceled three joint military exercises Monday. Protesters in Turkey tried to storm the Israeli consulate there and then marched to Istanbul main square.Regardless of any reasoning, such actions against civilians engaged in only peaceful activities are unacceptable, a statement on the Turkish Foreign Ministry Web site said Monday. Israel will be required to face the consequences of this a Ywnx New round of peace talks between Ethiopia, Tigray envoys
WASHINGTON 鈥?Multiple failures led up to the deadly Niger attack last October, but top military leaders said Thursday that none directly caused the overwhelming enemy ambush that killed four American service members and sent others fighting and running for their lives.The direct cause of the enemy attack in Tongo Tongo is that the enemy achieved tactical surprise there and our forces were outnumbered approxima
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salomon press conference.He described a brutal, chaotic firefight, as 46 U.S. and Nigerien forces battled more than 100 enemy fighters. Amid the chaos, he said, there were repeated acts of bravery as the outnumbered and outgunned soldiers made split-second decisions under heavy fire, struggling to protect and rescue each other during the more than hourlong assault. The direct cause of the enemy attack in Tongo Tongo is that the enemy achieved tactical surprise there and our forces were outnumbered approximately three-to-one. Killed in the a
stanley cup ttack were: Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Florida; Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, 35, of Puyallup, Washington; Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, 39, of Springboro, Ohio; and Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright, 29, of Lyons, Georgia. Four Nigerien troops were also killed, and two American soldiers and eight Nigerien forces were wounded.The Americans who were killed gave their last full measure of de