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July 7, 2011

Greece Intercepts Flotilla Ship as Another Departs 
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The Greek government continues to enforce a ban on all ships taking part
in the Freedom Flotilla to the Gaza Strip. Earlier today Greek
authorities stopped a small French boat that had left waters near Greece
earlier this week. The halting of the ship follows the earlier blocking
of the U.S. and Canadian boats as they sought to reach Gaza. On
Wednesday, another ship, the Juliano, left a Greek port where it had
been forcibly moored. The ship's captain said he would take it to a
different port before ultimately heading to Gaza.

Theodore Boukas: "Everything is ready. After the sabotage, after these
very strong inspections, we are ready to depart from this pier. Our
final destination is Gaza, if it's not the next days, it's after these
days. But our final destination is Gaza."



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