In the latest litany of bullshit issued by the Israeli government Captain Aria Shaliker has this to say:
‘I myself was on one of the boats that approached the terrorist’s convoy. We were armed only with paint ball guns. It was our intention to challenge to convoy to a game of paint ball but the terrorists decided to ambush our helicopters, gunships and masked soldiers when all we wanted was to play paint ball. They were highly trained individuals armed with kitchen knives and deck chairs. We stood no chance. So we killed them instead’
Asked why the IDF hadn’t challenged the convoy to a game of paintball during day light hours, Shaliker continued ‘because we had filled our paint ball guns with a special fluorescent paint, pink, yellow and green; we thought it would be much more fun and pretty at night’.
Footage from terror TV channel Al Jazeera shows unarmed passengers lying in pools of blood whilst gunshots could clearly be heard in the background. There were no signs in any of the footage of paint ball stains.
Reports, issued by the IDF, claim that the ship was laden with weapons and munitions bound for the arch terror group Hamas. When journalists asked if they could inspect the cargo they were told that under ‘national security’ guidelines no access could be granted to the weapons haul. Neither could any photos be released for security reason.
Captain Aria Shaliker continued ‘it was only ever our intention to engage in a peaceful game of paint ball and we regret the loss of human life, blah, blah, blah . . . . . ‘
At this point most journalists had stopped listening.
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