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Cynthia McKinney's Israeli adventure

What was the former congresswoman doing on a boat that got in a confrontation with the Israeli navy?
Alex Koppelman

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  • Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:36 AM

    The Israeli m.o

    The Israelis will always get very nasty with anybody getting too close. The 1967 USS Liberty attack was the first major example of that modus operandi. Foreign journalists detained, deported and sometimes shot "accidently" in the occupied territories while observing and reporting on IDF and settlers actions are infamous by now. Whenever incidents like that occur, you can rest assured that someone was getting too close and payed the price. The former congresswoman is lucky to be alive.

    —EatingRaul Read EatingRaul's other letters

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