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Mavi Marmara: Israeli officers face Turkish trial
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Israeli navy commandos intercepted the Mavi Marmara and other ships
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A Turkish court has charged four senior Israeli military commanders over the killing of nine Turkish activists trying to reach Gaza in 2010.
Ex-military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi and former heads of military intelligence, the navy and air force are expected to be tried in absentia.
The nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed after Israeli troops boarded their ship, the Mavi Marmara.
They had been hoping to breach Israel's naval blockade and deliver aid to Gaza.
A prosecutor at the court in Istanbul has called for each of the four Israeli officers to face nine life sentences, Turkish news agency Anatolia reported.
The other three commanders are ex-naval chief Vice Admiral Eliezer Marom, former head of military intelligence Major General Amos Yadlin, and former head of the air force Brigadier General Avishai Lev.
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Comments
Chutzpah or an exercise in futility?
May 29, 2012 by Irlandos (United Kingdom ), 1 year 3 weeks ago
Points: 6
Maybe Israel or Greece can counter by trying in abstentia: Ecevit, Menderes, Nureddin pasha, the WW I triumvirate, Omer Vrioni, Ibrahim pasha, Mehmed II, Saladin, Alp Arslan, etc., etc...
I mean, if we are exonerating Socrates in this day and age, shouldn't we also be able to convict past historical figures for their crimes?