The Guardian: Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range

Funeral of one of the Turkish victims of the Gaza flotilla raid, at the Beyazit mosque in Istanbul. Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP

The aid fotilla Marmara Ship

Exclusive: Nine Turkish men on board Mavi Marmara were shot a total of 30 times, autopsy results reveal

Israel was tonight under pressure to allow an independent inquiry into its assault on the Gaza aid flotilla after autopsy results on the bodies of those killed, obtained by the Guardian, revealed they were peppered with 9mm bullets, many fired at close range.

So they were not paintguns as the Israeli propaganda machine is trying to convince the whole wold. They always lie up to there teeth unknowing that the more they lie, the more the rug is pulled from under their feet, the more people become aware of their ugly faces.

Nine Turkish men on board the Mavi Marmara were shot a total of 30 times and five were killed by gunshot wounds to the head, according to the vice-chairman of the Turkish council of forensic medicine, which carried out the autopsies for the Turkish ministry of justice today.

Of course, they have landed with the premeditated intention to kill  on bases of false allegations fed to the the Israeli people days before the attack; a media brain-washing whenever they are up to a diabolical plan.

The results revealed that a 60-year-old man, Ibrahim Bilgen, was shot four times in the temple, chest, hip and back. A 19-year-old, named as Fulkan Dogan, who also has US citizenship, was shot five times from less that 45cm, in the face, in the back of the head, twice in the leg and once in the back. Two other men were shot four times, and five of the victims were shot either in the back of the head or in the back, said Yalcin Buyuk, vice-chairman of the council of forensic medicine.

The findings emerged as more survivors gave their accounts of the raids. Ismail Patel, the chairman of Leicester-based pro-Palestinian group Friends of al-Aqsa, who returned to Britain today, told how he witnessed some of the fatal shootings and claimed that Israel had operated a "shoot to kill policy".

The truth always, no matter how one tries to suppress it, surface for everybody to know, and only the filthy lies stay at the bottom.

He calculated that during the bloodiest part of the assault, Israeli commandos shot one person every minute. One man was fatally shot in the back of the head just two feet in front him and another was shot once between the eyes. He added that as well as the fatally wounded, 48 others were suffering from gunshot wounds and six activists remained missing, suggesting the death toll may increase.

A brutal assault! nay. this is a massacre planned and carried out by a mafia-mentality people whose ethics stem from their satanic Talmud.

The new information about the manner and intensity of the killings undermines Israel's insistence that its soldiers opened fire only in self defence and in response to attacks by the activists.

Ya, they are always right and right is might, and others are always wrong. Ya, it is convenient   They attacked a ship in the open sea; an act of piracy.

"Given the very disturbing evidence which contradicts the line from the Israeli media and suggests that Israelis have been very selective in the way they have addressed this, there is now an overwhelming need for an international inquiry," said Andrew Slaughter MP, a member of the all party group on Britain and Palestine.

And the criminals should also be punished severely.  It is about time for the nations of the world and their governments to stand up and say enough is enough, we can not take any more of your lies.

Israel said tonight the number of bullets found in the bodies did not alter the fact that the soldiers were acting in self defence. "The only situation when a soldier shot was when it was a clearly a life-threatening situation," said a spokesman for the Israeli embassy in London. "Pulling the trigger quickly can result in a few bullets being in the same body, but does not change the fact they were in a life-threatening situation."

A thief in my house talking about his right of self-defence, WOW!

Protesters from across the country will tomorrow march from Downing Street to the Israeli embassy to call for Israel to be held to account for its actions.

Earlier this week, William Hague, the foreign secretary, said the government would call for an inquiry under international auspices if Israel refuses to establish an independent inquiry, including an international presence.

The autopsy results were released as the last of the Turkish victims was buried.  Dr Haluk Ince, the chairman of the council of forensic medicine in Istanbul, said that in only one case was there a single bullet wound, to the forehead from a distant shot, while every other victim suffered multiple wounds. "All [the bullets] were intact. This is important in a forensic context. When a bullet strikes another place it comes into the body deformed. If it directly comes into the body, the bullet is all intact."

Sounds logical to me and scientific, too, and it shows the premeditated intention of the government of the satanic state of israel who gave order to those murderers to shoot to kill.

He added that all but one of the bullets retrieved from the bodies came from 9mm rounds. Of the other round, he said: "It was the first time we have seen this kind of material used in firearms. It was just a container including many types of pellets usually used in shotguns. It penetrated the head region in the temple and we found it intact in the brain."

Not paintguns as alleged by the Israelis, after all, but  bullets specially prepared for a specific and horrific plan.

An unnamed Israeli commando, who purportedly led the raid on the Mavi Marmara, today told Israeli news website Ynet News that he shot at a protester who approached him with a knife. "I was in front of a number of people with knives and clubs," he said. "I cocked my weapon when I saw that one was coming towards me with a knife drawn and I fired once. Then another 20 people came at me from all directions and threw me down to the deck below … ". "We knew they were peace activists. Though they wanted to break the Gaza blockade, we thought we'd encounter passive resistance, perhaps verbal resistance – we didn't expect this. Everyone wanted to kill us. We encountered terrorists who wanted to kill us and we did everything we could to prevent unnecessary injury."

No one can blame those people whether they were holding knives, chairs or clubs. anyone would react in such away using  the first thing he can lay hands on when someone armed to the teeth invade his home. What did the Israeli expect; and invitation for drinking a cup of tea?! And because they did not expect that, they made their break-in while being well-armed; a proof that they considered all parameters of the assault.

Tonight the Rachel Corrie, an Irish vessel crewed by supporters of the Free Gaza movement, remained on course for Gaza. Yossi Gal, director general at the Israeli foreign ministry, said Israel had "no desire for a confrontation" but asked for the ship to dock at Ashdod, not Gaza. "If the ship decides to sail the port of Ashdod, then we will ensure its safe arrival and will not board it," he said.

Had no desire for a confrontation!! WOW. Why did not they do that with the Marmara instead of attacking her??? Have they become civilized all by a sudden?? They have always been bullies, murderers carrying a slogan "Either our way, or you shall suffer".

They are always up to no good