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NJDhockeyfan6/04/2010 6:25:39 am PDT

US Muslim Brotherhood Condemns Israel For Offshore “Massacre”

The US Muslim Brotherhood is weighing in with reactions to the confrontation between Israel forces and a flotilla of ships composed largely of organizations tied to the Global Muslim Brotherhood. Before any investigation of the incident has had time to take place, the Israeli actions are described in the various statements either as a “massacre” or an “attack with deadly force” and all call for an end to the blockade of Gaza. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) statement makes reference to an Israeli “massacre”

The statement by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) refers to the “unwarranted deadly use of force “

The statement by the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) calls the Israel action a “deadly attack on a convoy of unarmed international peace activists”

Although the Muslim American Society has not yet issued a statement, the MAS Civil Rights Director Ibrahim Ramey wrote in his blog that “killing is not only a by-product of the U.S. war system, but a result of the spread of that system throughout the world”

The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) statement makes reference to the ”massacre of innocent international peace activists by the Israeli military”

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