Word of Manolo! Travel PRESS
The dead are at least 19 and wounded about 160 in some very serious, says Manolo
Luppichini just been released from the military airport of Ciampino. The dead
not have seen them directly, its source is Jennie Campbell, one of the nurses who were traveling on
Mavi Marmara, Australian imbarcatasi
together with her husband, still seized by the Israelis. The
Campbell said he had counted 19 corpses and saw
throw in different water bodies. In fact, all still missing '
appeal twenty-five people.
from the ship on which travel, Sfintoni-8000, Manolo
attended the battle in which the militants for peace have tried to resist '
assault of the Israeli soldiers who attempted to take possession of the Turkish ship.
They tried to defend with great courage, the mission for which they had
the journey: to bring aid to the people of Gaza and to testify how the
solidarity is more powerful than the blockade imposed by Israel.
not have succeeded. They fought with bare hands or with the furnishings of the ship
against soldiers armed with guns, tasers, sound bombs and supported by
fired bursts of gunfire from military helicopters. Also on
Sfintoni-8000 there was such fear and some wounded, although none had
resisted. Manolo now asking what happened to
Paul LaRudee, a man of over sixty years in California, co-founder of
"Free Gaza movement, first struck by the deadly Taser (stun gun the
banned in Italy because it produces a kind of electroshock) and then fell down from the bridge
by "wasting time" to Israelis who chased him and paying
very expensive, because when he was rescued and taken to the detention center
showed signs of heavy beatings. Him nowhere
is, maybe it's still kidnapped in Israel, or perhaps it is admitted in some
hospital. Manolo
also was beaten, his sin was to want to communicate with family
or consulate, but found himself in front of the soldiers a bit 'nervous
threw him to the ground and worked his hips. It has several bruises and a bruised rib
, so it went well! Then it was kept in isolation for twelve hours and only
beating on the door as they passed by the Greeks with their
console has managed to attract their attention so that they
urge the Italian consulate. After the intervention of the console, things went better
.
Now that he is back we asked him what it intends to do and he replied that in the meantime will get back
Israel instrumentation work (Manolo ago
the director) that was arbitrarily taken away, then fight for
materials and labor cost lives to come to the inhabitants of Gaza, then
do everything possible to ensure that all survivors are released and
ensure that Larudee is alive and can return to California.