On Dec 31, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > > On Dec 31, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Stefano Mori wrote: > >> >> On 2008-Dec-31, at 20:51, Lawrence Sica wrote: >> >>> Just looked on the wiki and this is what it says regarding >>> territorial waters: >>> >>> Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 >>> United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea[1], is a belt of >>> coastal waters extending at most twelve nautical miles >> >> >> And International Waters start at 200 miles.... > > so you are saying that McKinney's boat was 200 miles off the Gaza > coastline and Israel attacked it? > > CNN says the boat was definitely in international waters >
Well it's not that simple from what I am reading. The 200 mile standard is an old one that very few actually use anymore. The most widely accepted standard is 12 nautical miles. The group that runs the boat claims they were 90 miles out. they are also claiming that the gunboats fired warning shots at them. Interestingly they've, in the past, bypassed the blockades to give aid so they knew it was dangerous. Maybe that is why CNN was there to catch Israel doing something naughty. Here is the article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/30/israel-gaza-aid-ship From CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/30/gaza.aid.boat/index.html?eref=rss_topstories#cnnSTCVideo > k > >> >> >> Stefano >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] >> http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters >> List hosted at http://cat5.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
