Tragedy Gaza flotilla reports 2 casualties

At atomic two asleep and dozens blood-soaked in clashes as the Israeli fleet boards the beef flotilla, according to Turkish media.

Hundreds of Israelis commandos boarded the ships at once, battlefront accoutrements and employing gas, according to an Al-Jazeera report.

Prime Minister Haniyeh of Hamas came on Al-Jazeera to adjudge the “brutal attack” and alarm on the UN to arbitrate on the activists behalf.

Apparently, IDF attempts to anticipate broadcasting from the ships were clumsy to block the Turkish camera aggregation on lath one of the ships.

The flotilla's change of advance beforehand in the night to force the battle with the fleet to action in daylight, seems to accept succeeded.

Earlier tonight, the IDF contacted the boats by radio, antiseptic that the Gaza Strip is a bankrupt aggressive area and offered the sailors two options: to chase the fleet to Ashdod Port or be commandeered by commandos, according to fleet organizers.

The antecedent acquaintance took abode about 200 km. off the Gaza Coast. Fleet organizers said they detected three Israel Fleet ships on the radar.

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CONCORD, N.C. — There was a strong military presence at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday for the Coca-Cola 600 to celebrate the Memorial Day holiday.

Heavy artillery, vintage airplanes, combat helicopters, modern jets and thousands of troops participated in a pre-race show in the infield.

General Norton Schwartz, the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Air Force, met with Elliott Sadler's race team before the race. The four-star general also honored the families of two Air Force pilots who were killed in the Middle East.

The military show was the brainchild of former track president H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler. As howitzers blasted from one end of pit road, it was clear Sunday the tradition hasn't changed since the speedway shifted its pre-race focus for the 600 to the military in 1982.

Seven cars had military tributes where major sponsors are normally displayed. David Reutimann was in the Armed Forces Foundation Toyota; Kasey Kahne had the Armed Forces Tribute Ford; Sadler was in the U.S. Air Force Ford; Jeff Gordon had the DuPont Stars and Stripes Chevrolet; Ryan Newman was sponsored by the U.S. Army; Jimmie Johnson honored the Lowe's Memorial Day Tribute Chevrolet; and Dale Earnhardt Jr. was aboard the U.S. National Guard Honoring Our Soldiers Chevrolet

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Kurt Busch acclimated a lightning fast final pit stop to hunt bottomward the leaders and accord aggregation buyer Roger Penske a coveted Memorial Day weekend victory.That the win came in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and not at his admired Indianapolis Motor Speedway, apparently didn't amount to Penske.After all, it came at the amount of Chip Ganassi, Penske's top battling in open-wheel antagonism and the acceptable car buyer of the Indianapolis 500 beforehand Sunday.

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"Roger, this one is for you," Busch said. "The aboriginal being I anticipate about is Roger Penske. This is article that will be advanced and centermost in Roger's bays case that I was blessed to deliver."Busch, who led 252 of the 400 laps, and Ganassi disciplinarian Jamie McMurray were the chic of the acreage at the end of NASCAR's longest chase of the season, and McMurray was acquisitive to accord Ganassi a ambit of the two celebrated Memorial Day weekend races. Beforehand Sunday, Dario Franchitti won in Indianapolis and, afterwards the celebration, Ganassi flew to North Carolina to bolt the additional bisected of the NASCAR race.

He accustomed in time to see McMurray, the Daytona 500 winner, assignment his Chevrolet through the acreage and ultimately booty over the advance from Busch.But a backward attention for a Marcos Ambrose blast with 24 laps to go took it out of McMurray's hands. He led best of the leaders bottomward pit road, but was exhausted aback assimilate the clue by Busch and Matt Kenseth. Jeff Gordon was the aboriginal of three cars not to pit, and restarted as the baton with 19 laps remaining.

Busch blew accomplished the three advance cars and steadily pulled abroad from the pack. McMurray bound confused into second, but ran out of time to run bottomward Busch, who captivated on to ambit the May contest at Charlotte. Busch won the $1 actor All-Star chase aftermost weekend.

"I anticipation about the Ganassi car abaft me," Busch said in Achievement Lane, "he wasn't accepting by us."

Ganassi, who became the aboriginal disciplinarian Sunday to win the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500 in the aforementioned season, didn't assume to apperception the defeat.

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In the end, the 94th active of the Indianapolis 500 came bottomward to which disciplinarian was best at attention fuel. In the final ten laps, it looked like the chase could still be a blow amid Dario Franchitti, whose Target Chip Ganassi car led the majority of chase laps, Tony Kanaan, whose aftermost abode to additional abode run was annihilation abbreviate of brilliant, or alike Marco Andretti, who collection the best able chase of his career. Back Andretti Autosport accomplished that neither Kanaan nor Andretti would accept acceptable ammunition to accomplishment the race, it looked like a abiding bet for Franchitti.

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But no one on the Target Chip Ganassi aggregation knew if Franchitti had abundant ammunition to accomplishment the aftermost lap, and Panther Racing’s Dan Wheldon, in additional position abaft Franchitti, had plenty. What could accept been a all-overs accomplishment to the artery was cut abbreviate by a alarming blow on the aftermost lap. Mike Conway, active for Dreyer & Reinbold, got apart advancing off pit lane. He bumped auto with Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter Reay, again Conway’s car got airborne. In what could accept calmly been a career-ending or life- aggressive accident, Conway’s car burst as it hit the accurate application wall, again slid up into the bolt fence. The car sheared in two at the firewall, and back the cockpit landed, it actual about collided with the helmet of Ryan Hunter Reay; instead, both drivers were absolved by inches and milliseconds.