Thousands welcome Gaza flotilla activists back to Turkey
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 06:20
in Earth & Climate
The crowd cheers hundreds of returning activists in Istanbul. A funeral for the nine who were killed is planned. Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists seized by Israeli commandos in a bloody raid on their flotilla returned home to a hero's welcome Thursday, with Turkish crowds cheering their attempt to break Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.