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.

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