“Ass-Kissing Carnival” Pelted
This is terrible. A Gaza relief convoy carrying America-bashing, Saddam-loving, Islamic extremism-embracing British MP George Galloway has been pelted with stones by naughty Egyptian children who also took advantage of a blackout to scrawl bad words and anti-Hamas slogans. AFP:
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AFP) — A British convoy led by MP George Galloway with medical relief for Gaza was pelted with stones and vandalised in the Egyptian town El-Arish on Sunday, an organiser said.
The convoy, which set out from London last month carrying relief supplies valued at one million pounds (1.4 million dollars), arrived in El-Arish, about 45 kilometres (28 miles) from the Rafah passage to Gaza, on Saturday.
“It’s an absolute disgrace,” convoy organiser Yvonne Ridley told AFP. “The power was cut. During cover of darkness members of our convoy were attacked with stones.
“Vandals also wrote dirty words and anti-Hamas slogans,” she said. “Several people in the convoy were injured in the attack.”
A security official told AFP that during a power cut, which is a frequent occurrence in the town, children had pelted the convoy with stones.
More hurtful details via this March 4 story in the UK Guardian, which explains that after roundly denouncing the Mubarak regime as co-murderers of Palestinians, Galloway began sucking up to the regime. A broad spectrum of Egyptian opposition groups that were planning to welcome him, including the outlawed Al-Qaeda farm team, the Muslim Brotherhood, are PO’d and staying home. All except maybe some kids they hired to throw rocks and wield the spraycans, I guess.
Some activists are claiming that Galloway was allowing the aid convoy to be used as a propaganda stunt by a repressive government. Hossam el-Hamalawy, a prominent opposition blogger, labelled Viva Palestina an “ass-kissing carnival”.
That’s just wrong! And hurtful. But sticks and stones … never mind.
Speaking from the Libyan desert last night, where the convoy was making the final 90-mile drive towards the Egyptian border, one of the organisers of Viva Palestina denied any suggestion that Galloway was ingratiating himself with Mubarak. “We are totally not involved in the domestic politics of any of the countries we go through, particularly not Egypt,” said Sabah el-Mokhtar, a British lawyer.
Sheesh. That almost sounds like the kind of thing one of the hated Bushite Crusaders might say enroute to go oppress some jihadis yearning to Sharia freely. You think it’s because Mubarak is Obama’s ally now? It’s not like Galloway has a problem with dictators per se.
Times of London notes earlier issues surrounding controversy-plagued Ass-Kissing Carnival.
The trip also ran into controversy when it was disclosed last month that three Islamist terror suspects arrested in northwest England had planned to leave the country under cover of Mr Galloway’s convoy.
Senior police sources said that the men were believed to be planning a terrorist operation abroad.
They were arrested in a joint operation by police and MI5 while they were driving two vans on the M65 near Preston, Lancashire.
Police sources said that the men were driving to Ramsgate to join a “Valentine’s Day convoy” of 110 vehicles that later left the port.
There is no indication that Mr Galloway or any of the convoy’s organisers knew of the men’s plans.
Doesn’t get into whether Mr Galloway or any of the convoy’s organizers knew they were Islamic terror suspects who wanted out.
Topics: Britain, Egypt, Palestinians, dummkopf!
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:56 pm on Sunday, March 8, 2009
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March 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I hope Mr. Galloway remembered to pack his cat suit.
March 9th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Even better: http://www.dcthornton.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/GallowayBigBrother.jpg
cheers