Rachel Corrie Intercepted Off Gaza Coast ‎

Well not the Rachel Corrie, aka St. Pancake. She's still dead. This is just an Irish ship named after the terrorist sympthizer who got in a head butting contest with an IDF D9R Armored Bulldozer.

From the Jerusalem Post

Three Navy ships were tailing the boat Rachel Corrie a few dozen kilometers from the blockaded Gaza Strip Saturday morning and were calling on it to divert to Ashdod, the military and activists on board the boat said. There were no reports of violence.

Earlier reports had suggested that the Rachel Corrie had been boarded, but the army and the boat’s passenger’s later said this was not true.

The ship was trying to breach the three-year-old blockade to deliver a load of aid to the coastal territory.

"There were two warships in the back of them ... and a smaller boat was approaching," said activist Greta Berlin of the Free Gaza movement, which sent the ship. She was speaking from the movement's headquarters in Cyprus and was citing a passenger on board.

By about 7 a.m., troops still had not boarded the Rachel Corrie, when it was 40 kilometers from Gaza, said Free Gaza's lawyer, Audrey Bomse. Shortly after, the Free Gaza office in Cyprus lost contact with the ship, Berlin said.

All of this interest in the Free Gaza movement has sparked a renewed curiosity in Rachel Corrie and her life. A new biography Rage 0, Machine 1; The Rachel Corrie Story, is shooting up the Amazon charts as we speak.