Israel kills one of its citizens - 19-year-old Furkan Doğan - and the US, still the most powerful country on Earth, does nothing about it. At least they are concerned, as they have done nothing about the murder of Rachel Corrie in the same way that the UK government has done nothing about the shooting dead of student photographer Tom Hurndall by the IDF. The West has given the IDF a license to kill. Israel is going to hold a 'commission of inquiry' into its killings with a foreigner allowed to attend - that's OK then, says the US state department.
A 19-year-old American slain during an Israeli raid of the Mavi Marmara, a vessel transporting humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip, trusted that his US citizenship would provide a degree of protection, his father has said, in remarks that underscore the lack of Israeli regard for even its greatest ally...
...Indicating that the family expected the US administration to launch an investigation, Doğan said: “The US has the right to start an investigation into any incident that concerns a US citizen who is abroad. Why hasn’t an investigation been launched for our son? Why isn’t anyone following the case?” Explaining that his son had depended on his US citizenship when embarking on the journey, Doğan said: “He left with confidence, saying ‘I am an American, they wouldn’t do anything to me.’ He was thinking, ‘I’ll go with this passport, and I will be able to help.’ He never thought he would come across such a thing, because his purpose was solely to provide humanitarian aid.” İstanbul Today’s Zaman with wires
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