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BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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first at my website:<br />

www.thebarrychamishwebsite.com<br />

Then read an overview at:<br />

http://web.israelinsider.com/Views/4467.htm<br />

The photos I show at the lectures are wider and more<br />

revealing than the one on my site, which was scrunched by<br />

scanner restrictions. They reveal:<br />

Photo one - Raful's Volkswagen parked parallel to the edge<br />

of a pier in Ashdod harbor. The car is smashed on all sides<br />

but nowhere moreso than on the roof above the front<br />

passenger seat. There, it is certain that something very<br />

heavy fell on it. Some have speculated that a heavy block or<br />

other port-building equipment caused the damage. The<br />

official inquiry lead by Ashdod Port manager Shaul Rotem,<br />

which lasted at best a few hours, concluded that a giant<br />

wave smashed the vehicle and swept Raful into the water<br />

where he drowned. The problem is the vista reveals a quiet<br />

port protected by distant breakwaters where the biggest<br />

waves are barely ripples.<br />

Photo Two - Raful's body on a pier at the Navy base 1.5 km.<br />

distance from the car. This is the exposed part of the harbor<br />

yet no wave comes close to topping the pier. Both photos<br />

had to have been taken shortly after the body was recovered<br />

at 9 AM since resuscitation efforts are in process.<br />

SHAMIR TO THE RESCUE<br />

It was at the lecture in El-Kanah before a full house that I had<br />

a surprise visitor; the General Manager of the Israel Ports<br />

Authority, Gideon Shamir. A high level debate ensued.<br />

Mr. Shamir, a well-spoken gentleman in his late fifties stood<br />

up, introduced himself and asked to examine the photos for<br />

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