The Flotilla's Aid Will Be Delivered to the Gaza Strip

That's the last line of Der Speigel's report on the attack by Israel commandos of a flotilla of ships bringing 10,000 tons of humanitarian supplies to the people of the Gaza Strip; included among the supplies were wheelchairs, which apparently can be used by Hamas to attack Israel. It's uncertain how many have been killed; current estimates range between 10 and 19 of the 600 or so who were on the six ships.

Included among the desperadoes in the ships were some really dangerous people - two members of the German Parliament, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a survivor of the Holocaust and Henning Mankell, the author of the Walander novels.

The attack, which occurred in international waters, has drawn the wrath of many countries. We, the U.S., are "currently working to understand the circumstances surrounding this tragedy.”