The ongoing interrogation of passengers who were aboard the Marmara - the Gaza aid flotilla's flagship - revealed that the majority of those who attacked the Israeli Naval Commandos boarding the ship have direct and indirect Global Jihad ties. Israel's investigation has revealed some 100 people infiltrated the peace and humanitarian aid activists making their way to Gaza, with the explicit design to attack Israeli soldiers using cold arms.
Some among that group are believed to have ties with World Jihad groups, mainly al-Qaeda.
The majority of suspects are Turks, but some are Yemenites and Indonesian. One Yemenite Islamist was photographed with a dagger in his belt prior to the raid.
The suspects are not cooperating with investigators. Most of them have no identification papers, and Israeli authorities are still trying to ascertain their identity.
Nevertheless, it is clear that the majority were recruited by the same IHH handler who organized the flotilla.
IHH is a Turkish humanitarian relief fund with a radical Islamic anti-Western orientation.
Some of the suspects were found to be carrying large sums of money. Others had Kevlar vests and gas masks; and all were found to be carrying weapons such as knives, metal clubs and slingshots..
Probe reveals flotilla lynchers have ties to Global Jihad - Israel News, Ynetnews
Im sure if they were legitimate peace activist they would have some kind of identification
Turkeys Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) was established in 1995 and
registered in Istanbul. The organization was outlawed in Israel in May 2008
because of its affiliation with the charity coalition and the fact that it
had become a major component in the global fund raising machine for the
Hamas terrorist organization.
The foundations declared goal is to provide assistance to Islamic groups in
various places around the world, mainly in Asia. In recent years, however,
there has been a marked trend in the organization to broaden its operations
to various countries in Europe as well, sometimes by establishing branches
that bear its name, even though they deny any connection to the IHH.
IMRA - Thursday, May 27, 2010 Background Information: Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH)