Originally published in Truth-out
By Gareth Porter
The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla released last week shows conclusively, for the first time, that US citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered execution-style by Israeli commandos.
The report reveals that Dogan, the 19-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent, was filming with a small video camera on the top deck of the Mavi Marmara when he was shot twice in the head, once in the back and in the left leg and foot and that he was shot in the face at point blank range while lying on the ground.
The report says Dogan had apparently been “lying on the deck in a conscious or semi-conscious, state for some time” before being shot in his face.
The forensic evidence that establishes that fact is “tattooing around the wound in his face,” indicating that the shot was “delivered at point blank range.” The report describes the forensic evidence as showing that “the trajectory of the wound, from bottom to top, together with a vital abrasion to the left shoulder that could be consistent with the bullet exit point, is compatible with the shot being received while he was lying on the ground on his back.”
First Posted: 09-29-10 01:47 PM - Updated: 09-30-10 04:08 PM
cont; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/29/un-factfinding-mission-sa_n_743873.html
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I FOUND THIS COMMENTER’S POST VERY INFORMATIVE:
This (http://www.goldstone-report.org) was out too after the Gaza invasion and the killing of more than 1000 Palestinian civilians. What happened afterwards? NOTHING!!! How about Sabra and Shatila (http://www.countercurrents.org/pa-fisk180903.htm)?
Now you talking about 9 civilians in a peace flotilla? That’s like a drop in the ocean. I mean, they are not held accountable for killing an American citizens. What else do you want? The U.S. government has failed us all. After all, you and I have in fact paid for the weapon this American citizen got killed by.
If you want to do something, I suggest you visit:
- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation: www.endtheoccupation.org/
- Jewish Voice for Peace: www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
