Its been a week in a secret location awaiting the boats but the hour comes close as it been released that the boats will arrive at  Chania in Crete at 9th August.

A press conference will take place and then I assume we will board and pick up the others in Cyprus. It..s been a bit of a waiting game but Chania is a beautiful place and there is great history to it.  The conflict between the Turks and Greeks gives it history. There are mosques here but they have been changed to art galleries or churches have been built on them.

In honesty its been a bit of tit for tat - the muslims came and build mosques on churches and then the Christians came and built churches over the mosques and so it goes on - I bet if you dug deeper you would find some Pagan tribes doing exactly the same to each other - religion was a political movement or empire as much as non religious conflicts hence the reason why so many people get put off but it..s  too a simple way of understanding - you have to give it context and psyche.

Yvonne has been busy causing problems for the FBI and CIA and bless her she has managed to expose them in relation to the abuse of women during the illegal war in Afghanistan - what surprises me is she is angry at their tactics and deceit - as if they had an ounce of integrity in the first place - all predictable actions from the scum bags in Washington - they lead and other governments follow - its political competition - the secret intelligence agencies have egos and play games with each other and everyone else and have done for years - another institute which needs dismantling whether its in Algeria or UK, all are educated idiots terrorising with their power.

I..ve  done some filming and went to an absolutely wonderful natural gorge in Samira - epic and magnificent and reminds me of a mini-Kashmir - Yvonne got all politically environmentalist which was great and her report to camera seemed far more natural.

In all this journey I hear the debates raging and positions - there is a dilemma that we are seen as supporters of Hamas and the Israeli media are pushing this and claiming we are been supported by Hamas.  Well I do not believe we are BUT what if we are so what?  

Israel is supported by the West on many fronts.   Hamas are supposed to be a terrorist group according to the great civilised world - I can only laugh not only at the absurdity of the position but the fact that people clamour for excuses not to be associated with them - the history books have been here before.  I support Hamas and if they become unjust I will support those that struggle against them too.

An interesting thought for many of us - in the event we could rewind history - would I do this at the time of the Nazis in a similar scenario e.g the murder and oppression of the Jews?  The answer is YES  - so there you have it folks I am not partisan about fighting against injustice.  Other peoples struggles are mine even though a lot of the Left have not been part of the Muslim struggle in all its manifestations in recent years.  The ..All Is War.. album exposed that position.

So everything is ok and am ready to board and looking forward to it - I think there has been enough media to stop us getting killed by whatever covert operations the Israelis attempt and do not underestimate the scenarios and deceit- "boat people bombed by HAMAS" is a headline I can foresee - but we have some very high profile people on board so it eases the fear.  Frankly now I am getting bored with hanging around and just want to get on with the trip. 

There might have been some tactics in terms of the delay, the olympics so gotta bear with it but inshallah we will be riding the waves in less than a few hours.

Keep your tentacles busy and as always do what you can,  as the net result of this protest is that we help ALL not just the Palestinians .

Ok captain lets go!!!!!!

Love to all and especially my family

Aki

p.s.  As usual feel free to distribute - edit -re-word or whatever

SS Free Gaza and SS Liberty Arrive in Chania, Crete, Saturday, 9 August at 21h00. 

You can check out this protest on www.freegaza.org and also past posts on www.fun-da-mental.co.uk  or tap in "boats to gaza" in google and you get all the info.

AND just for the record…if I say anything offensive I am really really NOT SORRY!!!!!