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US Peace Activists Head to Gaza as Boat Delegation Deported

HeadlineJul 06, 2009

A group of around 100 US peace activists have arrived in Egypt hoping to bring aid to the Gaza Strip. The activists are part of the group Viva Palestina, which conducted another aid mission from Europe earlier this year. Their arrival in Egypt comes as Israel is set to deport today a group of foreign activists kidnapped in international waters last week as they tried to reach Gaza. The Free Gaza delegation included former Congress member and presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and the Irish peace activist and Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire. Both McKinney and Maguire are among those expected to be deported today.

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