"American on Gaza aid ship headed home."

[Clio the Leo]

American on Gaza aid ship headed home.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A former U.S. ambassador aboard a Gaza aid ship seized by Israel commandos is on his way home, his wife said Monday evening.

Edward Peck, 80, of Chevy Chase, Md., was among activists in the flotilla trying to get humanitarian aid to Gaza, said his wife, Ann Peck.

She said she received a brief e-mail from Israel's foreign ministry on Monday informing her that her husband was fine and headed home. The e-mail said he would likely arrive Tuesday and would call from a New York airport when he landed, Ann Peck said. She said that as of Monday evening she hadn't spoken with U.S. officials, nor was she able to talk to her husband, a former U.S. ambassador to Mauritania.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/global/story.asp?s=12571789

Because EVERYONE knows the BEST way to smuggle nuclear material is by enlisting 80 year olds! :sarcasm:

[annabanana]

1. Now THAT'S an octogenarian!. . . n/t