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Cynthia McKinney, a former Congresswoman from Georgia and Green Party candidate for president, is among 16 activists sailing to Gaza with medical aid. They say they will defy an Israeli blockade

Former U.S. congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, center, is helped out of the vessel SS Dignity, from the group Free Gaza, as it arrives in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. The boat, carrying international peace activists and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip, arrived back into Tyre Tuesday - after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, according to the organizers of the trip.

Lebanese fishermen cheer as the vessel SS Dignity arrives at Tyre, Lebanon, on Tuesday after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, according to organizers of the trip.

Damage to the SS Dignity is evident as the vessel docks in Tyre, Lebanon, on Tuesday.

Cynthia McKinney, a former Congresswoman from Georgia and Green Party candidate for president, is among 16 activists sailing to Gaza with medical aid.

International activists load boxes of medical supplies aboard a boat before setting sail for Gaza from the Cypriot port of Larnaca, Cyprus.

Free Gaza Group organizers said their boat 'SS Dignity' would defy an Israeli blockade of Gaza.

The 16 activists are sailing with three tons of Cypriot-donated supplies to help treat the wounded from Israeli air attacks.

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Former U.S. congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, center, is helped out of the vessel SS Dignity, from the group Free Gaza, as it arrives in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. The boat, carrying international peace activists and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip, arrived back into Tyre Tuesday - after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, according to the organizers of the trip.

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