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Justaguy
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Remembering the USS Liberty
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Here's a story. www.worldnetdaily.com/new...E_ID=21665 (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/new...E_ID=21665)
Here's a summary
The following is based upon the dust cover summary from
Assault on the Liberty by James M. Ennes, Jr.
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In June 1967, jet aircraft and motor torpedo boats of Israel brutally assaulted an American naval vessel, the USS Liberty, in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. The attack was preceded by more than six hours of intense low-level surveillance by Israeli photo-reconnaissance aircraft, which buzzed the intelligence ship thirteen times, sometimes flying as low as 200 feet directly overhead. The reconnaissance pilots were heard by intercept operators in Germany and in Lebanon reporting to their headquarters that they could see an American flag and men sunbathing on deck.
The carefully orchestrated assault that followed was initiated by high-performance jet aircraft, was followed up by slower and more maneuverable jets carrying napalm, and was finally turned over to lethal torpedo boats which fired five torpedoes. Four missed. The one torpedo that hit the ship blasted a forty-foot hole in the ship's side.
The attack lasted more than two hours -- killing 34 Americans and wounding 171 others -- and inflicted 821 rocket and machine-gun holes. And when the Liberty stubbornly remained afloat despite her damage, Israeli forces machine-gunned her life rafts and sent troop-carrying helicopters in to finish the job. During the attack, radio intercept operators in Lebanon heard
one Israeli pilot identifying the ship as American. He was told to ignore the flag and continue his attack.
Before the ship arrived in the area, U.S. Sixth Fleet
Commander Admiral William Martin promised to provide air
support within ten minutes if an emergency arose. Yet when
the ship did come under attack, the White House blocked any
air rescue for more than 90 minutes. Officers on the bridge of the aircraft carrier Saratoga heard Liberty's radio operators calling for help while bombs burst in the background, but were forbidden to help. When Navy jet aircraft were finally authorized to come to the ship's aid, the Israeli government suddenly ended the attack and withdrew. Only then did the identity of the assailants become known.
Details of the attack were hushed up in both countries. Israel claimed that her forces mistook the Liberty for an Egyptian ship, and our government publicly accepted that excuse despite evidence to the contrary. Meanwhile, in top secret diplomatic mail, US Secretary of State Dean Rusk accused the Israelis of demonstrating "blatant disregard for human life" and said that the attack was no accident. Then our government downplayed the intensity of the surveillance and the severity of the attack, and imposed a news blackout to keep the official story under control. The official version is that the Liberty was reconnoitered only three times and then only from great distance. The American people were told that the air attack lasted only five minutes and that it was followed by a single torpedo and an immediate apology and offer of assistance.
The story has continued to fester for nearly thirty years.
During that time numerous senior members of the Lyndon
Johnson administration, in office at the time, have come
forward to say that the attack was no accident. These include former Secretary of State Dean Rusk; former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Tom Moorer; former NSA chief General Marshall Carter and his deputy, Dr. Lou Tordella; former White House Press Secretary George Christian; former US Ambassador to Lebanon Dwight Porter who heard some of the radio conversations at the time, and others. Two former Israeli military officers have come forward to tell their inside stories confirming survivors' charges that the attack was no accident. Despite these reports, and despite charges by survivors that
the official Israeli story is untrue, Congress has for thirty years refused to conduct a public investigation. The attack on the USS Liberty remains the only major maritime incident in all US history that has not been publicly investigated by the United States Congress.
Justaguy
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Re: Remembering the USS Liberty
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More info:
www.halcyon.com/jim/ussli...iberty.htm (http://www.halcyon.com/jim/ussli...iberty.htm)
Sign the Petition calling for a Congressional Investigation of
USS Liberty Attack:
www.petitiononline.com/li...ition.html (http://www.petitiononline.com/li...ition.html)
The History Channel plans to air a program on the USS
Liberty Cover-up. It was scheduled for February 25 but now
has been rescheduled for some time later this year.
You can leave a comment at their website and encourage them
to air the report asap:
www.historychannel.com/fe...index.html (http://www.historychannel.com/fe...index.html)
There is a message board for the USS Liberty on the History
Channel site as well:
www.historychannel.com/di...index.html (http://www.historychannel.com/di...index.html)
The Sonarman
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posts: 265
(2/15/01 10:22:51 pm)
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Re: Remembering the USS Liberty
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I've heard this story many times. It was a naval tragedy. I've also heard a variety of explanations for the shootup.... including that the Israelis knew all along the Liberty was a US intelligence ship, and was attacked deliberately, even so.
Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum (Epitoma rei militaris, Prologue, 3)
Forum Host
posts: 94
(2/15/01 1:46:01 am)
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Remembering the USS Liberty
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Here's a story. www.worldnetdaily.com/new...E_ID=21665 (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/new...E_ID=21665)
Here's a summary
The following is based upon the dust cover summary from
Assault on the Liberty by James M. Ennes, Jr.
------------------
In June 1967, jet aircraft and motor torpedo boats of Israel brutally assaulted an American naval vessel, the USS Liberty, in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. The attack was preceded by more than six hours of intense low-level surveillance by Israeli photo-reconnaissance aircraft, which buzzed the intelligence ship thirteen times, sometimes flying as low as 200 feet directly overhead. The reconnaissance pilots were heard by intercept operators in Germany and in Lebanon reporting to their headquarters that they could see an American flag and men sunbathing on deck.
The carefully orchestrated assault that followed was initiated by high-performance jet aircraft, was followed up by slower and more maneuverable jets carrying napalm, and was finally turned over to lethal torpedo boats which fired five torpedoes. Four missed. The one torpedo that hit the ship blasted a forty-foot hole in the ship's side.
The attack lasted more than two hours -- killing 34 Americans and wounding 171 others -- and inflicted 821 rocket and machine-gun holes. And when the Liberty stubbornly remained afloat despite her damage, Israeli forces machine-gunned her life rafts and sent troop-carrying helicopters in to finish the job. During the attack, radio intercept operators in Lebanon heard
one Israeli pilot identifying the ship as American. He was told to ignore the flag and continue his attack.
Before the ship arrived in the area, U.S. Sixth Fleet
Commander Admiral William Martin promised to provide air
support within ten minutes if an emergency arose. Yet when
the ship did come under attack, the White House blocked any
air rescue for more than 90 minutes. Officers on the bridge of the aircraft carrier Saratoga heard Liberty's radio operators calling for help while bombs burst in the background, but were forbidden to help. When Navy jet aircraft were finally authorized to come to the ship's aid, the Israeli government suddenly ended the attack and withdrew. Only then did the identity of the assailants become known.
Details of the attack were hushed up in both countries. Israel claimed that her forces mistook the Liberty for an Egyptian ship, and our government publicly accepted that excuse despite evidence to the contrary. Meanwhile, in top secret diplomatic mail, US Secretary of State Dean Rusk accused the Israelis of demonstrating "blatant disregard for human life" and said that the attack was no accident. Then our government downplayed the intensity of the surveillance and the severity of the attack, and imposed a news blackout to keep the official story under control. The official version is that the Liberty was reconnoitered only three times and then only from great distance. The American people were told that the air attack lasted only five minutes and that it was followed by a single torpedo and an immediate apology and offer of assistance.
The story has continued to fester for nearly thirty years.
During that time numerous senior members of the Lyndon
Johnson administration, in office at the time, have come
forward to say that the attack was no accident. These include former Secretary of State Dean Rusk; former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Tom Moorer; former NSA chief General Marshall Carter and his deputy, Dr. Lou Tordella; former White House Press Secretary George Christian; former US Ambassador to Lebanon Dwight Porter who heard some of the radio conversations at the time, and others. Two former Israeli military officers have come forward to tell their inside stories confirming survivors' charges that the attack was no accident. Despite these reports, and despite charges by survivors that
the official Israeli story is untrue, Congress has for thirty years refused to conduct a public investigation. The attack on the USS Liberty remains the only major maritime incident in all US history that has not been publicly investigated by the United States Congress.
Justaguy
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posts: 95
(2/15/01 1:57:39 am)
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Re: Remembering the USS Liberty
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More info:
www.halcyon.com/jim/ussli...iberty.htm (http://www.halcyon.com/jim/ussli...iberty.htm)
Sign the Petition calling for a Congressional Investigation of
USS Liberty Attack:
www.petitiononline.com/li...ition.html (http://www.petitiononline.com/li...ition.html)
The History Channel plans to air a program on the USS
Liberty Cover-up. It was scheduled for February 25 but now
has been rescheduled for some time later this year.
You can leave a comment at their website and encourage them
to air the report asap:
www.historychannel.com/fe...index.html (http://www.historychannel.com/fe...index.html)
There is a message board for the USS Liberty on the History
Channel site as well:
www.historychannel.com/di...index.html (http://www.historychannel.com/di...index.html)
The Sonarman
Forum Host
posts: 265
(2/15/01 10:22:51 pm)
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Re: Remembering the USS Liberty
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I've heard this story many times. It was a naval tragedy. I've also heard a variety of explanations for the shootup.... including that the Israelis knew all along the Liberty was a US intelligence ship, and was attacked deliberately, even so.
Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum (Epitoma rei militaris, Prologue, 3)