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Israel blamed for USS Liberty attack
Washington Times ^
| 1/13/04
| Nicholas Kralev
Posted on 01/12/2004 11:33:19 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:12:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The U.S. government has not reached a definitive conclusion on whether Israel deliberately attacked the USS Liberty in 1967, but it appears that the Jewish state is guilty of "gross negligence," a State Department official said yesterday.
The United States was negligent, too, the official noted, for failing to inform Israel that the Navy spy ship was in international waters off the Egyptian coast and for keeping the vessel in the region, even though the six-day Arab-Israeli war had just broken out.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: powell; statedepartment; ussliberty
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posted on
01/12/2004 11:33:19 PM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
It's been 25 years.. let it go..
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posted on
01/12/2004 11:35:59 PM PST
by
freedom44
To: freedom44
37 years.. even worse.. ;)
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posted on
01/12/2004 11:36:45 PM PST
by
freedom44
To: kattracks
Somebody call Charley Reese and A+Bert.
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posted on
01/12/2004 11:36:49 PM PST
by
GunRunner
To: kattracks; yonif; Yehuda; Grampa Dave; SJackson; dennisw; veronica
Why is the Washington Times bringing this up again now? Is it too hard to imagine that with Egyptian shelling from the sea in days before, slack winds hiding the ship's flag, and Washington refusing to acknowledge the ship's presence that a blue on blue attack couldn't have happend?
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posted on
01/12/2004 11:37:32 PM PST
by
risk
To: risk
Not to mention the lack of a motive for the Israelis to attack an American ship.
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posted on
01/12/2004 11:40:57 PM PST
by
GunRunner
To: kattracks
Israel purposely attacked the liberty, because, the Liberty was monitoring the Israelly radio. Israel pretentened to be vulnerable, and loosing, so Jordan and Syria would attack. They could then prerform a land grab (west bank and gaza strip). The US was witness to their communications, therefore, had to be destroyed.
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posted on
01/12/2004 11:41:52 PM PST
by
suekas
To: GunRunner
Anti-semitic conspiracy theorists have no lack of motives to proffer.
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posted on
01/12/2004 11:44:58 PM PST
by
risk
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To: Clontarf76
That's great and all, but you still didn't suggest a motive.
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To: freedom44
I'm not for letting anything go until a certain level of justice is reached. The whole incident just seems incredibly suspicious and the men on that ship believe they were attacked on purpose.
To: seamole
"You make it sound like you think people will die unless the truth comes out."
No, but those that died are owed more than a shrug on both sides and a few million dollars changing hands.
To: seamole; Clontarf76; All
Coming up at 5:01 Eastern from yesterday on C-SPAN2:
C-SPAN Schedule
Forum
1967 Arab-Israeli War
Department of State
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 179892 - 01/12/2004 - 2:55 - $90.00
Satterfield, David, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of State, Near Eastern Affairs
A day-long conference on the 1967 Arab-Israeli War will feature panels on War, Intelligence, and the USS Liberty, Origins of the War: The International Perspective, and Johnsons Foreign Policy and the Middle East Crisis.
To: suekas; Clontarf76; Grampa Dave
Israel pretentened to be vulnerable, and loosing, so Jordan and Syria would attack.
As if they weren't planning to attack all along? As if it weren't coordinated in advance? I don't believe that. Prove your insinuation with facts. History doesn't support your assertions.
CNN article.
Some more likely reasons for asserting Israel's attack are suggested by the ADL.
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posted on
01/13/2004 12:00:21 AM PST
by
risk
To: All
Sorry, I can't get the Forum link to work now but if you click on that item in the schedule, it is what you should get.
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