Well, that’s a happy ending MamaDearest — probably thanks to internal pressure and media exposure.
stepping back in time...
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2027677/posts?page=2#2
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5076
June 8, 1967
“Israel attacks USS Liberty”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “ In all, 34 Americans were killed and 171 were wounded in the two-hour attack. In the attack’s aftermath, the Liberty managed to limp to a safe port.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Israel later apologized for the attack and offered $6.9 million in compensation, claiming that it had mistaken the Liberty for an Egyptian ship. However, Liberty survivors, and some former U.S. officials, believe that the attack was deliberate, staged to conceal Israel’s pending seizure of Syria’s Golan Heights, which occurred the next day. The ship’s listening devices would likely have overheard Israeli military communications planning this controversial operation. Captain McGonagle was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic command of the Liberty during and after the attack.”
2 posted on June 7, 2008 2:59:32 PM PDT by Cindy
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stepping back in time...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2027677/posts
“TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT: THE STRIKE ON THE USS LIBERTY”
Additional material published Dec 2
“New revelations in attack on American spy ship
Veterans, documents suggest U.S., Israel didn’t tell full story of deadly ‘67 incident”
By John Crewdson | Tribune senior correspondent
October 2, 2007