I disagree with the inclusion of the Liberty — The Liberty was sited in an active war zone, conducting reconnaissance. Despite being a “neutral” it was a legitimate target, depending on nothing more than the mood of a commander in the field. Why? Because it was super-fast developing war zone. A commander in such a circumstance has no time to make political decisions. Uncertainties are resolved in favor of preserving his own forces.
Also you should include the Achille Lauro by the PLO faction PLF under Mohammed Abbas. The Hijacked Achille Lauro was shadowed by the USS Scott as it wandered through the Med. Reagan had Delta and Six sent to intercept the PLF men, once the hijackers gave themselves over to the Italians. There was a international confrontation between Italian forces and our Special Forces, and G-d save us all, Reagan had the special ops men stand down and we let Abbas get away. Abbas came to work under Saddam the Iraqi Hussein.
But Abbas got what he wanted — he killed a disabled Jew during the hijacking. That counts a whole lot among those creeps.
He went on to plan and fund and coordinate many more murders under Hussein, President of Iraq. Mostly suicide bombings by children raised to be human bombs by the perverted Palestinians. Those murdered by such bombs include Americans. He was captured by US Forces on 15 April 2003 and died 11 months later.
I wonder if our US interrogators questioned him about how he felt about the attack on the USS Liberty. I’m sure Abbas has kindred spirits among those who keep that perpetual grudge flame burning.
Yeah, I went back and forth on the USS Liberty, but I finally did include it. The US wasn’t in the war, it wasn’t party to it and it was a big “incident” and not a “war” for the U.S. So, since it wasn’t a war (and thus it wouldn’t go into a “war list” [if there was one...]) — that would leave it only for this list — or it would go nowhere...
And, there are a lot of people out there, who are thinking that it should go in there. You never can have everything fit perfectly into categories...
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Okay, about the Achille Lauro, I’ll have to look up the information and get it ready. At this point in time, although I updated the list several times in one day, yesterday, I’ll try to space it out, now that the list is at the size it is. It may be a couple of days. But, I’ll keep the list going because I think it’s quite informative.
Thanks for the information that you’ve suggested...