Cover Up: Attack on the U.S.S. Liberty - Tonight on the History Channel

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[RCW2001]

Tonight on the History Channel - 8-9 pm est.

Cover Up: Attack on the U.S.S. Liberty

On June 8, 1967, the intelligence ship U.S.S. Liberty, stationed off the Sinai Peninsula during the Six-Day War, was attacked by unmarked jets and later by unmarked torpedo boats. In all, 34 men were killed and 171 wounded. Deep into the attack, the captain and crew realized that the aggressor was their ally, Israel, who claimed they couldn't identify the ship as American. We examine crewmembers' contentions that the attack was intentional and that both governments covered up the true details. TV PG

[f.Christian]

Drunk--stupid is better than psychoPATHIC(Reality deprived)!

[Shermy]

"All I know is that it was a beautiful clear day. You could see for miles. Typical Med weather that time of year. Considering that the Liberty crew put up three American flags during the attack there is no way the Israelis did not know it was an American ship. They either hoped to sink it with all hands and try and get us into the Six Day War or they really believed that we were spying for the Arabs."

During the attack? Why were they not flying before? I question if jet fighter pilots would notice any flags.

[RCW2001]

Are you a grassy knoller?

Roni??? Is that you? Or are we hearing from the 3rd shift of the "ADL Commando Squad"??

From earlier this evening...

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To: RCW2001

Nope. I've never been a 'grassy knoll' type.

44 posted on 3/14/02 9:30 PM Eastern by veronica
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y'all need to 'sync' your 'buzz words'...

[toenail]

"They either hoped to sink it with all hands and try and get us into the Six Day War or they really believed that we were spying for the Arabs."

Have you read John Loftus' "The Secret War Against the Jews?" He has a hefty section on the Liberty.

[VinnyTex]

Just got finished watching the replay. Very powerful!

[DentsRun]

Willyone:"All I know is that it was a beautiful clear day. You could see for miles. Typical Med weather that time of year. Considering that the Liberty crew put up three American flags during the attack there is no way the Israelis did not know it was an American ship. They either hoped to sink it with all hands and try and get us into the Six Day War or they really believed that we were spying for the Arabs."

Shermy: During the attack? Why were they not flying before?

A flag was flying before. It would get shot down and the crew would put up a larger one.

I question if jet fighter pilots would notice any flags.

As someone with thousands of hours in Navy patrol aircraft, let me tell you how you identify a ship at sea. You look at size, shape, configuration (antennas, stacks, radars, masts, guns), speed, name or hull number and flags. If you still can't figure it out you can call them on the radio. If the Israeli pilots and torpedo boat captains had managed just to correctly accomplish just one of those, no Americans would have died that day.

[RCW2001]

You summed it up nicely...just the basics. Real simple. No fog, no storm,...American Flag a flying...

Our allies...?

Go figure...?

[RCW2001]

Ageed...but the fact that they (Israel) still 'buck and weave' on is the most disturbing aspect of this whole event.

[CommiesOut]

"Check out #37. Seems to be an epidemic of Bush bashing by "conservatives" tonight.

Could you ping me when hitlers will start flying?
Thanks in advance.

[Libertarian_4_eva]

Everyone agrees that there is an English Lobby, French Lobby, infact we even have groups of lawyers that lobby for The Sudan. Now talk about an Israeli Lobby and all of a sudden your a racist, bigot or believe in crypto-zionist theories. Every nation in the world lobbies to try and get the support of the united states when it comes to economic and security programs. Why exactly is talk of a lobby for Israelis off the table?

[DentsRun]

HonestReporting.com: Bramford claims that on the day prior to the Liberty incident, Israeli troops were massacring hundreds of Egyptian POWs and civilians in El Arish. Bamford concludes: "Israel's commanders would not have wanted tape recordings of evidence of the slaughters to wind up on desks at the White House, the UN or the Washington Post."

I don't particularly care for Bamford's tone in the U.S.S. Liberty chapter in "Body of Secrets." There's too much editorializing and he clearly doesn't trust Israel. That said, I'm not sure HonestReporting.com is any better, and maybe less accurate. In the above quoted section, HonestReporting.com says that Bamford "claims" that Israeli soldiers were massacring hundreds of Egyptian POWs in the Sinai and at El Arish. The implication is this is just another Bamford fantasy for which there is no proof. In fact, in August and September of 1995, New York Times,the Washington Post and Newsday all ran stories on the massacres, quoting a retired IDF general, an Israeli historian and even Ariel Sharon, who admits the killings happened but says it was a different time then and in any case he only learned of them after the event.

[antaresequity]

You would have to post a link for me to investigate the photo further. Got a link?

looking for a link...check his source...

Right click the photo and copy the url for the photo and load it in your browser...then strip it back to the root directory...you will see the kind of sites this guy is hanging out on...

Alien abuductions, Chemtrails, Animal mutilations....blah blah blah

Jeff Rense

[antaresequity]

Interesting that so many are demanding "Civility" in war...

It take a warrior mindset to wage war...attrocity is par for the course. The only thing different is today its splashed all over the internet.

And there is the real story to discuss.

What will the effect of the internet have on War and Warriors?

[AshleyMontagu]

Bump for the anti-Americans.

[PA Engineer]

Did you read Jay Cristol's work?

[ASA Vet]

The USS Liberty was providing intel to Egypt

BS