Yes it does. It states they believed they were Egyptian, after all they were AT WAR with them and the US said there was no ship within 200 miles of Israel.
Yes it does. It states they believed they were Egyptian, after all they were AT WAR with them and the US said there was no ship within 200 miles of Israel.
Just because someone on the tape says that the ship is Egyptian does not prove that the commanders ordering the attack did not know it was an American ship. According to the survivors, Israeli units observed the ship very closely for some time before the attack. I'm prepared to accept that the attack was some kind of massive mistake if it can be proved. But IMHO the balance of the evidence still points to it being a deliberate attack with full knowledge that the ship was American. The Israelis definitely had motivation for the attack and in wartime, some commander such as Dayan may have had the balls to order it and answer questions later.
These tapes might seem like better proof if there wasn't such a huge incentive for a cover-up even before the attack began. And if there was a cover-up, no one who really knows what happened behind the scenes would seem to have any incentive to spill the beans. Given these motivational problems, these tapes are somewhat suggestive but definitely not conclusive.