Hero of Deliberate Israeli Attack on USS Liberty Passes

[munkle]

A USS Liberty's Hero's Passing

The deck was still being strafed, but Halbardier grabbed a reel of cable, ran out onto the deck, and attached new cable to the antenna so a radioman could get an SOS out to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

Voila. “Mayday” went out; almost immediately the Israeli aircraft and torpedo ships broke off the attack and went back to base; the Israeli government sent a quick apology to Washington for its unfortunate “mistake;” and President Johnson issued orders to everyone to make believe the Israelis were telling the truth, or at least to remain silent....

Despite Israeli protestations, the accumulated evidence, including intercepted voice communications, is such that no serious observer believes Israel’s “Oops” excuse of a terrible mistake. The following exchanges are excerpts of testimony from U.S. military and diplomatic officials given to Alison Weir, founder of “If Americans Knew” and author of American Media Miss the Boat:

Israeli pilot to ground control: “This is an American ship. Do you still want us to attack?”

Ground control: “Yes, follow orders.”

“But sir, it’s an American ship, I can see the flag!”

Ground control: “Never mind; hit it!”...

Equally telling is the fact that the National Security Agency (NSA) destroyed voice tapes seen by many intelligence analysts, showing that the Israelis knew exactly what they were doing. I asked a former CIA colleague, who was also an analyst at that time, what he remembered of those circumstances. Here is his e-mail reply:

“The chief of the analysts studying the Arab-Israeli region at the time told me about the intercepted messages and said very flatly and firmly that the pilots reported seeing the American flag and repeated their requests of confirmation of the attack order. Whole platoons of Americans saw those intercepts...

 

[EduardBernstein]

This thread is so Nazi. Israel made a mistake.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Israel said they made a mistake and paid almost 7 million dollars back to the USA and back to the families of the victims.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

A USS Liberty's Hero's Passing

The deck was still being strafed, but Halbardier grabbed a reel of cable, ran out onto the deck, and attached new cable to the antenna so a radioman could get an SOS out to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

Voila. “Mayday” went out; almost immediately the Israeli aircraft and torpedo ships broke off the attack and went back to base; the Israeli government sent a quick apology to Washington for its unfortunate “mistake;” and President Johnson issued orders to everyone to make believe the Israelis were telling the truth, or at least to remain silent....

Despite Israeli protestations, the accumulated evidence, including intercepted voice communications, is such that no serious observer believes Israel’s “Oops” excuse of a terrible mistake. The following exchanges are excerpts of testimony from U.S. military and diplomatic officials given to Alison Weir, founder of “If Americans Knew” and author of American Media Miss the Boat:

Israeli pilot to ground control: “This is an American ship. Do you still want us to attack?”

Ground control: “Yes, follow orders.”

“But sir, it’s an American ship, I can see the flag!”

Ground control: “Never mind; hit it!”...

Equally telling is the fact that the National Security Agency (NSA) destroyed voice tapes seen by many intelligence analysts, showing that the Israelis knew exactly what they were doing. I asked a former CIA colleague, who was also an analyst at that time, what he remembered of those circumstances. Here is his e-mail reply:

“The chief of the analysts studying the Arab-Israeli region at the time told me about the intercepted messages and said very flatly and firmly that the pilots reported seeing the American flag and repeated their requests of confirmation of the attack order. Whole platoons of Americans saw those intercepts...

Sounds suspicious.

Did the U.S. order the isralis to deliberately fire on a U.S. ship so they could blame it on somebody else and gin up support for another expensive foreign military operation?

 

[Godboy]

A USS Liberty's Hero's Passing

The deck was still being strafed, but Halbardier grabbed a reel of cable, ran out onto the deck, and attached new cable to the antenna so a radioman could get an SOS out to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

Voila. “Mayday” went out; almost immediately the Israeli aircraft and torpedo ships broke off the attack and went back to base; the Israeli government sent a quick apology to Washington for its unfortunate “mistake;” and President Johnson issued orders to everyone to make believe the Israelis were telling the truth, or at least to remain silent....

Despite Israeli protestations, the accumulated evidence, including intercepted voice communications, is such that no serious observer believes Israel’s “Oops” excuse of a terrible mistake. The following exchanges are excerpts of testimony from U.S. military and diplomatic officials given to Alison Weir, founder of “If Americans Knew” and author of American Media Miss the Boat:

Israeli pilot to ground control: “This is an American ship. Do you still want us to attack?”

Ground control: “Yes, follow orders.”

“But sir, it’s an American ship, I can see the flag!”

Ground control: “Never mind; hit it!”...

Equally telling is the fact that the National Security Agency (NSA) destroyed voice tapes seen by many intelligence analysts, showing that the Israelis knew exactly what they were doing. I asked a former CIA colleague, who was also an analyst at that time, what he remembered of those circumstances. Here is his e-mail reply:

“The chief of the analysts studying the Arab-Israeli region at the time told me about the intercepted messages and said very flatly and firmly that the pilots reported seeing the American flag and repeated their requests of confirmation of the attack order. Whole platoons of Americans saw those intercepts...

Sounds suspicious.

Did the U.S. order the isralis to deliberately fire on a U.S. ship so they could blame it on somebody else and gin up support for another expensive foreign military operation?

If they did want to blame it on someone else, Israel wouldnt have admitted they did it, obviously.

 

[Hossfly]

A USS Liberty's Hero's Passing

The deck was still being strafed, but Halbardier grabbed a reel of cable, ran out onto the deck, and attached new cable to the antenna so a radioman could get an SOS out to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

Voila. “Mayday” went out; almost immediately the Israeli aircraft and torpedo ships broke off the attack and went back to base; the Israeli government sent a quick apology to Washington for its unfortunate “mistake;” and President Johnson issued orders to everyone to make believe the Israelis were telling the truth, or at least to remain silent....

Despite Israeli protestations, the accumulated evidence, including intercepted voice communications, is such that no serious observer believes Israel’s “Oops” excuse of a terrible mistake. The following exchanges are excerpts of testimony from U.S. military and diplomatic officials given to Alison Weir, founder of “If Americans Knew” and author of American Media Miss the Boat:

Israeli pilot to ground control: “This is an American ship. Do you still want us to attack?”

Ground control: “Yes, follow orders.”

“But sir, it’s an American ship, I can see the flag!”

Ground control: “Never mind; hit it!”...

Equally telling is the fact that the National Security Agency (NSA) destroyed voice tapes seen by many intelligence analysts, showing that the Israelis knew exactly what they were doing. I asked a former CIA colleague, who was also an analyst at that time, what he remembered of those circumstances. Here is his e-mail reply:

“The chief of the analysts studying the Arab-Israeli region at the time told me about the intercepted messages and said very flatly and firmly that the pilots reported seeing the American flag and repeated their requests of confirmation of the attack order. Whole platoons of Americans saw those intercepts...

Flying an American flag on an enemy ship is an old ruse. The Liberty was monitoring Egyptian radio traffic. Israel made a mistake by not getting ID conformation.

 

[munkle]

The Liberty was nothing like the Egyptian rust bucket they said they mistook it for. The Israelis reconned it for hours in the morning before the attack, even waving to the American sailors. Radio transmissions confirm they knew the ship was American. No mistake.

 

[airplanemechanic]

The Liberty was nothing like the Egyptian rust bucket they said they mistook it for. The Israelis reconned it for hours in the morning before the attack, even waving to the American sailors. Radio transmissions confirm they knew the ship was American. No mistake.

You make this shit up. Links to the radio transmissions that "prove" this or retract it as bullshit you made up without any proof.

Yes it could easily be mistaken for an Egyptian ship. They look almost identical.

USS LIBERTY:

EGYPTIAN SHIP:

Accidents happen in wartime.

Journalist Ze'ev Schiff gave an example of a friendly fire incident where Israeli aircraft had bombed an Israeli armored column south of the West Bank town of Jenin the day before the attack on the Liberty

 

[munkle]

The only thing that is made up is your phony and treasonous official story that it was an accident. Israeli recon planes circled the Liberty all morning and clearly identified it as an American ship, flying the flag with American markings and the blond haired crew wearing American uniforms on the deck waving back at the Israeli pilots. The ship was a state of the art intel ship twice the size of the Egyptian rust bucket the Israelis said they mistook it for. The radio transmissions prove they knew the ship was American.

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Thomas Moorer conducted his own investigation and wrote in Stars and Stripes: A fair probe would attack Liberty misinformation

Some distinguished colleagues and I formed an independent commission to investigate the attack on the USS Liberty. After an exhaustive review of previous reports, naval and other military records, including eyewitness testimony from survivors, we recently presented our findings on Capitol Hill. They include:

• Israeli reconnaissance aircraft closely studied the Liberty during an eight-hour period prior to the attack, one flying within 200 feet of the ship. Weather reports confirm the day was clear with unlimited visibility. The Liberty was a clearly marked American ship in international waters, flying an American flag and carrying large U.S. Navy hull letters and numbers on its bow.
  
• Despite claims by Israeli intelligence that they confused the Liberty with a small Egyptian transport, the Liberty was conspicuously different from any vessel in the Egyptian navy. It was the most sophisticated intelligence ship in the world in 1967. With its massive radio antennae, including a large satellite dish, it looked like a large lobster and was one of the most easily identifiable ships afloat.
• Israel attempted to prevent the Liberty’s radio operators from sending a call for help by jamming American emergency radio channels.
• Israeli torpedo boats machine-gunned lifeboats at close range that had been lowered to rescue the most-seriously wounded. As a result, our commission concluded that:
• There is compelling evidence that Israel’s attack was a deliberate attempt to destroy an American ship and kill her entire crew.
• In attacking the USS Liberty, Israel committed acts of murder against U.S. servicemen and an act of war against the United States.
• The White House knowingly covered up the facts of this attack from the American people.
• The truth continues to be concealed to the present day in what can only be termed a national disgrace.

What was Israel’s motive in launching this attack? Congress must address this question with full cooperation from the National Security Agency, the CIA and the military intelligence services.

The men of the USS Liberty represented the United States. They were attacked for two hours, causing 70 percent American casualties and the eventual loss of our best intelligence ship.

These sailors and Marines were entitled to our best defense. We gave them no defense. Did our government put Israel’s interests ahead of our own? If so, why? Does our government continue to subordinate American interests to Israeli interests? These are important questions that should be investigated by an independent, fully empowered commission of the American government.

The American people deserve to know the truth about this attack. We must finally shed some light on one of the blackest pages in American naval history. It is a duty we owe not only to the brave men of the USS Liberty, but to every man and woman who is asked to wear the uniform of the United States.

All anyone needs to do to get the truth is watch the documentary of interviews with the crew members, who every year hold a memorial service in DC and invite all congressmen to attend. To date not one has attended. The Navy does annually send an honor guard however. The actions of the men made the Liberty the most highly decorated crew in Navy history, including a Medal of Honor. Why did Israel do it? They meant to sink the ship and blame it on Egypt, so LBJ would bomb Cairo. Called a false flag attack.

 

[JWBooth]

RIP to a great American, a man worthy of his recognition. A big FUCK YOU to the apologists of this attack. If it had been carried out by any other country’s military they’d be calling for ongoing retribution to this day.