Israel Kills At Least 15 Syrian Soldiers in Bombings In Syria

He was #1 on the most wanted list and was summarily executed for his crimes. Just because he was not charged makes it a cocktail hour talking point.
Where did al-Qa'ida get its start up money from?
The same place the "Free Syrian Army" does.
Bin Laden was murdered for what he knew.
Looks like lately you can't sleep, Georgie Boy, because it is more important to get up early and start posting your nonsense. There are plenty of extremist Muslims who would shell out to fund terror groups like Al Qaeda. It looks like Georgie Boy is mourning Bin Laden and probably all the other terrorists who have been killed.

So many oxy morons in the I/P forum.

Sherri calling herself a good Christian woman and George calling himself an American .. These are just few examples
 
georgephillip, Hossfly; et al,

I'll try to answer these one at a time.

He was #1 on the most wanted list and was summarily executed for his crimes. Just because he was not charged makes it a cocktail hour talking point.
  • Where did al-Qa'ida get its start up money from?
  • The same place the "Free Syrian Army" does.
  • Bin Laden was murdered for what he knew.
(REFERENCES)

(ANSWERS)

  • why has the FBI never charged bin Laden with the terror attacks of 911?

    ObL was never charged because he was never arrested. However their was a federal indictment outstanding from the grand jury.​

  • Where did al-Qa'ida get its start up money from?

    While Osama bin Laden (ObL) was the son of a billionaire, the original funding did not come from his personal fortune. The original funding came slowly from hand-to-mouth donations from Arab fund raising parties and syphoning of relief group donations.​

(COMMENT)
  • The same place the "Free Syrian Army" does.
  • Bin Laden was murdered for what he knew.

For those that are opposed to the US and its government, there will always be conspiracy theories. So I take it that you understand the financing behind the "Free Syrian Army."

What did ObL know? Tell us. (Inquiring minds want to know!)

Most Respectfully,
R
Seeking the truth in the kingdom of lies, Rocco?

Here's a liar you might start your search with (if you really want to know):

"Graham Fuller is on FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ list of National Security State criminals who are known to be criminals by the FBI, but are being protected under the State Secrets Privilege."
 
He was #1 on the most wanted list and was summarily executed for his crimes. Just because he was not charged makes it a cocktail hour talking point.
Where did al-Qa'ida get its start up money from?
The same place the "Free Syrian Army" does.
Bin Laden was murdered for what he knew.
Looks like lately you can't sleep, Georgie Boy, because it is more important to get up early and start posting your nonsense. There are plenty of extremist Muslims who would shell out to fund terror groups like Al Qaeda. It looks like Georgie Boy is mourning Bin Laden and probably all the other terrorists who have been killed.
What's the English translation of "al-Qa'ida", Sleepyhead?
 
georgephillip, et al,

These are just people trying to sell books and stories.

georgephillip, Hossfly; et al,

I'll try to answer these one at a time.

  • Where did al-Qa'ida get its start up money from?
  • The same place the "Free Syrian Army" does.
  • Bin Laden was murdered for what he knew.
(REFERENCES)

(ANSWERS)

  • why has the FBI never charged bin Laden with the terror attacks of 911?

    ObL was never charged because he was never arrested. However their was a federal indictment outstanding from the grand jury.​

  • Where did al-Qa'ida get its start up money from?

    While Osama bin Laden (ObL) was the son of a billionaire, the original funding did not come from his personal fortune. The original funding came slowly from hand-to-mouth donations from Arab fund raising parties and syphoning of relief group donations.​

(COMMENT)
  • The same place the "Free Syrian Army" does.
  • Bin Laden was murdered for what he knew.

For those that are opposed to the US and its government, there will always be conspiracy theories. So I take it that you understand the financing behind the "Free Syrian Army."

What did ObL know? Tell us. (Inquiring minds want to know!)

Most Respectfully,
R
Seeking the truth in the kingdom of lies, Rocco?

Here's a liar you might start your search with (if you really want to know):

"Graham Fuller is on FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ list of National Security State criminals who are known to be criminals by the FBI, but are being protected under the State Secrets Privilege."
(COMMENT)

The US wasn't concerned the least bit with Turkey. No connection to 911, no need for a cover-up.

Sibel was a "Terp" (interpretor/translator) and had no investigative duties and no insight into anything.

There are such things as National Security Crimes, everyone knows that. There are people with Security Clearances, and everyone know that. But in the US, I am totally unaware of this "State Secrets Privilege." And when I go to that page, it just a page with some official photo's or briefing shots. Nothing more.

Websites like these are a dime for a dozen. I wouldn't take them too seriously. I saw absolutely nothing that was impressive or enlightening.

v/r
R
 
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Where did al-Qa'ida get its start up money from?
The same place the "Free Syrian Army" does.
Bin Laden was murdered for what he knew.
Looks like lately you can't sleep, Georgie Boy, because it is more important to get up early and start posting your nonsense. There are plenty of extremist Muslims who would shell out to fund terror groups like Al Qaeda. It looks like Georgie Boy is mourning Bin Laden and probably all the other terrorists who have been killed.
What's the English translation of "al-Qa'ida", Sleepyhead?
Al-Qaeda | Infoplease.com
 
Looks like lately you can't sleep, Georgie Boy, because it is more important to get up early and start posting your nonsense. There are plenty of extremist Muslims who would shell out to fund terror groups like Al Qaeda. It looks like Georgie Boy is mourning Bin Laden and probably all the other terrorists who have been killed.
What's the English translation of "al-Qa'ida", Sleepyhead?
Al-Qaeda | Infoplease.com
"After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda (or al-Qa'ida, pronounced al-KYE-da) surpassed the IRA, Hamas, and Hezbollah as the world's most infamous terrorist organization. Al-Qaeda—"the base" in Arabic

Can you translate "the base" without using the letters CIA?

Al-Qaeda | Infoplease.com
 
georgephillip, et al,

These are just people trying to sell books and stories.

georgephillip, Hossfly; et al,

I'll try to answer these one at a time.


(REFERENCES)

(ANSWERS)

  • why has the FBI never charged bin Laden with the terror attacks of 911?

    ObL was never charged because he was never arrested. However their was a federal indictment outstanding from the grand jury.​

  • Where did al-Qa'ida get its start up money from?

    While Osama bin Laden (ObL) was the son of a billionaire, the original funding did not come from his personal fortune. The original funding came slowly from hand-to-mouth donations from Arab fund raising parties and syphoning of relief group donations.​

(COMMENT)
  • The same place the "Free Syrian Army" does.
  • Bin Laden was murdered for what he knew.

For those that are opposed to the US and its government, there will always be conspiracy theories. So I take it that you understand the financing behind the "Free Syrian Army."

What did ObL know? Tell us. (Inquiring minds want to know!)

Most Respectfully,
R
Seeking the truth in the kingdom of lies, Rocco?

Here's a liar you might start your search with (if you really want to know):

"Graham Fuller is on FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ list of National Security State criminals who are known to be criminals by the FBI, but are being protected under the State Secrets Privilege."
(COMMENT)

The US wasn't concerned the least bit with Turkey. No connection to 911, no need for a cover-up.

Sibel was a "Terp" (interpretor/translator) and had no investigative duties and no insight into anything.

There are such things as National Security Crimes, everyone knows that. There are people with Security Clearances, and everyone know that. But in the US, I am totally unaware of this "State Secrets Privilege." And when I go to that page, it just a page with some official photo's or briefing shots. Nothing more.

Websites like these are a dime for a dozen. I wouldn't take them too seriously. I saw absolutely nothing that was impressive or enlightening.

v/r
R
"On 1 February 2011, Edmonds published a story on her own website, adding details of events she described as taking place in April 2001. The account centered around her post-9/11 role as translator of a pre-9/11 interview during which an informant had told the FBI agents:

"Bin Laden’s group is planning a massive terrorist attack in the United States. The order has been issued.

"They are targeting major cities, big metropolitan cities; they think four or five cities; New York City, Chicago, Washington DC, and San Francisco; possibly Los Angeles or Las Vegas. They will use airplanes to carry out the attacks.

"They said that some of the individuals involved in carrying this out are already in the United States. They are here in the U.S.; living among us, and I believe some in US government already know about all of this."

What "insights" do you have that Sibel lacks, Rocco?

Sibel Edmonds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
georgephillip, et al,

These are just people trying to sell books and stories.

Seeking the truth in the kingdom of lies, Rocco?

Here's a liar you might start your search with (if you really want to know):

"Graham Fuller is on FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ list of National Security State criminals who are known to be criminals by the FBI, but are being protected under the State Secrets Privilege."
(COMMENT)

The US wasn't concerned the least bit with Turkey. No connection to 911, no need for a cover-up.

Sibel was a "Terp" (interpretor/translator) and had no investigative duties and no insight into anything.

There are such things as National Security Crimes, everyone knows that. There are people with Security Clearances, and everyone know that. But in the US, I am totally unaware of this "State Secrets Privilege." And when I go to that page, it just a page with some official photo's or briefing shots. Nothing more.

Websites like these are a dime for a dozen. I wouldn't take them too seriously. I saw absolutely nothing that was impressive or enlightening.

v/r
R
"On 1 February 2011, Edmonds published a story on her own website, adding details of events she described as taking place in April 2001. The account centered around her post-9/11 role as translator of a pre-9/11 interview during which an informant had told the FBI agents:

"Bin Laden’s group is planning a massive terrorist attack in the United States. The order has been issued.

"They are targeting major cities, big metropolitan cities; they think four or five cities; New York City, Chicago, Washington DC, and San Francisco; possibly Los Angeles or Las Vegas. They will use airplanes to carry out the attacks.

"They said that some of the individuals involved in carrying this out are already in the United States. They are here in the U.S.; living among us, and I believe some in US government already know about all of this."

What "insights" do you have that Sibel lacks, Rocco?

Sibel Edmonds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The US has withstood 72 years of conspiracy theorists trying to pin Pearl Harbor on Roosevelt. Same baseless theories as 9/11.
 
georgephillip, et al,

There is a difference between information and actionable intelligence.

"On 1 February 2011, Edmonds published a story on her own website, adding details of events she described as taking place in April 2001. The account centered around her post-9/11 role as translator of a pre-9/11 interview during which an informant had told the FBI agents:

"Bin Laden’s group is planning a massive terrorist attack in the United States. The order has been issued.
(COMMENT)

There was a point in time that this could have been said at any time.

This is not "actionable intelligence." Knowing this, gives you no idea where, in the US the attack will take place, or when it will occur. It doesn't give a clue as to who is going to do what.

If you are the FBI, you have no idea how to apply your counterterrorism resources. What specific action does this bolded statement move you to perform? There were hundreds of statements made by ObL and his cell leaders that indicated they were going to make an attack. So what!

"They are targeting major cities, big metropolitan cities; they think four or five cities; New York City, Chicago, Washington DC, and San Francisco; possibly Los Angeles or Las Vegas. They will use airplanes to carry out the attacks.
(COMMENT)

Yes, so! One such airplane attack had already been neutralized. We discussed it on the NSSG Forum with U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century (Reports) when it was active.

"They said that some of the individuals involved in carrying this out are already in the United States. They are here in the U.S.; living among us, and I believe some in US government already know about all of this."
(COMMENT)

This is as true today as it was then. So, what are you going to do?

What "insights" do you have that Sibel lacks, Rocco?

Sibel Edmonds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(COMMENT)

An entire careers worth. But that is not the point. The point is, that she doesn't offer anything specific that is actionable --- not then --- not now.

Most Respectfully,
R
 
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Where did al-Qa'ida get its start up money from?
The same place the "Free Syrian Army" does.
Bin Laden was murdered for what he knew.
Looks like lately you can't sleep, Georgie Boy, because it is more important to get up early and start posting your nonsense. There are plenty of extremist Muslims who would shell out to fund terror groups like Al Qaeda. It looks like Georgie Boy is mourning Bin Laden and probably all the other terrorists who have been killed.

So many oxy morons in the I/P forum.

Sherri calling herself a good Christian woman and George calling himself an American .. These are just few examples

All. those statements are are more lies of the poster toastman who sits as a child in Canada dreaming he is an Israeli Jew in Israel.
 
"The state secrets privilege is an evidentiary rule created by United States legal precedent. Application of the privilege results in exclusion of evidence from a legal case based solely on affidavits submitted by the government stating that court proceedings might disclose sensitive information which might endanger national security.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

"United States v. Reynolds,[7] which involved military secrets, was the first case that saw formal recognition of the privilege.

"Following a claim of 'state secrets privilege', the court rarely conducts an in camera examination of the evidence to evaluate whether there is sufficient cause to support the use of this doctrine.

"This results in court rulings in which even the judge has not verified the veracity of the assertion.[1]

"The privileged material is completely removed from the litigation, and the court must determine how the unavailability of the privileged information affects the case.[3][5]"

Just Another Dime a Dozen...

"I want to revisit a topic which happens to be extremely important to me, both personally and politically, and even more important to our civil liberties.

"Some of you have already read my brief piece on Richard Horn & the CIA dishing out $3 million to buy silence in this narco scandal. Those of you who have not read it click here and read it – because this story also goes to the heart of a very significant and ongoing issue: The State Secrets Privilege."
 
georgephillip, et al,

I learned something new today.

" The State Secrets Privilege."
(COMMENT)

In my entire career in the intelligence and security arena, I don't think I've ever heard it expressed that way.

In federal court, a federal judge has an open ended right to see all classified material, including SCI material (special compartmented information). But usually, the court appoints a "Special Master" that then reviews the material and brings to light the relevant material.

In over 20 years as a Counterintelligence Agent, and another 15 or in the Special Security Officer program or as a Military Intelligence Coordinator, I don't ever recall hearing that phrase.

Usually, the question revolves around the "need-to-know" or a release from a "Non-disclosure Agreement" (NdA).

Thanks,

v/r
R
 
georgephillip, et al,

I learned something new today.

" The State Secrets Privilege."
(COMMENT)

In my entire career in the intelligence and security arena, I don't think I've ever heard it expressed that way.

In federal court, a federal judge has an open ended right to see all classified material, including SCI material (special compartmented information). But usually, the court appoints a "Special Master" that then reviews the material and brings to light the relevant material.

In over 20 years as a Counterintelligence Agent, and another 15 or in the Special Security Officer program or as a Military Intelligence Coordinator, I don't ever recall hearing that phrase.

Usually, the question revolves around the "need-to-know" or a release from a "Non-disclosure Agreement" (NdA).

Thanks,

v/r
R
I only brought it up because Edmonds claims she is being prevented from revealing her most damning evidence against CIA "rogues" like Graham Fuller because she is subject to prosecution under State Secrets Privilege if she does.
 
georgephillip, et al,

Interesting.

I only brought it up because Edmonds claims she is being prevented from revealing her most damning evidence against CIA "rogues" like Graham Fuller because she is subject to prosecution under State Secrets Privilege if she does.
(COMMENT)

Graham Fuller retired from the CIA in the same year I retired from MI (1988). After retirement, Fuller worked for a couple "think tanks" (to include the Rand Corp), but spent a majority of his time in academia; supplemented by writing.

Sibel Edmonds if fairly young (I was in Vietnam the year she was born) didn't become an FBI interpreter until 2001 (over a decade after Fuller retired).

Put the old thinking cap on. What could she know about Fuller from a first hand account????

Having said that, everyone that is granted access to classified information (either US or foreign) has to execute a Non-disclosure Agreement (NdA) (a promise not to disclose the information to unauthorized personnel under penalty of law). That is not unusual at all, and nothing special. Most DOJ Terps have a SECRET Clearance (Level - 2) collateral.

Most Respectfully,
R
 
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Rocco...first off, I never meant to imply Edmonds has live long enough to amass the understanding you possess about the mechanics of the US Empire--only that she may have some insights you don't. Specifically regarding the connection between Graham Fuller and a rabid fundamentalist Imam from Turkey.

"For the last two years I have been pounding on Imam Fethullah Gulen’s web of organizations and his charter schools empire in the US. For years I have been marveling about the consistent media blackout on the Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen’s past and present nefarious activities and highly suspicious partnerships with various US government agencies and elected officials."

Siblel claims that Fuller and Gulen have a relationship extending back to the 90s and it would appear part of their objective has been to supply a steady flow of "enemies" for the US War on Terror to grind into mincemeat from the Balkans to Boston.

I can't help wondering if we agree on the mathematical impossibility of "killing our way to peace?"
 
"I am going to leave you with the following excerpts from my interview with Phil Giraldi for the Am Con Magazine in 2009, on Gulen, CIA Central Asia operations & the use of Islam and Mujahideen there-1997-2001, [All emphasis mine]:

GIRALDI: You also have information on al-Qaeda, specifically al-Qaeda in Central Asia and Bosnia. You were privy to conversations that suggested the CIA was supporting al-Qaeda in central Asia and the Balkans, training people to get money, get weapons, and this contact continued until 9/11…
EDMONDS: I don’t know if it was CIA. There were certain forces in the U.S. government who worked with the Turkish paramilitary groups, including Abdullah Çatli’s group, Fethullah Gülen.

GIRALDI: Well, that could be either Joint Special Operations Command or CIA.
EDMONDS: Maybe in a lot of cases when they said State Department, they meant CIA?

GIRALDI: When they said State Department, they probably meant CIA.
EDMONDS: Okay. So these conversations, between 1997 and 2001, had to do with a Central Asia operation that involved bin Laden. Not once did anybody use the word “al-Qaeda.” It was always “mujahideen,” always “bin Laden” and, in fact, not “bin Laden” but “bin Ladens” plural. There were several bin Ladens who were going on private jets to Azerbaijan and Tajikistan. The Turkish ambassador in Azerbaijan worked with them.
There were bin Ladens, with the help of Pakistanis or Saudis, under our management. Marc Grossman was leading it, 100 percent, bringing people from East Turkestan into Kyrgyzstan, from Kyrgyzstan to Azerbaijan, from Azerbaijan some of them were being channeled to Chechnya, some of them were being channeled to Bosnia. From Turkey, they were putting all these bin Ladens on NATO planes. People and weapons went one way, drugs came back.

GIRALDI: Was the U.S. government aware of this circular deal?
EDMONDS: 100 percent. A lot of the drugs were going to Belgium on NATO planes. After that, they went to the UK, and a lot came to the U.S. via military planes to distribution centers in Chicago and Paterson, New Jersey. Turkish diplomats who would never be searched were coming with suitcases of heroin."

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs Post | Home of the Irate Minority
 
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Rocco...first off, I never meant to imply Edmonds has live long enough to amass the understanding you possess about the mechanics of the US Empire--only that she may have some insights you don't. Specifically regarding the connection between Graham Fuller and a rabid fundamentalist Imam from Turkey.

"For the last two years I have been pounding on Imam Fethullah Gulen’s web of organizations and his charter schools empire in the US. For years I have been marveling about the consistent media blackout on the Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen’s past and present nefarious activities and highly suspicious partnerships with various US government agencies and elected officials."

Siblel claims that Fuller and Gulen have a relationship extending back to the 90s and it would appear part of their objective has been to supply a steady flow of "enemies" for the US War on Terror to grind into mincemeat from the Balkans to Boston.

I can't help wondering if we agree on the mathematical impossibility of "killing our way to peace?"
I was wondering if all the dirt diggers and yellow journalism writers would ever think to investigate and expose Obama? What a literary coup that would be! But then I remember they are all of the same stripe.
 
Rocco...first off, I never meant to imply Edmonds has live long enough to amass the understanding you possess about the mechanics of the US Empire--only that she may have some insights you don't. Specifically regarding the connection between Graham Fuller and a rabid fundamentalist Imam from Turkey.

"For the last two years I have been pounding on Imam Fethullah Gulen’s web of organizations and his charter schools empire in the US. For years I have been marveling about the consistent media blackout on the Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen’s past and present nefarious activities and highly suspicious partnerships with various US government agencies and elected officials."

Siblel claims that Fuller and Gulen have a relationship extending back to the 90s and it would appear part of their objective has been to supply a steady flow of "enemies" for the US War on Terror to grind into mincemeat from the Balkans to Boston.

I can't help wondering if we agree on the mathematical impossibility of "killing our way to peace?"
I was wondering if all the dirt diggers and yellow journalism writers would ever think to investigate and expose Obama? What a literary coup that would be! But then I remember they are all of the same stripe.
Here's one of many on the left calling for Obama's prosecution for war crimes:

"He (Obama) talked about Martin Luther King over and over again as he ran,' West said of their campaign stops together, adding later, 'You can't just invoke Martin Luther King like that and not follow through on his priorities in some way.'

"'King died fighting not just against poverty but against carpet-bombing in Vietnam; the war crimes under Nixon and Kissinger.'

"West goes on:

"'You can't meet every Tuesday with a killer list and continually have drones drop bombs. You can do that once or twice and say: 'I shouldn't have done that, I've got to stop.' But when you do it month in, month out, year in, year out – that's a pattern of behavior." [...]

"'I think there is a chance of a snowball in hell that he will ever be tried, but I think he should be tried and I said the same about George Bush. These are war crimes. We suffer in this age from an indifference toward criminality and a callousness to catastrophe when it comes to poor and working people.' [...]"

Any of the same stripe on your side when it comes to Dick and Dubya?

Cornel West: Obama 'Is a War Criminal' | Common Dreams
 
Rocco...first off, I never meant to imply Edmonds has live long enough to amass the understanding you possess about the mechanics of the US Empire--only that she may have some insights you don't. Specifically regarding the connection between Graham Fuller and a rabid fundamentalist Imam from Turkey.

"For the last two years I have been pounding on Imam Fethullah Gulen’s web of organizations and his charter schools empire in the US. For years I have been marveling about the consistent media blackout on the Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen’s past and present nefarious activities and highly suspicious partnerships with various US government agencies and elected officials."

Siblel claims that Fuller and Gulen have a relationship extending back to the 90s and it would appear part of their objective has been to supply a steady flow of "enemies" for the US War on Terror to grind into mincemeat from the Balkans to Boston.

I can't help wondering if we agree on the mathematical impossibility of "killing our way to peace?"
I was wondering if all the dirt diggers and yellow journalism writers would ever think to investigate and expose Obama? What a literary coup that would be! But then I remember they are all of the same stripe.
Here's one of many on the left calling for Obama's prosecution for war crimes:

"He (Obama) talked about Martin Luther King over and over again as he ran,' West said of their campaign stops together, adding later, 'You can't just invoke Martin Luther King like that and not follow through on his priorities in some way.'

"'King died fighting not just against poverty but against carpet-bombing in Vietnam; the war crimes under Nixon and Kissinger.'

"West goes on:

"'You can't meet every Tuesday with a killer list and continually have drones drop bombs. You can do that once or twice and say: 'I shouldn't have done that, I've got to stop.' But when you do it month in, month out, year in, year out – that's a pattern of behavior." [...]

"'I think there is a chance of a snowball in hell that he will ever be tried, but I think he should be tried and I said the same about George Bush. These are war crimes. We suffer in this age from an indifference toward criminality and a callousness to catastrophe when it comes to poor and working people.' [...]"

Any of the same stripe on your side when it comes to Dick and Dubya?

Cornel West: Obama 'Is a War Criminal' | Common Dreams
You are a riot, Georgie Boy. The sources that you bring up such as Common Dreams and Counterpunch have a lot in common with you -- they hate America and they hate Israel. But keep on going, Georgie Boy. It's a shame that you didn't exert yourself when you were younger the way you exert yourself now.
We're not going to go after Obama for war crimes. And Dick and Dubya are native American patriots.
 
You still stuck on slave, Hossie?
If Dick and Dubya are American patriots, what do you call William McGonagle?
Why do you support those who profit from Liberty and turn your back on those pay for it?

"After more than two hours of unremitting assault, the Israelis finally halted their attack. One of the torpedo boats approached the Liberty. This same torpedo boat crew had been circling the ship, machine-gunning anyone who stuck his head above decks, as well as the lifeboats the crew had put over the side.

"What had changed? The Israeli government knew that US aircraft carriers had just launched aircraft to come to Liberty's aid and the attack was quickly called off. The Israeli government called the US Embassy and said that they had made a 'mistake.'

"A torpedo boat officer asked in English over a bullhorn: 'Do you need any help?'

"The wounded commander of the Liberty, Captain William McGonagle, instructed the quartermaster to respond emphatically: '**** you.'"

You're the rot.
 

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