Harry, this is a hard-core pro-Israeli web site. I read their materials and it ignores all evidence -- and there is a mountain of it -- that the attack was deliberate. It gives the standard Israeli story and offers no new information or line of analysis, and it is based largely on secondary sources. The site is worthless as a source of information about what happened, though it does a good job of summarizing the Israeli arguments.
Surely in your research you did more than check out just this site? There are several books and transcripts of hearings and documentary collections that you may want to look into, and a good place to start is with the written accounts of what took place by the men who were on the USS Liberty. Cheers, Lawry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry Pollard Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:26 PM To: 'Christoph Reuss' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] with friends & gov't like these,who needs al-Qaeda? Check out: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/liberty .html Harry ********************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles. Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ********************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 3:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Futurework] with friends & gov't like these, who needs al- > Qaeda? > > > <<the White House deliberately prevented the U.S. Navy from coming > to the > defense of USS Liberty by recalling Sixth Fleet military rescue > support > while the ship was under attack ... never before in American naval > history > has a rescue mission been cancelled when an American ship was > under attack>> > > > http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/article s/0603liber > ty0603 > .html > > > 'USS Liberty' veterans demand investigation > > Jun. 3, 2007 12:00 AM > > Conclusions submitted in October 2003 to the Office of the U.S. > Secretary > of Defense by the USS Liberty Veterans Association, Inc., in > demanding a > congressional investigation into the aborted rescue during the attack of > the USS Liberty and subsequent alleged cover-up. > > The group also calls for a new Naval Court of Inquiry and that June 8 > be > officially recognized as USS Liberty Remembrance Day. > > 1. That on June 8, 1967, after eight hours of aerial surveillance, Israel > launched a two-hour air and naval attack against USS Liberty, the > world's > most sophisticated intelligence ship, inflicting 34 dead and 173 > wounded > American servicemen (a casualty rate of 70 percent, in a crew of 294); > > 2. That the Israeli air attack lasted approximately 25 minutes, during > which time unmarked Israeli aircraft dropped napalm canisters on USS > Liberty's bridge and fired 30mm cannons and rockets into our ship, > causing > 821 holes, more than 100 of which were rocket-size; survivors estimate > 30 > or more sorties were flown over the ship by a minimum of 12 attacking > Israeli planes which were jamming all five American emergency radio > channels; > > 3. That the torpedo boat attack involved not only the firing of > torpedoes, > but the machine-gunning of Liberty's firefighters and stretcher-bearers > as > they struggled to save their ship and crew; the Israeli torpedo boats > later > returned to machine-gun at close range three of the Liberty's life rafts > that had been lowered into the water by survivors to rescue the most > seriously wounded; > > 4. That there is compelling evidence that Israel's attack was a deliberate > attempt to destroy an American ship and kill her entire crew; evidence > of > such intent is supported by statements from Secretary of State Dean > Rusk, > Undersecretary of State George Ball, former CIA Director Richard > Helms, > former NSA Directors Lt. Gen. William Odom, USA (Ret.), Adm. > Bobby Ray > Inman, USN (Ret.), and Marshal Carter; former NSA deputy directors > Oliver > Kirby and Maj. Gen. John Morrison, USAF (Ret.); and former > Ambassador > Dwight Porter, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon in 1967; > > 5. That in attacking USS Liberty, Israel committed acts of murder > against > American servicemen and an act of war against the United States; > > 6. That fearing conflict with Israel, the White House deliberately > prevented the U.S. Navy from coming to the defense of USS Liberty > by > recalling Sixth Fleet military rescue support while the ship was under > attack; evidence of the recall of rescue aircraft is supported by > statements of Capt. Joe Tully, Commanding Officer of the aircraft > carrier > USS Saratoga, and Rear Admiral Lawrence Geis, the Sixth Fleet > carrier > division commander, at the time of the attack; never before in > American > naval history has a rescue mission been cancelled when an American > ship was > under attack; > > 7. That although Liberty was saved from almost certain destruction > through > the heroic efforts of the ship's captain, William L. McGonagle (MOH), > and > his brave crew, surviving crewmembers were later threatened with > "court-martial, imprisonment or worse" if they exposed the truth; and > were > abandoned by their own government; > > 8. That due to the influence of Israel's powerful supporters in the > United > States, the White House deliberately covered up the facts of this attack > from the American people; > > 9. That due to continuing pressure by the pro-Israel lobby in the United > States, this attack remains the only serious naval incident that has never > been thoroughly investigated by Congress; to this day, no surviving > crewmember has been permitted to officially and publicly testify about > the > attack; > > 10. That there has been an official cover-up without precedent in > American > naval history; the existence of such a cover-up is now supported by > statements of Rear Adm. Merlin Staring, USN (Ret.), former Judge > Advocate > General of the Navy; and Capt. Ward Boston, USN, (Ret.), the chief > counsel > to the Navy's 1967 Court of Inquiry of Liberty attack; > > 11. That the truth about Israel's attack and subsequent White House > cover-up continues to be officially concealed from the American > people to > the present day and is a national disgrace; > > 12. That a danger to our national security exists whenever our elected > officials are willing to subordinate American interests to those of any > foreign nation, and specifically are unwilling to challenge Israel's > interests when they conflict with American interests; this policy, > evidenced by the failure to defend USS Liberty and the subsequent > official > cover-up of the Israeli attack, endangers the safety of Americans and > the > security of the United States. > > > > More information: www.ussliberty.org > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.6/828 - Release Date: > 6/1/2007 11:22 AM > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. 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