| http://www.americanfreepress.net/05_20_02/Admirals_Urge_/admirals_urge_.html Admirals Urge Probe Of Attack On USS Liberty Three admirals, an ambassador and a wounded survivor are demanding that Congress investigate the attack on the USS Liberty and subsequent cover-up. Exclusive to American Free Press By James P. Tucker Jr. Pressure on Congress to investigate Israel’s deliberate attack on the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967, and the cover-up by Washington mounted when ranking military officers gathered in Washington May 14 to express outrage at the high-level whitewashing of the tragic assault. Those who “demanded” a “thorough investigation” of the attack and cover-up included Admiral Thomas Moorer, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Admiral Merlin Staring. Gen. Ray Davis endorsed the call but was unable to attend the news conference in Washington. James Akins, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and an expert on the Middle East, joined in the call. They announced the formation of Liberty Alliance, based in Front Royal, Va., to maintain pressure for an investigation in order to correct the historical record. Evidence that Israel deliberately attacked the U.S. vessel with the intent to sink it and kill all aboard is beyond convincing—it is conclusive. This evidence was first disclosed in the court-killed Spotlight newspaper more than a quarter-century ago and subsequently in American Free Press. “The press ran away from the Liberty story” in 1967, Moorer said. “What we’re seeking is an agreement” by Congress to investigate the incident, he said. “The mission of elected and appointed officials should be the straight-out bald truth.” Reporters were shown a film, Loss of Liberty,* documenting the treachery in which 34 Americans were killed and 172 wounded. Producer Tito Howard “put the true story on the film,” Moorer said. “Every foot of it is true.” The late Yitzhak Rabin, who commanded the Israeli army, came to Washington after the three-day war “with orders for Secretary of State Dean Rusk,” said Akins. Rusk replied to the Israeli officer: “General, the United States is not a colony of Israel.” The late George Ball, under secretary of state under President John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and long-time Bilderberg luminary, expressed outrage over the Israeli attack, Akins said. Ball wrote of the attack: “Israel knew it could get away with anything.” If Israel had succeeded in sinking the ship with all aboard, the attack would have been blamed on Egypt, Ball said. He referred to Israel “murdering Americans.” Getting an investigation is difficult, Akins said, be cause “Congress is Israeli-occupied territory.” Staring said he was given a copy of the official Navy report on the incident but was unable to find evidence justifying its conclusion that the attack was a mistake. The report was taken from him before he could comment. Larry Weaver, a survivor who was extensively wounded, revealed a chilling experience. He went over the familiar details showing the attack was deliberate—the flag was flying conspicuously and Israeli recon pilots flew so low that smiles and waves were exchanged. Barely out of intensive care, Weaver was summoned by an admiral, who removed his stars and said they would talk as equals. The admiral, whose name Weaver was unable to recall, asked him to tell him what he knew about the Liberty attack. After hearing his response, Weaver said, the admiral told him: “If you ever repeat that to anybody at any time, you will be put in jail and we’ll throw away the key.” The admiral has been identified by AFP as Isaac Kidd. Like other crewmen, Weaver’s military records were purged of his service on the Liberty. “We are a ship without a country,” Weaver said. |
