*Ø* Blogmanac | June 8, 1967 | Israel attacks USS Liberty: 205 casualties
1967 In a little-known incident of aggression, Israeli aircraft and boats attacked the USS Liberty during Israel's ‘Six Day War’. The action included rocket fire, machine-gunning, napalm bombing and torpedoing for more than two hours. Israeli fighter jets machine gunned life-rafts as American crewmen put them in the water. All told, 34 Americans were killed and 171 wounded, or more than two-thirds of the Liberty’s 295 crew. A ship was forbidden to go to Liberty's assistance.
The incident was downplayed by the government, and the media reported that the incident lasted only five minutes and consisted of a single torpedo attack. Some claim it was no accident – these claimants include Israeli officers and US administration members involved, such as Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Tom Moorer, NSA Chief General Marshall Carter, his deputy Tordella, White House Press Secretary George Christian, and others.
More than 800 holes were caused in the American vessel during the bombardment. “They tried to kill all the witnesses,” Phil Tourney, president of the Liberty Veterans Association, said recently. “They didn't want any one of us left alive.”
Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency by James Bamford
“Body of Secrets is an incredible piece of journalism, and it paints a deeply troubling portrait of an agency about which the public knows next to nothing.” – Amazon.com
1967 In a little-known incident of aggression, Israeli aircraft and boats attacked the USS Liberty during Israel's ‘Six Day War’. The action included rocket fire, machine-gunning, napalm bombing and torpedoing for more than two hours. Israeli fighter jets machine gunned life-rafts as American crewmen put them in the water. All told, 34 Americans were killed and 171 wounded, or more than two-thirds of the Liberty’s 295 crew. A ship was forbidden to go to Liberty's assistance.
The incident was downplayed by the government, and the media reported that the incident lasted only five minutes and consisted of a single torpedo attack. Some claim it was no accident – these claimants include Israeli officers and US administration members involved, such as Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Tom Moorer, NSA Chief General Marshall Carter, his deputy Tordella, White House Press Secretary George Christian, and others.
More than 800 holes were caused in the American vessel during the bombardment. “They tried to kill all the witnesses,” Phil Tourney, president of the Liberty Veterans Association, said recently. “They didn't want any one of us left alive.”
Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency by James Bamford
“Body of Secrets is an incredible piece of journalism, and it paints a deeply troubling portrait of an agency about which the public knows next to nothing.” – Amazon.com
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