Tag: USS Liberty

NOVANEWS The American Legion finally calls for a congressional inquiry By Philip Giraldi • Unz Review  On June 8th 1967 the United States Navy intelligence ship the U.S.S. Liberty was attacked in international waters by aircraft and vessels belonging to Israel. Thirty-four sailors, Marines and civilians were killed in the attack. The deliberate Israeli air and sea onslaught sought to sink the clearly identified intelligence gathering ship and kill all its crew. It was in truth the worst attack ever carried out on a U.S. Naval vessel in peace time. In addition to the death toll, 171 more of the crew were wounded in the two-hour assault, which was clearly intended to destroy the intelligence gathering vessel operating in international waters collecting information on the ongoing fighting...

NOVANEWS Israeli documents on USS Liberty: ‘Americans have findings showing our pilots were aware the ship was American’ If Americans Knew  Recently discovered documents show Israeli leaders were worried that evidence would come out that Israel’s 1967 attack on the USS Liberty was intentional. The Liberty was a Navy electronics surveillance ship operating in international waters during the Six-Day War. Israeli forces perpetrated an extended air and sea assault on the ship that killed 34 Americans, injured 175, and damaged the ship beyond repair. Afterward, Israel claimed the assault was an accident and provided $6 million in compensation for the loss of the $40 million ship. (More information here.) According to the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, Israeli historian Adam Raz recently exami...

NOVANEWS Surviving USS Liberty crewmembers following Israel’s June 8, 1967 attack on their unarmed ship in international waters. (www.gtr5.com) Title Created Date Assault on the Liberty Apr 1982 USS Liberty: Questions Persist May 1985 The USS Liberty: The Scandal That Refuses to Die Dec 1985 Book Review: Assault on the Liberty Apr 1986 The USS Liberty: A Demon That Won't Go Away Jun 1986 Why the USS Liberty Story Has Been Suppressed Jun 1988 USS Liberty 22nd Anniversary Jun 1989 The USS Liberty Heroes Honored Sep 1989 USS Liberty Memorial Library Enjoys Busy First Year Jun 1990 USS Liberty Revisited: New Information, Still No Investigation Jun 1990 Israel's Attack on the USS Liberty: Cracks in the 25-Year Cover-Up Jun 1992 A Minnesota Town's ...

NOVANEWS By Ray McGovern | Consortium News  It is safe to assume that when President Donald Trump lands in Israel Monday, he will not have been briefed on the irrefutable evidence that, nearly 50 years ago – on June 8, 1967 – Israel deliberately attacked the USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 U.S. sailors and wounding more than 170 other crew. All of Trump’s predecessors – Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama – have refused to address the ugly reality and/or covered up the attack on the Liberty. It is not too late for someone to fill Trump in on this shameful episode, on the chance he may wish to show more courage than former presidents and warn the Israelis that this kind of t...

NOVANEWS Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem, Sr During the Six-Day War, Zio-Nazi attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. Thirty-four American servicemen were killed in the two-hour assault by Nazi warplanes and torpedo boats. Nazi regime claimed that the whole affair had been a tragic accident based on mistaken identification of the ship. The American government accepted the explanation. For more than 30 years many people have disbelieved the official explanation but have been unable to rebut it convincingly. Now, Dead in the Water uses startling new evidence to reveal the truth behind the seemingly inexplicable attack. The film combines dramatic reconstruction of the events, with new access to former officers in the US and Israeli armed forces and intel...