A verdadeira história do ataque ao USS Liberty

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A verdadeira história do ataque ao USS Liberty
« em: Novembro 08, 2012, 10:58:56 am »
(Quem desconhecer este incidente, pode primeiro consultar a página na Wikipedia sobre o mesmo ou, em vez disso, ler o breve resumo que se segue.)


Segundo reza a história oficial, este foi um ataque de que foi vítima um navio espião norte-americano, perto da costa egípcia, em 1967, por parte das forças armadas israelitas, supostamente por pensarem estas que se tratava de um navio egípcio. Mas, quem lá estava e foi vítima de tal ataque tem uma história diferente a contar...

Seguem-se uma entrevista ao autor de um documentário sobre o incidente, uma interessante notícia com uma hiperligação no final e o documentário em causa que foi feito.




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Entrevista ao documentarista Tito Howard, no programa de rádio "The Alex Jones Show": http://911underground.com/911/undergrou ... Howard.MP3


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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1023-01.htm


Published on Thursday, October 23, 2003 by the Associated Press
Cover-Up Alleged in Probe of USS Liberty
by Jennifer C. Kerr



"Why in the world would our government put Israel's interest ahead of our own?"
Retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Thomas Moorer, pauses during a news conference on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003 in Washington. Moorer was part of an independent commission of inquiry into the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that claims to have found proof of a cover up by the government. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)


WASHINGTON - A former Navy attorney who helped lead the military investigation of the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that killed 34 American servicemen says former President Lyndon Johnson and his defense secretary, Robert McNamara, ordered that the inquiry conclude the incident was an accident.

In a signed affidavit released at a Capitol Hill news conference, retired Capt. Ward Boston said Johnson and McNamara told those heading the Navy's inquiry to "conclude that the attack was a case of 'mistaken identity' despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary."

Boston was senior legal counsel to the Navy's original 1967 review of the attack. He said in the sworn statement that he stayed silent for years because he's a military man, and "when orders come ... I follow them."

He said he felt compelled to "share the truth" following the publication of a recent book, "The Liberty Incident," which concluded the attack was unintentional.

The USS Liberty was an electronic intelligence-gathering ship that was cruising international waters off the Egyptian coast on June 8, 1967. Israeli planes and torpedo boats opened fire on the Liberty in the midst of what became known as the Israeli-Arab Six-Day War.

In addition to the 34 Americans killed, more than 170 were wounded.

Israel has long maintained that the attack was a case of mistaken identity, an explanation that the Johnson administration did not formally challenge. Israel claimed its forces thought the ship was an Egyptian vessel and apologized to the United States.

After the attack, a Navy court of inquiry concluded there was insufficient information to make a judgment about why Israel attacked the ship, stopping short of assigning blame or determining whether it was an accident.

It was "one of the classic all-American cover-ups," said Ret. Adm. Thomas Moorer, a former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman who spent a year investigating the attack as part of an independent panel he formed with other former military officials. The panel also included a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, James Akins.

"Why in the world would our government put Israel's interest ahead of our own?" Moorer asked from his wheelchair at the news conference. He was chief of naval operations at the time of the attack.

Moorer, who has long held that the attack was a deliberate act, wants Congress to investigate.

Israeli Embassy spokesman Mark Regev disputed any notion that Israel knowingly went after American sailors.

"I can say unequivocally that the Liberty tragedy was a terrible accident, that the Israeli pilots involved believed they were attacking an enemy ship," Regev said. "This was in the middle of a war. This is something that we are not proud of."

Calls to the Navy seeking comment were not immediately returned.

David Lewis of Lemington, Vt., was on the Liberty when it was attacked. In an interview, he said Israel had to know it was targeting an American ship. He said a U.S. flag was flying that day and Israel shot it full of holes. The sailors on the ship, he said, quickly hoisted another American flag, a much bigger one, to show Israel it was a U.S. vessel.

"No trained individual could be that inept," said Lewis of the Israeli forces.

In Capt. Boston's statement, he does not say why Johnson would have ordered a cover-up. Later in a phone interview from his home in Coronado, Calif., Boston said Johnson may have worried the inquiry would hurt him politically with Jewish voters.

Moorer's panel suggested several possible reasons Israel might have wanted to attack a U.S. ship. Among them: Israel intended to sink the ship and blame Egypt because it might have brought the United States into the 1967 war.

On the Net:
USS Liberty Memorial Web site: http://www.ussliberty.org


Copyright 2003 The Associated Press


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Assinado,

Filho de um oficial militar que esteve envolvido no 25 de Abril e alguém que está presentemente sob vigilância pelo que escreve na Internet ;)
 

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Re: A verdadeira história do ataque ao USS Liberty
« Responder #1 em: Novembro 08, 2012, 12:26:50 pm »
Isso já é muito conhecido, e havia um interesse real dos EUA para acusar não Israel mas os seus vizinhos, assim poderiam começar uma invasão (mais uma).
7. Todos os animais são iguais mas alguns são mais iguais que os outros.

 

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Re: A verdadeira história do ataque ao USS Liberty
« Responder #2 em: Novembro 21, 2012, 12:02:56 pm »
O incidente ocorreu em plena guerra dos seis dias, na tarde do dia 8 de Junho de 1967, quando as tropas de Israel combatiam os tanques egipcios.

Nesse dia, ocorre o colapso das forças blindadas egipcias, com os tanques de Israel a avançar em direção ao canal do Suez.
Nesta altura estavam a preparar o que ocorreria no dia seguinte (e que seria histórico), o atravessamento do canal e a entrada do exército de Israel no continente africano.

O ataque ao navio americano foi um acontecimento secundário, em que Israel não quis correr riscos e em que ao mesmo tempo avisou os americanos de que não podiam passara linha.
É claro que em 1967, Israel não dependia tanto dos Estados Unidos para a sua defesa.
É muito mais fácil enganar uma pessoa, que explicar-lhe que foi enganada ...
 

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