USS Liberty Dead in the Water
On June 8, 1967, US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty was suddenly and brutally attacked on the high seas in international waters by the air and naval forces of Israel. The Israeli forces attacked with full knowledge that this was an American ship and lied about it. Survivors have been forbidden for 40 years to tell their story under oath to the American public. This USS Liberty Memorial web site tells their story and is dedicated to the memory of the 34 brave men who died.
After surveilling USS Liberty for more than nine hours with almost hourly aircraft over flights and radar tracking, the air and naval forces of Israel attacked our ship in international waters without warning. USS Liberty was identified as a US naval ship nine hours before the attack by Israeli reconnaissance aircraft and continuously tracked by Israeli radar and aircraft thereafter. Sailing in international waters at less than five knots, with no offensive armament, our ship was not a military threat to anyone.
The Israeli forces attacked without warning and without attempting to contact us. Thirty four Americans were killed in the attack and another 174 were wounded. The ship, a $40 Million Dollar state of the art signals intelligence platform, was later declared unsalvageable and sold for scrap. (Excerpt from gtr5.com)
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January 28th, 2009 at 07:36
I always heard of the USS Liberty incident, but never heard any convicing evidence. This is a great documentary giving personal acounts from people who were there before, during and after the attack took place. This only shows the extent Israel would go to even screwing up its main ally in order to achieve its objectives.
I was never a fan of conspiracy theories for the 9/11 attacks, but if Israel can carry out the USS Liberty attack and keep so many people in high positions within the US so silent about it, it makes me wonder whether suspecting them with the 9/11 attacks would be so inconceivable afterall!
Now the Palestinians are still suffering because of all this deceit. Let’s see what Obama will do…..
April 5th, 2009 at 15:33
very interesting story…..there are holes in the story, but, definately worth watching. knowledge is power.
June 18th, 2009 at 22:03
Here is the real story. Please check it out.
The main reason why the US has betrayed the Jews nuerous times throughout history is because of oil. Keep in mind, that at the beginning of the Holocaust, the Allies had a plan to partition British Palestine and to send the Jews there instead of getting slaughtered. But the Arabs (mainly Saudis) said no. If there was going to be any more Jews on the land, then there would be no oil for the allies. So here we are, 6 million Jews later, I guess we were expendable. Also keep in mind that the Allies never said that if they can’t go to British Palestine, then let them come here (US, Canada).
The US informed the Arabs that Israel would not have a nuclear defense shield finished in 1967, thus leaving a window of opportunity to attack. US intelligence attampted to curry favor with the Arab oil producers by giving the precise details of Israels military positions and details of battle to the arabs during the war. Israeli intelligence discovered the American betrayal and attacked the Liberty, which was gathering electronic information on Israeli troop movements and sending it to British intelligence, which in turn relayed it to the Arabs. Both the American and Israeli governments agreed to suppress the truth about the Liberty from the public. It was too embarassing for the Americns to have been caught re-handed betraying their “Israeli brothers” in the interest of oil, and the Israelis used it to blackmail President Johnson (an oil man)to get the Israelis new weapons and armor.
There wre 293 crewmen onboard. 34 died, not 200 as you think, but 34!!! The crew thought it was a miracle that so many survived. It was no miracle, the Israelis were not there to kill Americans. They were there for survival. They had to take out their enemy, and that ship was theri enemy. It was an act of self-defense. Once the attack was under way, a senior official of Israeli intelligence called his CIA counterpart and told him what they were doing to the Liberty at that moment, knowing the US could not and would not retaliate. The Israelis had proof that the US government had commited an act of war against Israel by betraying its military secrets to the enemy in the middle of a war in which Israel’s very survival was at stake.
America has betrayed Israel in EVERY war Israel has had to fight. On the surface, the US and Israel are allies. The truth is, mainly because of oil, that America has betrayed Israel and will continue to betray them whenever it is in her best interests. It’s simple, the Arabs have the oil, the Arabs hate Jews, so the US, who wants Arab oil must go against the Jews. 2+2=4. It’s not hard to understand. There is a secret war against the Jews. And you are helping to perpetuate it. Get yourself an education.
July 11th, 2009 at 00:25
That is not the “real story” Richard, what really happened is that Israel was busy murdering thousands of Egyptian POWs at a coastal town adjacent to where the Liberty was patrolling in international waters and concerned that the most sophisticated communications intercept vessel in the world would certainly overhear radio traffic about the mass murder and subsequent disposal of evidence a decision was made to destroy the Liberty.The mass murder of POWs was witnessed by an Israeli journalist and reported in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronoth.
July 25th, 2009 at 20:21
Richard, your account of the ‘real story’ is very interesting, however all the facts in it except that Israel attacked the USS Liberty are false. I have to admit that I admire the Israely PR machine which is constantly turning any war crime the IDF commits into an act of ’self-defence’… and the Israelis are brain washed into believing them by having their politicians constantly repeating them on and on and on….poor Israelis
August 2nd, 2009 at 18:02
Richard! What is your Jewish name?
Sorry about my style, but i couldn’t resist
No need to talk much about conspiracies.
Look to the world.
It is all clear.
November 8th, 2009 at 22:08
Richard I am so disappointed with you after all that we(U S) have done for you and Israel this is what you still think of us. Don’t forget Israel is existing only because we are supporting you with money and protection we are providing you, if it wasn’t for us the Arabs would have and chewed and spitted you out long time ago, so bend down and apologize to Americans.
don’t be a typical jew who are always untrustworthy and mean.
God Bless America.
December 25th, 2009 at 13:12
they are waiting for the old chaps to die, and their story with it.
i don't know much about conspiracies. but as a human being i can see that all of the Israelis in the documentary are lying through their teeth.
they definitely are people you cannot trust, why they cause everyone to hate them. what is the problem with the Israelis???
no even an appology. oh yea those poor sailors were supposed to be dead to their last.
what type of hypocrites firing on life boats and also an american one.
every american soldiers should desist from fighting a war for israel because they should know that the israelis would readily despatch them … they are the dispensable gunea pigs…
it is astonishing to notice how the useful idiot theory still works. the soldiers still believes they are fighting for america. a very low hat for the israelis PR indeed…. lol it is an other way to say that they are great liars, people you just cannot believe, you just cannot trust, they would readily sell you once they don't need you or if you become cumbersome.
i sure that when the israelis won't need america, guess who they will dagger in the back first…. evidence are clear as the american supremacy will start to become challenged by the monster they created. don't expect any gratefulness from the israelis… richard view is just a good sample.
America WAKE UP the Israelis have hijacked the US.
events as the uss liberty has been uncovered, how many other people have the israeli caused to suffer. i won't be suprised that the israeli have claimed more american lives and tried to blame it on others, i'm sure the families of the 3000 americans who died in the planned demolition of the twin towers would like to know.!!!!
[ask yourself why so many israelis were arrested in the wake of the 9/11]
January 19th, 2010 at 12:23
Good Doc – all Americans should watch it. As for Richard’s comments about the Israeli’s just going for the ship – that doesn’t quite explain the machine gunning of sailors attempting to escape the attack by swimming away.
Why is it the the state of Israel acts with absolute impunity in everything it does? (Rhetorical)