unprovoked attack on unarmed USS Liberty

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June 8, 1967 - United States Naval History:

"Never before has the U.S. Navy ignored eyewitness testimony of American military to accept on faith the story told by their attackers."

Liberty survivors were ordered by Admiral Isaac C. Kidd to forget about the attack, talk about it with no one - not even among themselves or family
- or they would face court martial proceedings.

Thirty-four US servicemen were killed and 171 injured by a well-coordinated, multi-wave assault which included the use of napalm.

The attack was downplayed in U.S. media coverage and KIA and injured numbers reduced.


This is IMO the best-detailed film yet released regarding the unprovoked attack on USS Liberty ... and even better is hearing survivors speaking out publicly.

- http://planetquo.com/The-USS-Liberty-America-s-Most-Shameful-Secret


"George Ball, the brilliant and courageous Undersecretary of State at the time of the '67 War, wrote about the attack on the Liberty subsequently. He said:

"The ultimate lesson of the Liberty attack was that it had
far more effect on policy in Israel than in America. Israel's
leaders concluded that nothing they might do would offend
the Americans to the point of reprisal. If America's leaders
did not have the courage to punish Israel for the blatant
murder of American citizens, it seemed clear that their
American friends would let them get away with almost
anything." "

- Ambassador James Akins

- http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/18.html

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