USS Liberty attack

Severely damaged USS Liberty one day after the attack.

The USS Liberty attack was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.

History

The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marines, and one civilian), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship. At the time, the ship was in international waters.

Israel apologized for the attack, saying that the USS Liberty had been attacked in error after being mistaken for an Egyptian ship. Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity.

Others have rejected this and maintain that the attack was deliberate. For example, WikiSpooks, stating that it has used Wikipedia's rules regarding "reliable sources", criticizes Wikipedia's article on the attack and states that "Sources discussing the USS Liberty Incident overwhelmingly state that the Israelis knew they were attacking a ship of the US. Every one of the independent or "neutral" commentators (as best as can be ascertained) has come to believe that this attack could not have occured accidentally. This attack could not have been a case of "Friendly Fire"."

External links

Codoh

• Assault on the Liberty
• Israeli Attack on the Liberty Was No Accident
• Israel’s ‘Knife in the Back’ Attack Against America
• Johnson's conduct toward Israel approached treason
• Machinations of the Anti-Defamation League
• The Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel's Deadly 1967 Assault on a U. S. Spy Ship

National Vanguard

• Jews Who Attacked the USS Liberty Were American-Born
• USS Liberty Truth Campaign, part 1
• USS Liberty Truth Campaign, part 2
• Day of Infamy, USS Liberty Flyer of the National Alliance

WikiSpooks

• USS Liberty Incident
• USS Liberty Incident/Reliable Sources