The USS Liberty: A 50 Year Old Cover Up
Exactly 50 years ago today, on June 8, 1967, an American naval vessel, the USS Liberty was sailing in the Mediterranean, when Israel’s military purposely attacked it. They killed and injured over 200 Americans. The attack, as the survivors describe, was like a hellish nightmare, something out of a Hollywood movie; It didn’t feel real. It was unbelievable. The American flag aboard at the time was in plain sight when this dastardly attack by three unmarked Israeli planes occurred. Three torpedo boats joined the savagery starting with rockets and then napalm our troops used in Vietnam that caused many to protest because of its effect on burning skin. As if this was not brutal enough, American soldiers aboard the Liberty were pelted with machine-guns while they attempted to put out the fires these attackers started and three torpedo attacks finished the assault for good…