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To: SirVinny who wrote (3635)	8/17/2003 6:59:58 AM
From: sammy levy	Respond to of 6945

The attack on the Librty was most likely intentional. However the liberty was an espionage ship. Israel was in a state of war and it was at the stage when it was moving deeper into Syria to obtain a stronger negotiating chip,the UN was pressing Israel to stop,the Liberty was there to "iligaly" find out of the Israeli plans. Israel was fighting for its on interests. The liberty was there looking after American Global interests which did not always coincide with Israeli interests. The Liberty had no business doing what it was doing when and wher it was doing it. During war shit happens,even between friends. Had the positions been reversed,don't u think the US would fire on an Israeli spy ship? You should not make much of this incident,the only problem was lives were lost,but this happens during a war. BTW,why do u think the official American investigation labeled it as a "tragic mistake"? It was a mistake on both sides.

To: SirVinny who wrote (3635)	8/17/2003 8:16:56 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

MYTH : "During the 1967 War, Israel deliberately attacked the USS Liberty." FACT : "The Israeli attack on the USS Liberty was a grievous error, largely attributable to the fact that it occurred in the midst of the confusion of a full-scale war in 1967. <font color=blue>Ten official United States investigations<font color=black> and three official Israeli inquiries have all conclusively established the attack was a tragic mistake." us-israel.org More from the article: "Accidents caused by “friendly fire” are common in wartime. In 1988, the U.S. Navy mistakenly downed an Iranian passenger plane, killing 290 civilians. During the Gulf War, 35 of the 148 Americans who died in battle were killed by “friendly fire.” In April 1994, two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters with large U.S. flags painted on each side were shot down by U.S. Air Force F-15s on a clear day in the “no fly” zone of Iraq, killing 26 people. In April 2002, an American F-16 dropped a bomb that killed four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. In fact, the day before the Liberty was attacked, Israeli pilots accidentally bombed one of their own armored columns."