The 1967 attack by Israel on the USS Liberty has been told by Sligo Productions in 1987, by the History Channel in 2001, by the Liberty Vets Assn. in 2002, but the BBC has dug deeper than anyone before in "Dead in the Water." We've learned that US photo recon planes helped Israel in the Six-Day-War with the Star of David painted over the US markings. We've learned that nuclear armed planes were sent to nuke Cairo when it was felt that Egypt had attacked the ship, recalled later when we learned it was Israel. We've learned that other highly classified programs were involved with the attack. And the ugliest of all, that the US government turned their backs on the sailors and covered up the incident, telling the sailors that if they talked about it, they'd get court-martialed or worse! Jim Ennes's book "Assault on the Liberty" unzipped the mum lips of the survivors, but alas, the US congress has refused to listen to them and investigate the incident as they have all other incidents of its kind. Torpedo boats shot up life rafts as the ship prepared to abandon ship, American sailors on deck shot at from 50 feet away. This video lays it out... including McNamara saying he "doesn't remember." It is top notch and any serious student of history should see this one. It is a winner!
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