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Dear Readers, What follows is longer than what's usually implied by "bulletin;" however, it's indeed "urgent" because we urgently need to publicize events which will help folks understand the Bush Junta's complicity in the attacks of 9/11/01. So Government of the USA in Exile (GUSAE) and Free Voice of America (FVOA) are pleased to launch a series called Lost U.S. History. Our first selection is the vicious 1967 Israeli attack on a helpless U.S. intelligence vessel with intent to blame Egypt for its destruction and thus precipitate a huge Mideastern war. In the next day or two we'll also post (as Lost U.S. History 1-a and 1-b) a current piece proposing a Congressional investigation of this and a piece providing a link to ongoing discussions about this. Yours for all species,
August 8, 1992 I have a story I would like to share with you. June 8, 1992 marked the 25th anniversary of the attack on the U.S.S. Liberty by the government of Israel. The Israeli excsue then and now is that they made a mistake. They say they thought we were an Egyptian ship and the attack only lasted five minutes. Our government accepted their excuse and at that moment the cover-up was put into motion. The real truth is the government of Israel identified us as the U.S.S. Liberty hours before they tried to sink us. They made at least thirteen separate reconnaissance flights over and around our ship in about a six-hour period, beginning early in the morning. We were in international waters with calm seas and clear skies. Our flag was flying as always. We had freshly painted hull numbers 10 ft. high on her bow (AGTR-5) and on the stern of our ship we had "USS Liberty" painted, clearly readable to anyone who chose to look at it. Admiral Thomas Moorer, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said our ship was probably the ugliest in the navy, which made it even easier for the Israelis. They knew exactly who they were attacking, a clearly marked United States noncombatant intelligence ship. At 2:00 P.M. the attack began with jet fighters and bombers, shooting rockets, cannons, machine guns and dropping napalm all over our ship, setting us on fire. At 2:09 P.M. a message was sent and received by the U.S.S. Saratoga and the U.S.S. America that we were under attack and needed help immediately. Captain Tully, skipper of the U.S.S. Saratoga, scrambled twelve aircraft to come to our aid only to have those lifesaving planes called back by President Lyndon Johnson. Our government left us out there alone when they knew we were under attack. The air attack continued for about forty minutes leaving behind a very badly damaged ship. At this point three Israeli torpedo boats had taken over. They fired a total of five torpedos at us, one hitting starboard side, instantly killing twenty-five of America's finest young men. The torpedo left a 40' by 40' hole in her side. The word was passed to abandon ship. We put over what life rafts were still inflatable so we could put our wounded in them. The Israelis would have none of that. They blew them right out of the water or took them aboard their boats. It was obvious no survivors were to be taken. The Israeli torpedo gunmen were using us as a target practice, shooting at our fire fighters and stretcher bearers, killing and maiming as many Americans as they could. The attack lasted about two hours. They sent helicopters with soldiers in full battle dress to finish us off, hovering overhead ready to board us. If it had not been for an incorrect radio message saying help was on the way, which in effect chased them off, they would have killed the rest of us. They left behind 80% of our crew dead or dying (thirty-four killed and one hundred seventy-one wounded), and a ship barely afloat with 821 rocket and cannon holes and a forty-foot hole in her side along with napalm burning us up. No ship in history has ever received such damage by accident. We never received any help from our government until seventeen hours later---when help was only minutes away. Why? We asked this question of Admiral Isaac Kidd, Jr. who came aboard our ship to get the facts about what happened to us for the Naval Board of Inquiry. We told him what we saw the Israelis do to us. He told us if we ever repeated what we had told him to anyone, including family members, he would see to it that we would end up in prison, or worse. At that moment the cover-up was put into motion, to keep the crew silent, not to tell what really happened. There are many people in and out of government who know it was a deliberate attack and not a case of mistaken identity as the Israelis have shoved down the American public's throat. Did President Johnson make a deal with Israel to sacrifice us with a quick kill by Israel, sink us fast and blame it on Egypt, drawing the U.S. into the war? Israel would then rule all of the Middle East, not just the West Bank and Gaza. Why else would our government not send help to us if they weren't part of it? There is one thing our attackers didn't count on---us staying afloat. We threw a big monkey wrench into their plans. We never fired a shot at them and they still couldn't put us on the bottom. God's Chosen People still must be scratching their heads. The cover-up has continued for twenty-five years and our elected officials in Washington refuse to look into this case for fear of offending their masters. Several years ago, two patriots, Ben and Ted Grob of Grafton, Wisconsin, donated a large sum of money for a library to be named USS LIBERTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY. The Jewish population, not only in the Milwaukee/Grafton area, but throughout the nation did not want a library named in honor of our ship. The good people of Grafton stuck by the name and today it is open for business. On the day of the opening about forty survivors were there to thank the town and remember our dead shipmates who did not return home with us. There were threats made against us and a swat team was on the roof to protect us. A Navy Honor Guard was supposed to show up but they canceled. What is going on in this country has to stop. A foreign government has taken us over and our elected officials are letting them do it. There has to be a fair and honest investigation into the Liberty affair. No one should be allowed to get by with murder, including Israel. Please write to the President and Congress and demand an investigation. Thank you. Respectfully, Phillip F. Tourney, President |