US conference to revisit USS Liberty sinking
P | 08.01.2004 01:04 | Anti-militarism | World
Controversy has raged for
years over the sinking of the Liberty, a signals intelligence ship, in international waters by
Israeli jets and torpedo boats in which 34 US sailors were killed and 171 wounded
years over the sinking of the Liberty, a signals intelligence ship, in international waters by
Israeli jets and torpedo boats in which 34 US sailors were killed and 171 wounded
US conference to revisit USS Liberty sinking
WASHINGTON: The US State Department will sponsor a conference next week on the
1967 Arab-Israeli War that will include a discussion of the controversial sinking by Israel
of a US naval vessel in the Mediterrean during the conflict.
The two-day conference, hosted by the department’s historical office, will be held on
January 12 and 13 coinciding with the release of documents detailing US diplomacy
during the war, the department said.
“The latest historical research on the 1967 Arab-Israeli War will be presented” at the
conference that will be attended by historians and Middle East experts from around the
world, it said in a statement. The first panel discussion of the conference “will be devoted
largely to the attack on the USS Liberty,” the department said. Controversy has raged for
years over the sinking of the Liberty, a signals intelligence ship, in international waters by
Israeli jets and torpedo boats in which 34 US sailors were killed and 171 wounded. Israel
maintains that its forces mistook the Liberty for an Egyptian warship but many, including
survivors, have disputed the Israeli account and have demanded a new investigation of
the sinking.
One leading skeptic of the Israeli explanation, James Bamford, author of several books on
US intelligence, will participate in the panel on the Liberty incident, according to the
State Department. —AFP
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-1-2004_pg4_12
WASHINGTON: The US State Department will sponsor a conference next week on the
1967 Arab-Israeli War that will include a discussion of the controversial sinking by Israel
of a US naval vessel in the Mediterrean during the conflict.
The two-day conference, hosted by the department’s historical office, will be held on
January 12 and 13 coinciding with the release of documents detailing US diplomacy
during the war, the department said.
“The latest historical research on the 1967 Arab-Israeli War will be presented” at the
conference that will be attended by historians and Middle East experts from around the
world, it said in a statement. The first panel discussion of the conference “will be devoted
largely to the attack on the USS Liberty,” the department said. Controversy has raged for
years over the sinking of the Liberty, a signals intelligence ship, in international waters by
Israeli jets and torpedo boats in which 34 US sailors were killed and 171 wounded. Israel
maintains that its forces mistook the Liberty for an Egyptian warship but many, including
survivors, have disputed the Israeli account and have demanded a new investigation of
the sinking.
One leading skeptic of the Israeli explanation, James Bamford, author of several books on
US intelligence, will participate in the panel on the Liberty incident, according to the
State Department. —AFP
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-1-2004_pg4_12
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USS Liberty Revisited
04.01.2005 16:10
If you will visit the USS Liberty web site you will find that
Captain Ward Boston who was the legal counsel for the Naval
Board of Inquiry has come publically to say that the attack
on the Liberty was no accident. He also says that the inquiry
was a sham and that he was told what the outcome would be no
matter what the facts showed. I invite you to read his complete
public statement at www.ussliberty.org
Ron Kukal
A survivor of the attack
Ronald G. Kukal
e-mail:
rckukal@actaccess.net