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Dead in the Water

How Israel committed the cold blooded murder of US sailors.

June 8, 1967: USS Liberty attacked by Israel in international waters

During the Six-Day War, 06 08, Israel attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. Thirty-four American servicemen were killed in the two-hour assault by Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats.

BBC Four Investigative Report: Broadcast Saturday 17 May 2003 

Video Runtime 69 Minutes

Israel claimed that the whole affair had been a tragic accident based on mistaken identification of the ship. The American government accepted the explanation.

For more than 30 years many people have disbelieved the official explanation but have been unable to rebut it convincingly. Now, Dead in the Water uses startling new evidence to reveal the truth behind the seemingly inexplicable attack. The film combines dramatic reconstruction of the events, with new access to former officers in the US and Israeli armed forces and intelligence services who have decided to give their own version of events.

Interviews include President Lyndon Johnson's Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara, former head of the Israeli navy Admiral Shlomo Errell and members of the USS Liberty crew.

See also: Lyndon Johnson ordered cover-up: A former navy lawyer who helped lead the military investigation of the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that killed 34 American servicemen says former president Johnson and McNamara told those heading the navy's inquiry to "conclude that the attack was a case of 'mistaken identity' despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary."

New charges vs. Israel in '67 ship attack: Coming now, the evidence becomes part of a controversy over Israelis influence in Washington and whether it has tilted the Bush administration toward Jerusalem.

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Thank you for your input. +34 Vote up Vote down Stes2011 100p · 286 weeks ago I wonder when drawing attention to the murder of those sailors will become a punishable offense throughout the US. It probably already is in South Carolina. Report Reply 2 replies · active 285 weeks ago +34 Vote up Vote down prairiedog · 286 weeks ago And they worked hand in glove with our government on 9/11...The Zionists and the scum bags in the District of Criminals will be the death of all of us. Report Reply 1 reply · active 285 weeks ago +43 Vote up Vote down Ray Harris · 286 weeks ago The plan was to sink the Liberty and blame it on Egypt, but the Liberty proved to be defiantly unsinkable. Johnson considered ordering the ship sunk to keep the story of the Israelis attacking a US ship secret, but he was talked out of it by saner aids. The survivors, including those injured in the attack, were ordered under threat of court marshall to remain silent about what really happened. After they were not held accountable for killing nearly 3 dozen American sailors, the Israelis knew that they could do anything to any American without paying the price. They have played us for suckers from that day to this. Report Reply 3 replies · active 283 weeks ago +33 Vote up Vote down wantrealdemocracy · 286 weeks ago We live in a nation that is a colony of Israel. Our elected officials have all signed a pledge to always give Israel all the funds they request. Last years they gave them even more than Israel requested. Then they cut the funding for food stamps for our poorest citizens. Report Reply 2 replies · active 286 weeks ago +8 Vote up Vote down sandy acosta · 286 weeks ago Finally the Fire of Truth is shattering the ice (evil) of lies! Sandy Acosta Report Reply 0 replies · active 286 weeks ago +19 Vote up Vote down kayos99 92p · 286 weeks ago This scummy State works 'BY WAY OF DECEPTION" WHEN OH WHEN will America HONOUR THE SERVICEMEN INCINERATED BY iSRAEL THE FREELOADER ON THE US TAXPAYER??? Not while we have a President in he pockets of the jews Report Reply 2 replies · active 286 weeks ago +22 Vote up Vote down GoneAway4Good · 286 weeks ago And who helped cover it up ? McCain's Daddy ! The son was even worse than the Old Man. Report Reply 1 reply · active 286 weeks ago +24 Vote up Vote down GoneAway4Good · 286 weeks ago Now, who did the Beirut bombings that killed 350 marines -- Israel ! Americans are suckers - overrun by the same Bolsheviks that took over Russia in the early 1900s. Report Reply 1 reply · active 285 weeks ago +16 Vote up Vote down Ironhd · 286 weeks ago I remember reading of the conversation between the lead pilot and Israeli ground control. "It's an American ship, I can see the US flag. Do you want me to continue? Ground control: Yes follow your orders!" I read that an Israeli pilot refused to bomb the USS Liberty, returned to base was arrested and court martialed. Pres. Johnson, Robert McNamara, Admiral McCain ordered that the two separate attempts by US fighter squadrons to rescue the Liberty and drive off the jew attackers be aborted saying that he didn't give a damm how many US sailors were killed he wasn't going to embarrass Israel. Embarrass Israel, huh. Fk Israel and everything about it. Dismantle that fecal creation illegally imposed upon Palestine by british lards and send the askeNazi SQUATTERS back to the vile nations that spawned them. To my fellow Veterans: Given this and his lies that got us into VN and their statements that "We can't stop this war. We're making too much money. The economy would collapse"....Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used ...etc. etc. ad vomitum... WHY HAVEN'T WE DUG THEIR PUTRID TREASONOUS BODIES UP AND BURNED THEM IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE??? Why haven't we drug each and every dual citizen and izraei-firster into the capitol steps and flog them as Jesus did to the money changers so many years ago. ~?~ Report Reply 0 replies · active 286 weeks ago +13 Vote up Vote down Ironhd · 286 weeks ago ...same for the Clintons, G.W. Bush, Oh Bomb'em and their cabal of liars and war profiteers who gained from the millions of dead souls and destroyed countries for the benefit of that fecal colony in Palestine. ~!~ Report Reply 0 replies · active 286 weeks ago +11 Vote up Vote down Flummoxed · 286 weeks ago The attack was a mistake, Israel? Yeah sure, that's why you disguised your planes--------imagine that America, your own nation almost nuked Egypt-----and I'm sure that's what Israel planned and would have loved. And so, people in the military--------here's just another example of how your own government, doesn't have your back, nor even care. Every war America has gone into has been a lie---------------you all really have to stop saying this "death before dishonor," stuff because your death comes to naught. A big goose egg-----------and I had thought that the Pat Tillman story was the worst--------------"My country tis........."a horror." Report Reply 0 replies · active 286 weeks ago +3 Vote up Vote down gwynn o'neill · 286 weeks ago "The Gods of Money", makes all this history entirely clear. F. William Engdahl. Not reading for the faint of heart. Report Reply 1 reply · active 284 weeks ago +7 Vote up Vote down Yo! · 286 weeks ago A Russian ship offered to help the wounded. The officers on the Liberty refused their help! An American sub was nearby monitoring the attack on the Liberty-- and did NOTHING. American pilots OBEYED ORDERS to allow Israhell to kill their fellow US servicemen. This shows that the military are Snakes as well. They have NO loyalty to anyone but ISRAEL. They rather DIE than be friends with Russians-- but they will EAGERLY DIE to help israhell. Goyim are disgusting. They worship, kill, and DIE for a nation that despises them. Report Reply 1 reply · active 286 weeks ago +6 Vote up Vote down Cisco812 93p · 286 weeks ago Keep in mind that the only vessel that came to the Liberty’s aid was Soviet Guided Missile Destroyer 626/4 who signaled the Liberty asking if it could assist. The liberty’s captain refused help and the destroyer signaled “I’ll stand by in case you need me.” It stayed and protected it until U.S. vessels arrived many hours later. Report Reply 1 reply · active 286 weeks ago +7 Vote up Vote down Miggle · 286 weeks ago I don't think the Israelis would have dared to do it if LBJ hadn't suggested it to him. It was the usual American stunt to obtain voter support for the USA to enter a war. Pushing the Japs into a "surprise" attack on a deliberately insecure Pearl Harbor. 9/11. More. LBJ was a fanatical Zionist. I have heard that nuclear bombers were in flight to Cairo to obliterate it when the bad news came out that some USS Liberty survivors had lived to tell the tale. Report Reply 3 replies · active 285 weeks ago 0 Vote up Vote down Matthew/Boston · 285 weeks ago A survivor of the attack on the USS Liberty has a broadcast/podcast. It's once a week. You may wonder how can they go over the same subject over and over, but they do a very good job at keeping the listener interested. They usually have a guest on the show. Two advocates anchor the weekly show. It's located at the bottom of the list kin this link. http://www.renseradioarchives.com/ Report Reply 0 replies · active 285 weeks ago 0 Vote up Vote down Eric · 285 weeks ago Israel knew Johnson had Kennedy murdered and they blackmailed him to let them off the hook for it. I'm sure Israel got other concessions via that blackmail from the Johnson presidency and other later crooks we elected as President. After all the Israelis are survivors of the Holocaust perpetrated by half of Europe and condoned by the rest of the world until it was exposed to the general public, where it now justifies their existence as a separate country and their extreme security measures. Report Reply 0 replies · active 285 weeks ago Post a new comment :) :D xD ;) :p ^_^ :$ B) :* <3 :S :| =/ :x o.0 :o :( :@ :%27( Embed video Enter text right here! Comment as a Guest, or login: Login to IntenseDebate Login to WordPress.com Login to Twitter Go back Tweet this comment Connected as (Logout) Email (optional) Not displayed publicly. Name Email Website (optional) Displayed next to your comments. Not displayed publicly. If you have a website, link to it here. Posting anonymously. 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