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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: USS Liberty
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 01:05:18 EST
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In article <3364@sun.uucp> cramer@sun.UUCP (Sam Cramer) writes:
>           They conclude that the attack on the Liberty was the result
>of an escalating series of blunders on both the American and Israeli
>sides, ...

>	"Israel intends to defend its shores from attack by the 
>	Egyptians....

The USS Liberty sitting dead in the water could not be confused with any
known Egyptian ship under any circumstances.  The attack was not a blunder.
Try reading the account of the attack in Bamford, _The Puzzle Palace_.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720