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From: wa18@sdcc12.UUCP (peter messrobian{})
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: The "Patria" incident
Message-ID: <552@sdcc12.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 12:25:47 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 12:25:47 1986
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References: <93@ubc-vision.UUCP> <1372@mtuxo.UUCP> <159@dione.rice.EDU> <3350@sun.uucp>
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center
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Summary: Account of Liberty incident

In article <3350@sun.uucp>, cramer@sun.uucp (Sam Cramer) writes:
> In article <159@dione.rice.EDU> salex@dione.UUCP (Scott Alexander) writes:
> > However, I think the Liberty incident shows that the Israelis are
> >willing to attack without due provocation.  In this episode (during LBJs
> >term---1968 perhaps), the Israelis sank the US intelligence ship Liberty in
> >international waters during the Six Day War.  This action occurred after
> >watching it for several hours.  Afterwards, the Israelis claimed to have
> >mistaken it for an Egyptian ship of approximately half the length of the
> >Liberty.
> 
> The Liberty was sunk in 1967, during the Six Day war, which took place during
> June of that year.
> 
> Considering that a war was underway, and that the ship (according to accounts)
> could have been confused with an Egyptian Navy vessel, how can one reasonably

For a detailed account of the Liberty incident, see the book 'The
Puzzle Palace' by James Bramford( I think that's his name).  It is
a book about the National Security Agency, which the Liberty was 
operated by, and if the description in the book is true, then
several of the above 'facts' are not.  The rest of the book is
interesting too, and its believeability may be enhanced by the fact
that the government attempted to prevent its publication.

				Peter Messrobian
				UC San Diego