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From: worth@btnix.UUCP (Nick Worth)
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Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya (really Liberty)
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Date: Mon, 26-May-86 09:57:36 EDT
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> The book "Puzzle Palace", which is about the National Security Agency,
> gives a rather graphic account of what happened to the USS Liberty.
> According to the book the Liberty was attacked by Phantoms, gunboats,
> torpedoes, napalm, armor piercing shells, and helicopter gun ships.
> The Israel's apparently planed to destroy the ship, not disable it.
> According to the book it flew an American flag until the Israelies shot
> it down on the third pass.

The sources I have read disagree on this account in some areas. The attack
was stated to have been performed first by 2 waves of aircraft, definitely
not phantoms (Mirages in one wave I believe) and no indication of the use
of Napalm was mentioned. A third attack by gun/torpedo boats was also made
and the main damage was caused by a torpedo. According to the sources I
have read an Israeli helicopter then arrived and offered assistance. The
reply of Liberty's captain was unsurprisingly no. The Liberty was scrapped
following this incident.
		Nick Worth UK