The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Attack on the USS LIBERTY - Part II (6/8/1967)

41 posted on 09/09/2003 2:47:11 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our troops)

To: colorado tanker

Countries spy on each other all the time

Agreed, there had to be something there that made them feel the risk was worth it, but I can't even begin to guess what it could have been.

42 posted on 09/09/2003 2:47:54 PM PDT by SAMWolf (A horse may be forced to drink but a pencil must be lead.)

but I can't even begin to guess what it could have been

Well, if the Chief of Naval Operations couldn't find out, that doesn't give us much of a chance, does it?

43 posted on 09/09/2003 2:54:06 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Iron Horse)

To: colorado tanker

Not much I guess, I was telling Snippy maybe the LIBERTY got wind of Israel deploying those "non-exsistant" Nukes.

44 posted on 09/09/2003 2:57:46 PM PDT by SAMWolf (A horse may be forced to drink but a pencil must be lead.)

You make a very good point, Sam. The Kennedy administration was very concerned about the Israeli nuclear program and even made a run at trying to get them to give it up. It would not surprise me at all if one of Liberty's missions, maybe its primary mission, was to monitor that. If the Israelis had deployed some nukes forward and Liberty caught 'em at it, that might be serious enough for the Israelis to knock Liberty out of service - that would be exremely sensitive info.

45 posted on 09/09/2003 3:04:57 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Iron Horse)

To: colorado tanker

Just a thought, cuz we were trying to think what would be important enough that Israel would take a chance on attacking a US Ship. IMHO, that would be worth the risk.

46 posted on 09/09/2003 3:12:00 PM PDT by SAMWolf (A horse may be forced to drink but a pencil must be lead.)

IMHO, that would be worth the risk.

I agree. I don't know when our intel figured out that the Israelis had actually built a bomb. In the early sixties we just knew they had a reactor and were working on a program. In 1967 we may not have known they acutally had an assembled weapon.

47 posted on 09/09/2003 3:24:09 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Iron Horse)

To: colorado tanker

Wow, I sure hope we don't get any visitors from the Mossad for "figuring out" the LIBERTY mystery. LOL!

48 posted on 09/09/2003 3:33:39 PM PDT by SAMWolf (A horse may be forced to drink but a pencil must be lead.)

49 posted on 09/09/2003 3:40:54 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Iron Horse)

To: radu; snippy_about_it; LaDivaLoca; TEXOKIE; cherry_bomb88; Bethbg79; Do the Dew; Pippin; ...

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Rounding Up The Bad Guys

A U.S. soldier stands guard next to detainees during an early morning raid by the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the fourth Division of the U.S. army in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad September 8, 2003. U.S. forces arrested four people during raids on homes of suspected Saddam loyalists. REUTERS/Arko Datta

A U.S. soldier detains a blindfolded Iraqi during an early morning raid by the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the Fourth Division of the U.S. Army, on homes of suspected Saddam loyalists in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, early September 8, 2003. U.S. forces arrested four people during the raid. REUTERS/Arko Datta

U.S. soldiers stand guard next to detainees during an early morning raid by the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the fourth Division of the U.S. Army, on homes of suspected Saddam loyalists in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, early September 8, 2003. U.S. forces arrested five people during the raid. REUTERS/Arko Datta

U.S. soldiers blindfold an Iraqi detainee during an early morning raid by the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the fourth Division of the U.S. Army, on homes of Saddam loyalists in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, September 8, 2003. U.S. forces arrested five people during the raid. REUTERS/Arko Datta

A U.S. soldier calms down a group of women during an early morning raid by the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the fourth Division of the U.S. Army, on homes of Saddam loyalists in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, September 8, 2003. U.S. forces arrested five people during the raid. REUTERS/Arko Datta

50 posted on 09/09/2003 4:04:56 PM PDT by SAMWolf (A horse may be forced to drink but a pencil must be lead.)

Thanks SAM! Round 'em up!

51 posted on 09/09/2003 4:36:35 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our troops)

To: snippy_about_it

*Aaaaar!*
I must by needs write a story now, a story of travel, climate, ships, and betrayal by pocket lint.
Wait, that's a story subject for something else.
Um, nevermind.
I guess I'll just ask how much fun you had and leave it at that.

52 posted on 09/09/2003 5:46:07 PM PDT by Darksheare ("It's Howdy Doody time kiddies... the Bad Man is here..")

To: Darksheare; SAMWolf

I guess I'll just ask how much fun you had and leave it at that.

How much fun we had. WOW!!!

I don't know where to begin. We had a blast! It was wonderful!

53 posted on 09/09/2003 6:36:08 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our troops)

54 posted on 09/09/2003 6:38:38 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our troops)

To: snippy_about_it

Good Night, Snippy. You can't go wrong with Dino.

55 posted on 09/09/2003 6:41:12 PM PDT by SAMWolf (A horse may be forced to drink but a pencil must be lead.)

To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; MistyCA; AntiJen; SpookBrat; PhilDragoo; All

Evening all!

During the summer of 1967 there was much discontent in the State Department and the National Security Council over the LIBERTY matter. Secretary Rusk and Congressman Abernathy said that the Congress was enraged and absorbed in the issue, and that there was much hostility toward the official story. Rusk told his colleagues in Luxembourg that the attack was deliberate, and Hickenlooper and other senators were still angry in July when confronting McNamara. None of this discontent or political current was reported in the TIMES at the time, but was only discovered and reported later by the LIBERTY men and their newsletter.

56 posted on 09/09/2003 6:52:07 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (There aren't enough conservatives in CA to vote for Tom and still have him to win. That's a fact)

Don't knock the "COCO", it was Tandy's best kept secret. It could run rings around more expensive computeres with 3rd party software. I owned several of them. In fact it still lives and has a website.

57 posted on 09/09/2003 6:52:58 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (R)

To: Victoria Delsoul; snippy_about_it

Good Evening, Victoria. See Snippy and I left you another graphic to find. LOL!

58 posted on 09/09/2003 6:54:46 PM PDT by SAMWolf (A horse may be forced to drink but a pencil must be lead.)

Woohoo! I'm so lucky.

How are ya, Sam?

59 posted on 09/09/2003 7:07:56 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (There aren't enough conservatives in CA to vote for Tom and still have him to win. That's a fact)

To: Victoria Delsoul

Nice graphic Victoria. Good evening. You're just arriving and I'm headed off to bed. LOL! Good night.

60 posted on 09/09/2003 7:40:17 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our troops)

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