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Israel:
Jewish Supremacy in Action
By David Duke
Page
17
of 19
Israel: A
violation of international
law
The U.S.S. Liberty, a lightly armed
intelligence ship whose mission was to intercept foreign radio
communications, had been sailing in international waters off the
Egyptian town of El Arish, which Israeli forces had just captured.
Israel knew that the Liberty was monitoring its transmissions
and was fearful it would learn of preparations for an invasion of
Syria the next day.
On the clear and breezy morning of June 8,
Israeli fighter jets circled the Liberty numerous times,
coming in so low and close that the ship´s crewmen waved at the
pilots and could actually see their faces. The Liberty was
clearly marked with its large U.S. Navy identifying letters, and it
had a large American flag flying stiffly in the breeze.
With no warning, at 2:00 p.m., unmarked Israeli
jets attacked the Liberty with rockets, cannon fire, and
napalm bombs. Their first target was the radio room, which they
destroyed along with the Liberty´s antennas. The fighters
made repeated passes, attacking the ship until they ran out of bombs
and ammo and broke off the attack. At that point the men of the
Liberty replaced the first American flag, which had been shot
away, with an oversized 7- by 13-foot flag.
The Israelis obviously knew the ship was
American as they intercepted and tried to electronically jam the
Liberty´s radio signals for help. Incredibly, the
ship´s radio men had managed to rig a new antenna and get
through a distress call identifying the attackers and requesting help
from the Mediterranean Sixth Fleet. The carriers Saratoga and
America sent messages that help was on the way and dispatched
fighters to defend the Liberty.
The beleaguered and bloodied crew of the
Liberty waited in vain for the promised fighter support as
Israeli torpedo boats then attacked, trying to sink the
Liberty and finish off the crew who were now fighting the
napalm fires on the decks and tending to the wounded. The Israelis
raked the Liberty with 20 and 40 mm cannon fire and struck the
ship with a torpedo at the waterline, killing 22 more sailors below
decks. The torpedo boats came in close enough to machine-gun the crew
tending to the wounded on deck.
Despite 821 holes bigger than a man´s
fist, napalm bombs exploding on the decks and in the superstructure,
and a gaping hole and serious torpedo damage at the water line,
miraculously, the Liberty remained afloat (no thanks to the
U.S. fighter support, which never came; they had been called back by
orders of President Lyndon Johnson before they could intercept the
attackers).
Israel obviously intended to sink the
Liberty and kill everyone on board. In violation of
international law, Israeli torpedo boats even machine-gunned the
Liberty´s deployed life rafts. They sought to knock out
the Liberty´s communication room and jam her radio
signals to prevent her from identifying her attackers, then to send
the American ship and her crew to the bottom so no one could refute
the natural supposition that the treacherous deed had been committed
by the Egyptians. The Zionists knew that by knocking out the
Liberty they would have more of a free hand in Syria, and the
indignation over the sinking of an American ship by the Egyptians
would garner unconditional support for Israel´s most radical war
aims. Only the courage and resourcefulness of the men of the
U.S.S. Liberty prevented that further miscarriage of
justice.
In his recall of the U.S. Navy jets sent to
protect the Liberty, Johnson committed of the most treasonous acts of
betrayal in American history. He cared more about preventing a public
breach between the U.S. and Israel than saving the lives of American
fighting men. The survivors of the Liberty have stated clearly
that had the jets not been recalled, the torpedo boat attack could
have been stopped, saving many American lives.
Captain William McGonagle, the
Liberty´s commanding officer, although seriously wounded,
showed exceptional heroism that eventually won him the Congressional
Medal of Honor. Usually the president awards the nation´s
highest honor in a White House ceremony along with a citation
recording the details of the heroic deed. President Johnson called
the Israelis to see if they had any objection to the awarding of the
medal and then decided not to take part in the ceremony or even allow
it at the White House. The Secretary of the Navy ended up awarding
the medal at the Washington Naval Yard, and the citation did not even
identify Israel as the attacker. The Washington Post had no
story about Captain McGonagle receiving the award. The U.S. Navy
conducted a perfunctory court of inquiry (lasting only four days),
and failed to call even one Israeli to testify. In contrast, the
attack on the U.S.S. Stark merited a nine-month-long
investigation.
