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eggertj@atc.ll.mit.edu writes:
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#According to Steven, the attack on the Liberty was by no means a
#mistake.  

The CIA, Navy inquiry committee, defense secretary McNamara and 
others disagree.

#(I know that has been hashed out on the net already, but go
#on.)  The Israelis had been intercepting radio transmissions from
#Cairo and rebroadcasting them to Jordan in a modified form, making the
#war news sound like Egypt was winning.  

An insane fairy tale which was never proved, and lies beyond the
realm of the possible. Are you really suggesting that the famous
phone conversation between Nasser and Hussein was altered by the
Israelis? And all this while Egyptian radio was broadcasting day and
night that "Tel-Aviv is burning"? Where's the logic? If any, Egypt
would want Jordan to join in the war, to keep the pressure of it
by opening a second front.

#This was an obvious attempt to
#lure Jordan into the war, which succeeded.  

No. Jordan declared, again and again, that it will join any war
between Egypt and Israel. What makes the above even more absurd is
that Israel warned Jordan *twice* (via UN General Bull) to stay
out of the war, but Jordan continued shelling Jerusalem and the
coastal region, leaving Israel no choice but to go to war with it.

#The Liberty was listening
#in on this, and the Americans found out what the Israelis were up to,
#and told the Israelis as much.  With the Israeli deception unmasked,
#the Israelis didn't want any other secrets snooped on, and felt forced
#to bomb the USS Liberty (after asking that it be removed, and seeing
#that it wasn't moving).

What makes this story even more illogical is the fact that the Liberty
was attacked near the end of the war, when a cease-fire has already
been signed with Jordan, and the war with Egypt was all but over
(a cease-fire was signed the same evening). There was simply no
reason for Israel to attack the ship. I have never seen any of the
"delibarate attack" advocates come up with any motive strong enough
to justify his theory. 


-Danny Keren.