Three Views: Obama's Visit to Israel
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Palestinian children during a visit to the Church of the Nativity in the occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem, March 22, 2013. (ATEF SAFADI-POOL/GETTY IMAGES)
Grave Threats to the Middle East
Lebanese Kurds wave the Kurdish flag and a flag picturing Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan during Persian New Year, or Noruz, celebrations in Beirut, March 21, 2013. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
To the Victor, the Spoils
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lipid (c) with former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who resigned his position after being indicted on charges of fraud and breach of trust, at the Feb. 5 swearing in of the 19th Knesset. (URIEL SINAI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Getting the Words Right: Israel Isn’t Occupying Palestine—It’s Conquered It
Israeli soldiers take pictures of each other in front of Israel’s illegal apartheid wall near the Qalandia checkpoint outside Ramallah, March 30, 2013. Israeli troops earlier had clashed with Palestinian demonstrators commemorating the 37th anniversary of “Land Day.” (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
The Cyrus Cylinder—Often Referred to as The “First Bill of Human Rights”
Clay, Babylon, Mesopotamia, after 539 BCE D x H: 7.8-10 x 21.9-22.8 cm British Museum, London, ME 90920 Photo: ©The Trustees of the British Museum
Two Views: King Pyrrhus and the War on Iraq
Prosthetic legs for wounded American soldiers at the Center for Intrepid rehabilitation gym at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX, Aug. 7, 2012. (JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES)
July 2006 Postcard
Downloadable PDF (292 KB)
Cut and paste html (for emailing your Sen. or Rep.:
DEAR SENATOR:
On June 8, 2005 the USS Liberty Veteran’s Association filed a “Report of War Crimes Committed Against U.S. Military, June 8, 1967” with the U.S. secretary of the Army, who, by law and international treaty, is required to look into such charges. Please read this report, which can be found on the USS Liberty Memorial Web site: <http://www.ussliberty.com/>.
Having received no substantive communication since the filing of the report, two retired U.S. Navy admirals—one a Navy Judge Advocate General officer who, in June 1967, was attached to the command of Adm. John S. McCain and who refused to sign the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry Report on Israel’s attack on the Liberty—wrote a letter to the secretary of the Army and the secretary of the Navy and to U.S. Senator and former Secretary of the Navy John Warner. The text of this letter is available at: <http://freewebs.com/gidusko/crimes/>.
The families of those killed June 8, 1967 and those who are fortunate enough to have survived the attack, as well as the American people, deserve the truth. I ask you, as my representative, to call for an official investigation into this 39-year-old tragedy.
FROM:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
 |
 |
|
An injured Captain William McGonagle was still on the bridge the morning after Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty. (Courtesy www.ussliberty.org).
|
|
The USS Liberty Veterans Association (LVA) has tried for over 39 years to expose the truth behind Israel’s deliberate attack on the USS Liberty. Congress has never investigated the June 8, 1967 attack. There has been a colossal cover-up surrounding this tragedy, such as why two flights of Naval aircraft dispatched from Sixth Fleet carriers were recalled.
What is clear is that Israel Defense Forces murdered 34 Americans and wounded 172 on board the USS Liberty in international waters, and that there are few in Congress willing to risk confronting Israel-first lobbyists to wage a long overdue investigation.
