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Israeli pliot admits liberty attack was intentional Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://engforum.pravda.ru/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=39659 http://engforum.pravda.ru/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=39659 Israeli Pilot Admits USS Liberty Attack Was Intentional "Fifteen years after the attack, an Israeli pilot approached Liberty survivors and then held extensive interviews with former Congressman Paul N. (Pete) McCloskey about his role. According to this senior Israeli lead pilot, he recognized the Liberty as American immediately, so informed his headquarters, and was told to ignore the American flag and continue his attack. He refused to do so and returned to base, where he was arrested. Later, a dual-citizen Israeli major told survivors that he was in an Israeli war room where he heard that pilot's radio report. The attacking pilots and everyone in the Israeli war room knew that they were attacking an American ship, the major said. He recanted the statement only after he received threatening phone calls from Israel. The pilot's protests also were heard by radio monitors in the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. Then-U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dwight Porter has confirmed this. Porter told his story to syndicated columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak and offered to submit to further questioning by authorities. Unfortunately, no one in the U.S. government has any interest in hearing these first-person accounts of Israeli treachery. "

1967 israeli attack on uss liberty covered by lbj { June 8 1967 } Attack deliberate { April 23 2001 } Call for uss liberty investigation { July 8 2003 } Coverup alleged probe uss liberty { October 23 2003 } Israeli pliot admits liberty attack was intentional Lbj ordered false results { October 22 2003 } Navy attorney coverup of attack { October 23 2003 } New charges vs israel 67 ship attack { June 8 1967 } President ordered accident verdict Reminder history channel Ussliberty navytimes { June 26 2002 } Washpost style front { February 1 2003 } Wp article timing { February 16 2003 } Files Listed: 13

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