Why would Israel have attacked a ship belonging to the U.S., a friend of Israel?
• “None of Israel’s accusers has been able to explain adequately why Israel would have deliberately attacked an American ship. Confusion in a long line of communications, which occurred in a tense atmosphere on both the American and Israeli sides (a message from the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the ship to remain at least 20 miles off the Egyptian coast never arrived) is a more probable explanation.” They write: “Accidents caused by “friendly fire” are not uncommon in wartime. In 1988, the U.S. Navy mistakenly downed an Iranian passenger plane, killing 290 civilians. During the Gulf War, 35 of the 148 Americans who died in battle were killed by “friendly fire.” In fact, only the day before the Liberty was attacked, Israeli pilots accidentally bombed one of their own armored columns south of Jenin on the West Bank.” As a former high-ranking Israeli naval officer, Shlomo Erell, told the Associated Press (June 5, 1977): “No one would ever have dreamt that an American ship would be there. Eve
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