[graffis-l] ISRAEL, OUR FRIEND AND ALLY?

December 10, 2007

“TREASON ON THE HIGH SEAS”

BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS SAY ABOUT

THIS! KRAIG

Posted by: " Mark Graffis "

mgraffis

Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:01 am (PST)

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“TREASON ON THE HIGH SEAS”

December 9, 2007

BY PHILLIP F. TOURNEY

SURVIVOR OF THE USS LIBERTY

As I sit in my office beginning to write my first article for

American Free Press newspaper, I look out my window. I see snow covered

peaks, nature at its best in Colorado. It calms me to see such beauty and

thank God I’m alive with my family. As I start to write, my heart is

beginning to race, my palms are sweating. I’m not as comfortable as I was

just a few moments ago. I know all of you know the story of the attack on

our ship, the USS LIBERTY, by the government of Israel, but it needs to

be repeated.

June 8, 1967 I was a 20 year old 3rd class petty officer in damage

control at the time of this sneak attack from our so-called ally, Israel.

We were identified as American and friendly many hours before the

slaughter began at 2:00 P.M.

The Israeli jet aircraft were ruthless and stubborn in their attempt

to sink and murder all hands aboard. They hit every antennae on our ship,

no accident for sure. The Israeli reconnaissance aircraft took pictures

of our ship in the morning hours, nothing was missed. The attacking

aircraft dropped napalm on the bridge of our ship to burn us alive.

Soon after the jets were done with us we see 3 motor torpedo boats

approaching our ship at a high rate of speed. We then learned who our

attackers were.

We saw 3 flags marked with the Star of David. We were in shock

because the Israelis were supposed to be our allies! We had had no idea

who was attacking us until then. The attacking jet aircraft were

unmarked. The torpedo boats maneuvered themselves into a torpedo launch

attitude, now come the 5 to 6 torpedoes. The captain was doing his best

to maneuver the ship to avoid sudden death. The torpedoes whizzed by our

ship, forward and aft with 1 hitting its mark, almost dead mid-ships,

blowing to bits 25 American heroes who stood their ground below the water

line and accepted their fate, doing their duty for the United States

Government.

The torpedo gunboats were not even close to being done with us. The

torpedo gunmen shot at our fire fighters and stretcher bearers, anything

that moved. They were shooting at our water line to blow up the boilers

inside and finish the job of sinking us.

The captain had given the order to abandon ship, as it appeared we

were about to roll over. There were 3 life rafts left that were

floatable. We put them over the side so we could put our most severely

wounded in them to try to save their lives. The torpedo gunmen would have

none of that and blew 2 of them out of the water. They took the 3rd raft

aboard their boat, seeing it as an obvious trophy for all their hard

work. The torpedo gunmen continued their assault until I guess they ran

out of ammunition. They circled the ship and left.

Old Glory was still on her mast, 7’ x 13’ holiday colors. We thought

the attack was over. Two Israeli helicopters approached our ship with

armed gunmen at the ready to finish us off. They were there a short time

and left in the same direction they came. We had no idea why they didn’t

shoot at us. We wondered if they were finally done with their murderous

carnage on a virtually unarmed ship which only had 4 50 caliber machine

guns that had been taken out by the jets on the first pass when the

attack began.

Little did the crew know that Terry Halbardier, an ET, got off an SOS

from an antennae that was not hit by the Israeli heat seeking missiles

because it was taken off line due to a malfunction before the attack. The

SOS he sent stated we were under attack by unknown jet aircraft. This

message was sent out within 15 minutes of the attack and was picked up by

the USS SARATOGA and the USS AMERICA. Captain Tully of the USS SARATOGA

sent ready aircraft to our aid only to have them recalled. The USS

AMERICA also sent rescue aircraft to come to our aid. These life saving

planes were recalled not once but twice. These orders came straight from

the White House, first from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and then

from President Johnson himself. Johnson said he was not about to attack

our “ally”, Israel. How did he know who was attacking our ship when we

didn’t even know? Help did not arrive until 18 hours later when the

American rescue aircraft could have been there in 15 to 20 minutes

driving off the torpedo boats and saving precious American

lives.

What remained was a ship with a 40 x 40 foot torpedo hole in her

side, 821+ canon and rocket holes, thousands of rounds of fifty caliber

armor piercing bullets and napalm that had been burning up our ship.

Thirty four American souls were murdered, 173 were wounded, which

constituted attempted murder, out of a crew of 294. Two thirds of the

crew had been murdered or wounded.

Israel and our government, in this 2 hour attack, had come up with a

plan to sink our ship, blame it on Egypt and bring the U.S. into the Six

Day War. If this so called accident was so cut and dry, why were all

records sealed tighter than Fort Knox? Israel got by with cold-blooded

murder and other war crimes and it’s only a matter of time until they do

it again, perhaps on a ship off the coast of Iran. Israel controls

America’s fate and our elected officials bow to their every whim.

I love my country and will not stand by and let this continue. While

there is time, we must do what we can to save our sinking ship of state.

In many ways, America today is the USS Liberty after that 2 hour attack

taking place 40 years ago. We are badly hit and stand the chance of

sinking into the abyss with everyone being lost forever unless something

is done immediately. Write your president and congressmen and let them

know you know what is going on and you will not fight anymore for Israel.

Israel has 300 nukes, so let them take care of themselves. There is

nothing, neither in the Middle East nor elsewhere, that is worth one more

drop of precious American blood.

The leaders of our country who swore an oath to protect this nation

ordered the survivors of the LIBERTY to never repeat this piece of

history under penalty of jail or worse. 40 years ago, another nation got

away with cold-blooded murder on the high seas, and as an American

veteran, let me say this for the record–NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GET

BY WITH COLD-BLOODED MURDER, AND ESPECIALLY NOT ISRAEL, NOT THEN AND NOT

NOW.

The USS LIBERTY VETERANS ASSOCIATION is offering $10,000.00 to anyone

who can prove that our story is not only the truth, but rather the ONLY

the truth on the matter.

2007 By Phil Tourney, survivor of the Israeli attack on the USS

Liberty

tonktime5 rtyAt 08:30 AM 12/10/07, you wrote:

“TREASON ON THE HIGH SEAS”

Posted by: " Mark Graffis " mgraffis

mgraffis

Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:01 am (PST)

http://ussliberty.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/%e2%80%9ctreason-on-the-high-seas%e2%80%9d/

“TREASON ON THE HIGH SEAS”

December 9, 2007

BY PHILLIP F. TOURNEY

SURVIVOR OF THE USS LIBERTY

As I sit in my office beginning to write my first article for American

Free Press newspaper, I look out my window. I see snow covered peaks,

nature at its best in Colorado. It calms me to see such beauty and thank

God I’m alive with my family. As I start to write, my heart is beginning

to race, my palms are sweating. I’m not as comfortable as I was just a

few moments ago. I know all of you know the story of the attack on our

ship, the USS LIBERTY, by the government of Israel, but it needs to be

repeated.

June 8, 1967 I was a 20 year old 3rd class petty officer in damage

control at the time of this sneak attack from our so-called ally, Israel.

We were identified as American and friendly many hours before the

slaughter began at 2:00 P.M.

The Israeli jet aircraft were ruthless and stubborn in their attempt to

sink and murder all hands aboard. They hit every antennae on our ship, no

accident for sure. The Israeli reconnaissance aircraft took pictures of

our ship in the morning hours, nothing was missed. The attacking aircraft

dropped napalm on the bridge of our ship to burn us alive.

Soon after the jets were done with us we see 3 motor torpedo boats

approaching our ship at a high rate of speed. We then learned who our

attackers were.

We saw 3 flags marked with the Star of David. We were in shock because

the Israelis were supposed to be our allies! We had had no idea who was

attacking us until then. The attacking jet aircraft were unmarked. The

torpedo boats maneuvered themselves into a torpedo launch attitude, now

come the 5 to 6 torpedoes. The captain was doing his best to maneuver the

ship to avoid sudden death. The torpedoes whizzed by our ship, forward

and aft with 1 hitting its mark, almost dead mid-ships, blowing to bits

25 American heroes who stood their ground below the water line and

accepted their fate, doing their duty for the United States

Government.

The torpedo gunboats were not even close to being done with us. The

torpedo gunmen shot at our fire fighters and stretcher bearers, anything

that moved. They were shooting at our water line to blow up the boilers

inside and finish the job of sinking us.

The captain had given the order to abandon ship, as it appeared we were

about to roll over. There were 3 life rafts left that were floatable. We

put them over the side so we could put our most severely wounded in them

to try to save their lives. The torpedo gunmen would have none of that

and blew 2 of them out of the water. They took the 3rd raft aboard their

boat, seeing it as an obvious trophy for all their hard work. The torpedo

gunmen continued their assault until I guess they ran out of ammunition.

They circled the ship and left.

Old Glory was still on her mast, 7’ x 13’ holiday colors. We thought the

attack was over. Two Israeli helicopters approached our ship with armed

gunmen at the ready to finish us off. They were there a short time and

left in the same direction they came. We had no idea why they didn’t