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Our Friend Israel?
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 Our Friend Israel? Consider these two historical incidents involving the Israeli state: (a) 1979 attempted assassination of US Ambassador to Lebanon John Gunther Dean by the Mossad and (b) 1967 attack by the Israeli Air Force and Navy on the USS Liberty (an unarmed intelligence gathering ship) killing 34 Americans and wounding 171. Link. Then there is the 2003 incident where an Israeli military bulldozer purposefully ran over and killed an American peace activist in the West Bank. Link 1 and Link 2. Now consider the following with the former in mind: the cases of Israeli spies embedded within the US military: Jonathan Pollard (1986), US Navy intelligence officer and Larry Franklin (2005), US Pentagon official. Those who dismiss the seriousness of the Franklin and Pollard spy cases due to the involvement of a "friendly" nation miss the point that Israeli always acts in what its leaders perceive as its own best interest and are willing to kill Americans in the process. How many more Pollards and Franklins are out there? 12-6-2005. Add Comment Permalink
Note: For more information on the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, a scholarly discussion can be found here. Here is a youtube clip of interviews with USS Liberty survivors.
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