Navy Secretary Balks at Investigating 1967 Attack on Liberty

By Christopher J. Castelli / August 29, 2001 at 5:00 AM
Navy Secretary Gordon England is balking at calls to reopen an investigation into the Israeli attack on the U.S. Navy surveillance ship Liberty (AGTR-5) that occurred off the Sinai coast on June 8, 1967. Survivors of the attack, however, say a full investigation is needed to uncover the truth about the incident. Israel has maintained the attack -- which occurred during the Six-Day War -- was an accident and that its forces did not realize they were attacking an American...

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