Saludos.
Veo que os ha gustado lo de la medallita. Me he limitado a transcribir la fuente, pero gracias por vuestros comentarios.
Ahora, sigamos; he encontrado esta otra pagina, donde pone algun que otro dato interesante, aunque me queda mucho por leer.
... As the Liberty passed the desert town of El Arish, it was being closely watched. About 4,000 feet above was an Israeli reconnaissance aircraft. At 6.05am, the observer on the plane reported back to Israeli naval headquarters: "What we could see were the letters written on that ship and we gave these letters to ground control," he said. The letters were "GTR-5" - the Liberty's identification.
... They knew she was the only military ship in the area. Nevertheless, the order was given to kill her and at 12:05pm, three motor torpedo boats from the port of Ashdod, about 50 miles away, departed. Israeli air force fighters, loaded with 50mm cannon ammunition, rockets and napalm, followed.
... a distress call off to the Sixth Fleet, despite intense jamming by the Israelis. "Any station, this is Rockstar," Halman shouted, using the Liberty's voice call sign. "We are under attack by unidentified jet aircraft and require immediate assistance."
... According to information, interviews and documents obtained, for nearly 35 years the NSA has hidden the fact that one of its planes - a Navy EC-121 ferret - was overhead at the time of the incident, eavesdropping on what was going on below. The interceptions from that plane, which answer some of the key questions about the attack, are among the NSA's deepest secrets.
... At 2.50 pm (Liberty time), 50 minutes after the first shells tore into the ship and as the attack was still going on, the aircraft carrier USS America, cruising near Crete, was ordered to launch four armed A-4 Skyhawks. At the same time, the carrier USS Saratoga was also told to send four armed A-1 attack planes to defend the ship. "Sending aircraft to cover you," the Sixth Fleet told the Liberty at 3:05pm (9:05am in Washington). "Surface units on the way."
... Later that morning, Johnson took the unusual step of ordering the JCS to recall its fighters while the Liberty still lay smouldering, sinking, fearful of another attack.
... Geis was shocked by what he heard next. "President Lyndon Johnson came on with a comment that he didn't care if the ship sunk, he would not embarrass his allies." Geis told Lieutenant Commander David Lewis, head of the NSA group on the Liberty, about the comment but asked him to keep it secret until after Geis died. It was a promise that Lewis kept.
http://hnn.us/articles/191.html
No defiendo nada; pregunté y, solo despues, expuse lo que escuché. El tema, como tantos otros me resulta tremendamente interesante.
Ahora lo que creo:
Creo es indiscutible que el ataque
NO* fue una equivocacion.
Creo que algo muy extraño existe cuando desde la Casa Blanca se ordena cancelar la ayuda al Liberty.
No me creo las explicaciones Israelis, ni las yanquis.
A lo mejor es que soy demasiado curioso...
Edito para comentar esto: "President Lyndon Johnson came on with a comment that he didn't care if the ship sunk,
he would not embarrass his allies."
No me negareis que este comentario es,
por lo menos, tan dificil de creer como el de que Lyndon dijo que "queria ese barco en el fondo del mar"...
* Editado.