* Captain Ward Boston, USN, JAGC, Ret, the chief Navy attorney for the 1967 U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry into the Israeli attack, has recently come forward to repudiate the Court's conclusion that the attack was "a case of mistaken identity". Captain Boston has revealed that all available evidence, in fact, pointed in exactly the opposite direction - that it was a deliberate attack on a clearly identified American ship. In his affidavit dated October 9, 2003, Captain Boston states, "Admiral Kidd and I believed with certainty that this attack, which killed 34 American sailors and injured 173 others, was a deliberate effort to sink an American ship and murder its entire crew. I am certain that the Israeli pilots that undertook the attack, as well as their superiors who had ordered the attack, were aware that the ship was American." Captain Boston stated that he has personal knowledge that Admiral Kidd found the attack to be "a case of mistaken identity" in 1967 only because he was under direct orders to do so by Defense Secretary McNamara and President Johnson.
* Lieutenant Commander David E. Lewis, USS Liberty's chief intelligence officer (who was severely wounded in the attack) has reported a conversation with Admiral Lawrence R. Geis, the Sixth Fleet carrier division commander, who visited Lewis after he had been medically evacuated by helicopter to the aircraft carrier USS America. According to Lewis, "He (Admiral Geis) said that he wanted somebody to know that we weren't forgotten" attempts HAD been made to come to our assistance. He said that he had launched a flight of aircraft to come to our assistance, and he had then called Washington. Secretary McNamara came on the line and ordered the recall of the aircraft, which he did. Concurrently he said that since he suspected that they were afraid that there might have been nuclear weapons on board, he reconfigured another flight of aircraft - strictly conventional weaponry - and re-launched it. After the second launch, he again called Washington to let them know what was going on. Again, Secretary McNamara ordered the aircraft recalled. Not understanding why, he requested confirmation of the order; and the next higher in command came on to confirm that "President Johnson...with the instructions that the aircraft were to be returned, that he would not have his allies embarrassed, he didn't care who was killed or what was done to the ship "words" to that effect. With that, Admiral Geis swore me to secrecy for his lifetime. I had been silent up until I found out from Admiral Moorer that Admiral Geis had passed away" [transcript from NBC's Liberty Story, aired on national television 1/27/92]. This statement by Commander Lewis has recently been corroborated by Tony Hart, a Navy communications technician stationed at the U.S. Navy Base in Morocco in June, 1967. Mr. Hart connected the telephone conversation between Secretary McNamara and Admiral Geis and stayed on the line to keep them connected. Hart has been recorded as saying that he overheard Admiral Geis refusing McNamara's order to recall the Sixth Fleet rescue aircraft while the ship was under attack. Mr. Hart reported that McNamara responded, "we are not going to war over a bunch of dead sailors."
* New evidence of intercepted radio communications between attacking Israeli pilots and the Israeli War Room, recorded by a U.S. Navy EC-121 spy plane, in which the Israeli pilots report seeing Liberty's American flag flying, has been collected by investigative author James Bamford - for 9 years the Washington Investigative Producer for ABC's Tonight with Peter Jennings (and author of Body of Secrets, which includes a chapter entitled Blood about the attack on USS Liberty). A similar radio message was intercepted by the EC-121 from the Israeli motor torpedo boats. This corroborates statements by surviving crewmembers, by Ambassador Dwight Porter, and by senior National Security Agency officials concerning NSA intercepts of Israeli pilot communications identifying the ship as American.
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* Lieutenant Commander David E. Lewis, USS Liberty's chief intelligence officer (who was severely wounded in the attack) has reported a conversation with Admiral Lawrence R. Geis, the Sixth Fleet carrier division commander, who visited Lewis after he had been medically evacuated by helicopter to the aircraft carrier USS America. According to Lewis, "He (Admiral Geis) said that he wanted somebody to know that we weren't forgotten" attempts HAD been made to come to our assistance. He said that he had launched a flight of aircraft to come to our assistance, and he had then called Washington. Secretary McNamara came on the line and ordered the recall of the aircraft, which he did. Concurrently he said that since he suspected that they were afraid that there might have been nuclear weapons on board, he reconfigured another flight of aircraft - strictly conventional weaponry - and re-launched it. After the second launch, he again called Washington to let them know what was going on. Again, Secretary McNamara ordered the aircraft recalled. Not understanding why, he requested confirmation of the order; and the next higher in command came on to confirm that "President Johnson...with the instructions that the aircraft were to be returned, that he would not have his allies embarrassed, he didn't care who was killed or what was done to the ship "words" to that effect. With that, Admiral Geis swore me to secrecy for his lifetime. I had been silent up until I found out from Admiral Moorer that Admiral Geis had passed away" [transcript from NBC's Liberty Story, aired on national television 1/27/92]. This statement by Commander Lewis has recently been corroborated by Tony Hart, a Navy communications technician stationed at the U.S. Navy Base in Morocco in June, 1967. Mr. Hart connected the telephone conversation between Secretary McNamara and Admiral Geis and stayed on the line to keep them connected. Hart has been recorded as saying that he overheard Admiral Geis refusing McNamara's order to recall the Sixth Fleet rescue aircraft while the ship was under attack. Mr. Hart reported that McNamara responded, "we are not going to war over a bunch of dead sailors."
* New evidence of intercepted radio communications between attacking Israeli pilots and the Israeli War Room, recorded by a U.S. Navy EC-121 spy plane, in which the Israeli pilots report seeing Liberty's American flag flying, has been collected by investigative author James Bamford - for 9 years the Washington Investigative Producer for ABC's Tonight with Peter Jennings (and author of Body of Secrets, which includes a chapter entitled Blood about the attack on USS Liberty). A similar radio message was intercepted by the EC-121 from the Israeli motor torpedo boats. This corroborates statements by surviving crewmembers, by Ambassador Dwight Porter, and by senior National Security Agency officials concerning NSA intercepts of Israeli pilot communications identifying the ship as American.
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Julian's appeal against his extradition now goes back to an open court - if the court agrees to hear it. At every step of the way there is a trap. The UK-US treaty bars extradition if the case is political. It is - beyond doubt. And this is called justice.
"If you’re a journalist, you should be investigating Julian Assange’s case for your own sake in the future. What about your right as a journalist to be able to go after an inconvenient truth?"
- Susan Sarandon
#FreeAssangeNOW
- Susan Sarandon
#FreeAssangeNOW
The resilient #Rohingya refugees keep their "Hope away from Home"
Ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay 2023, we urge the International Community to give the full focus on #RohingyaCrisis and work together with host govt to sustain their lives as they hope and they deserve. #WithRefugees
Ahead of #WorldRefugeeDay 2023, we urge the International Community to give the full focus on #RohingyaCrisis and work together with host govt to sustain their lives as they hope and they deserve. #WithRefugees
Israel's announcement that its investigators found no connection between its soldiers actions and death of Palestinian-American Omar Assad protects its soldiers from accountability. US should call this bluff and impose Leahy Law sanctions on the unit.
Sixteen years of Israel's blockade of #Gaza have shown that the policy has little to do with security and more to do with economic warfare, collective punishment, separation, and bargaining.
#EndGazaSiege
#EndGazaSiege
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For the first time since 2000, lsraeli occupation forces uses warplanes during a mass raid on Jenin.
Around 70,000 people have left the country since the coup Around 70,000 people have left the country since the coup.
#WathsHappeningInMyanmar
#WathsHappeningInMyanmar
In mass crowds, locals in Jenin bid final farewell to the five Palestinians who were killed by the lsraeli occupation forces earlier today.
It's dangerous to be a left-wing leader in Latin America. The US empire and local right-wing oligarchies are always plotting to overthrow you.
Here is a timeline of recent coups in Latin America:
2002, Venezuela -- briefly successful US-backed right-wing coup against democratically elected President Hugo Chávez (quickly overturned by the Venezuelan people)
2004, Haiti -- successful US-backed right-wing coup against democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
2009, Honduras -- successful US-backed right-wing military coup against democratically elected left-wing President Manuel Zelaya
2010, Ecuador -- unsuccessful violent right-wing coup attempt against democratically elected left-wing President Rafael Correa
2012, Paraguay -- successful US-backed right-wing parliamentary coup against democratically elected left-wing President Fernando Lugo
2014, Venezuela -- unsuccessful right-wing coup attempt, with violent "guarimba" blockades, against democratically elected left-wing President Nicolás Maduro
2016, Brazil -- successful US-backed right-wing parliamentary coup against democratically elected left-wing President Dilma Rousseff
2017, Venezuela -- unsuccessful right-wing coup attempt, with violent "guarimba" blockades, against democratically elected left-wing President Nicolás Maduro
2017, Ecuador -- successful internal political coup by President LenĂn Moreno, who turned on, imprisoned, and exiled his former allies (and betrayed Julian Assange), forming an alliance with the US and right-wing oligarchy
2018, Nicaragua -- unsuccessful US-backed violent right-wing coup attempt, with violent "tranque" barricades, against democratically elected left-wing President Daniel Ortega
2018, Brazil -- successful right-wing judicial coup with corrupt US-backed judge Sergio Moro imprisoning leading presidential candidate Lula da Silva on false charges, handing the presidency to far-right Jair Bolsonaro (the supreme court later annulled all charges against Lula and he won the 2022 election)
2019, Venezuela -- unsuccessful right-wing coup attempt, with the US appointing unelected opposition politician Juan GuaidĂł as supposed "interim president"
2019, Bolivia -- temporarily successful violent US-backed right-wing coup against democratically elected left-wing President Evo Morales (overturned by the Bolivian people after 11 months)
2022, Peru -- US-backed right-wing coup against democratically elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo
2023, Colombia -- there are warnings of an ongoing right-wing soft coup attempt against Colombia's first ever, democratically elected left-wing President Gustavo Petro
Here is a timeline of recent coups in Latin America:
2002, Venezuela -- briefly successful US-backed right-wing coup against democratically elected President Hugo Chávez (quickly overturned by the Venezuelan people)
2004, Haiti -- successful US-backed right-wing coup against democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
2009, Honduras -- successful US-backed right-wing military coup against democratically elected left-wing President Manuel Zelaya
2010, Ecuador -- unsuccessful violent right-wing coup attempt against democratically elected left-wing President Rafael Correa
2012, Paraguay -- successful US-backed right-wing parliamentary coup against democratically elected left-wing President Fernando Lugo
2014, Venezuela -- unsuccessful right-wing coup attempt, with violent "guarimba" blockades, against democratically elected left-wing President Nicolás Maduro
2016, Brazil -- successful US-backed right-wing parliamentary coup against democratically elected left-wing President Dilma Rousseff
2017, Venezuela -- unsuccessful right-wing coup attempt, with violent "guarimba" blockades, against democratically elected left-wing President Nicolás Maduro
2017, Ecuador -- successful internal political coup by President LenĂn Moreno, who turned on, imprisoned, and exiled his former allies (and betrayed Julian Assange), forming an alliance with the US and right-wing oligarchy
2018, Nicaragua -- unsuccessful US-backed violent right-wing coup attempt, with violent "tranque" barricades, against democratically elected left-wing President Daniel Ortega
2018, Brazil -- successful right-wing judicial coup with corrupt US-backed judge Sergio Moro imprisoning leading presidential candidate Lula da Silva on false charges, handing the presidency to far-right Jair Bolsonaro (the supreme court later annulled all charges against Lula and he won the 2022 election)
2019, Venezuela -- unsuccessful right-wing coup attempt, with the US appointing unelected opposition politician Juan GuaidĂł as supposed "interim president"
2019, Bolivia -- temporarily successful violent US-backed right-wing coup against democratically elected left-wing President Evo Morales (overturned by the Bolivian people after 11 months)
2022, Peru -- US-backed right-wing coup against democratically elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo
2023, Colombia -- there are warnings of an ongoing right-wing soft coup attempt against Colombia's first ever, democratically elected left-wing President Gustavo Petro
lsraeli occupation forces kill 172 Palestinians, including more than 20 children, since the start of 2023.
lsraeli colonial settlers deliberately set fire to Palestinian-owned lands and property south of Nablus amidst a barbaric attack.
Targeting journalists is a war crime.
Targeting medics is a war crime.
Targeting children is a war crime.
Targeting civilian homes, hospitals & places of worship is a war crime.
Today, Israel committed all of the above. Where is the International Criminal Court?
Free Palestine!
Targeting medics is a war crime.
Targeting children is a war crime.
Targeting civilian homes, hospitals & places of worship is a war crime.
Today, Israel committed all of the above. Where is the International Criminal Court?
Free Palestine!
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Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say. - Edward Snowden
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Privacy – like eating and breathing – is one of life’s basic requirements.
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Israeli forces launch air attacks and ground raids carried out by hundreds of soldiers, killing at least eight Palestinians in the largest military operation in Jenin in 20 years.
A ninth Palestinian is shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah.
#OpIsrael #FreePalestine
A ninth Palestinian is shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah.
#OpIsrael #FreePalestine
Some 3,000 flee Jenin refugee camp amid Israeli military onslaught
Approximately 3,000 Palestinians have fled the Jenin refugee camp since Israeli forces began major military operation in the area on Monday.
#OpIsrael #FreePalestine
Approximately 3,000 Palestinians have fled the Jenin refugee camp since Israeli forces began major military operation in the area on Monday.
#OpIsrael #FreePalestine
A real massacre’: Israel’s attack on Palestinians in Jenin
Israel’s bloody incursion against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank continues with growing calls for the protection of civilians and fears the tense situation could explode into another devastating war.
The ground-and-air attack on the Jenin refuge camp on Monday was the largest military operation in the occupied territory since the 2000-2005 Second Intifada – or mass Palestinian uprising against Israel’s decades-long occupation.
The ongoing incursion killed at least eight people including two children. A ninth Palestinian was also shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah.
Nidal Obeidi, the mayor of Jenin, - the attack was “a real massacre and an attempt to wipe out all aspects of life inside the city and the camp”.
“Those being targeted now are not just the resistance fighters but civilians are being killed and wounded as well,”
The municipality of Jenin announced water and electricity services had been cut off from the refugee camp because of ongoing combat. The Palestine Red Crescent said at least 3,000 people were evacuated from Jenin.
Deploying hundreds of forces, attacking from the sky with drones, and launching rockets on the densely populated camp of about 20,000 people, the Israeli military also targeted infrastructure by destroying homes and roads.
The hotbed of resistance against the Israeli occupation has repeatedly been a focus. At least seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli incursion in Jenin just two weeks ago.
Children killed, journalists targeted
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Tel Aviv is not intending to expand its operation to the rest of the occupied West Bank, but armed confrontations between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters near the refugee camp continued and the military sent reinforcements.
The two young victims in Jenin were identified as Nouruddin Husam Yousef Marshoud, 15, and 17-year-old Majdi Younis Saud Ararawi, according to the group Defense for Children International–Palestine. The oldest of Monday’s nine victims was 23-year-old Mohammed Muhannad al-Shami.
Several journalists said they were directly targeted by Israeli live fire while reporting on the events in Jenin.
Al Araby TV channel correspondent Ahmed Shehadeh said the army destroyed his camera with gunfire while he and four other journalists were stuck inside one of the homes in the camp for two hours before being evacuated by the Red Crescent.
It was not the first time media members have become victims in Jenin.
Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was killed by Israeli soldiers while reporting on a military raid on the camp last year. The Palestinian-American correspondent was shot in the head while wearing a blue flak jacket clearly marked with the word “PRESS”.
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Israel’s bloody incursion against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank continues with growing calls for the protection of civilians and fears the tense situation could explode into another devastating war.
The ground-and-air attack on the Jenin refuge camp on Monday was the largest military operation in the occupied territory since the 2000-2005 Second Intifada – or mass Palestinian uprising against Israel’s decades-long occupation.
The ongoing incursion killed at least eight people including two children. A ninth Palestinian was also shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah.
Nidal Obeidi, the mayor of Jenin, - the attack was “a real massacre and an attempt to wipe out all aspects of life inside the city and the camp”.
“Those being targeted now are not just the resistance fighters but civilians are being killed and wounded as well,”
The municipality of Jenin announced water and electricity services had been cut off from the refugee camp because of ongoing combat. The Palestine Red Crescent said at least 3,000 people were evacuated from Jenin.
Deploying hundreds of forces, attacking from the sky with drones, and launching rockets on the densely populated camp of about 20,000 people, the Israeli military also targeted infrastructure by destroying homes and roads.
The hotbed of resistance against the Israeli occupation has repeatedly been a focus. At least seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli incursion in Jenin just two weeks ago.
Children killed, journalists targeted
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Tel Aviv is not intending to expand its operation to the rest of the occupied West Bank, but armed confrontations between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters near the refugee camp continued and the military sent reinforcements.
The two young victims in Jenin were identified as Nouruddin Husam Yousef Marshoud, 15, and 17-year-old Majdi Younis Saud Ararawi, according to the group Defense for Children International–Palestine. The oldest of Monday’s nine victims was 23-year-old Mohammed Muhannad al-Shami.
Several journalists said they were directly targeted by Israeli live fire while reporting on the events in Jenin.
Al Araby TV channel correspondent Ahmed Shehadeh said the army destroyed his camera with gunfire while he and four other journalists were stuck inside one of the homes in the camp for two hours before being evacuated by the Red Crescent.
It was not the first time media members have become victims in Jenin.
Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was killed by Israeli soldiers while reporting on a military raid on the camp last year. The Palestinian-American correspondent was shot in the head while wearing a blue flak jacket clearly marked with the word “PRESS”.
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