The Israelis KNEW exactly what they were doing with the Liberty and there is to much evidence out there to suggest otherwise. The Liberty looks nothing like El Quseir and was at the time flying a NEW over sized American flag. Not to mention at the time the El Quseir was I believe docked in Egypt waiting to be scrapped. It's a true miracle that the Liberty was able to survive numerous rocket and napalm attacks and the torpedo hit. Israel had no intention of leaving any survivors as they made every effort to deliberately machine gun any life rafts that were launched after the torpedo attack not to mention any movements on the deck.

34 men died during the deliberate attack and in the end it was as quickly as possible and as quietly as possible shoved under the carpet. Even the captain who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack received his medal in a ship yard instead of the White house where the rest of the MOH were given out during that time.