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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
April 22, 1999 - Introduced by Representative Schneider. Referred to Committee
on Veterans and Military Affairs.
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1Relating to: calling upon the U.S. Congress to investigate the attack on the U.S.S.
2Liberty.
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Whereas, on June 8, 1967, the U.S.S. Liberty, while operating in international
4waters in the eastern Mediterranean, was the target of an attack by Israel's war
5planes and torpedo boats; and
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Whereas, this attack killed 34 members of the Liberty's crew and wounded 171
7other United States personnel on board, in addition to causing extensive damage to
8the ship; and
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Whereas, the late George Ball, undersecretary of state in the Kennedy and
10Johnson administrations, referred to these deaths as the "blatant murder of
11American citizens"; and
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Whereas, accountability for these blatant murders of American citizens has
13never been established; and
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1Whereas, aircraft dispatched from aircraft carriers to aid the Liberty were
2recalled, in violation of United States military law, resulting in 25 of the 34 blatant
3murders; and
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Whereas, the U.S.S. Liberty's disaster is the only naval disaster that has never
5been investigated by Congress; now, therefore, be it
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6Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
7legislature calls upon Congress to immediately investigate the "blatant murders of
8American citizens" that were perpetrated by the armed forces of the State of Israel
9on June 8, 1967, in order to determine culpability for those murders; and, be it
10further
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11Resolved, That the Wisconsin legislature urges Congress to determine why
12aircraft dispatched to aid the Liberty were recalled in direct violation of U.S. military
13law and custom; and, be it further
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14Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall provide a copy of this joint
15resolution to each member of this state's congressional delegation.
