> The USS Liberty is an interesting event to think about. It involves the US
> and Israel in war crimes, cover-ups, intelligence, and high drama with the
> Russians. The Russians were supporting Egypt and Syria. The US and UK were
> supporting Israel, although in theory the Israelis were on their own.
This is getting more tangential, but the Stark incident has some interesting parallels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stark_%28FFG-31%29#Missile_attack
-- Andy