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|---|---|
| In 1953, the CIA and British intelligence staged terror attacks to overthrow the democratically elected leader of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh. | |
| Mossadegh had nationalized Iran's oil fields and denied British petroleum a monopoly. | |
| U.S. | |
| British intelligence operatives launched a successful coup d'etat and overthrew the Iranian | |
| government replacing the regime with a ruthless dictatorship while seizing control of Iran's | |
| oil supply. | |
| U.S. | |
| warships were apparently attacked by North Vietnamese PT boats, an incident that kicked off the U.S. | |
| involvement in the Vietnam War. | |
| The attack was a staged event that never actually took place. | |
| What followed was an excuse by President Lyndon Johnson to dramatically expand the scale of the Vietnam War, ultimately at the cost of 3 or 4 million dead Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans. | |
| June 8, 1967. | |
| The USS Liberty, an American naval vessel sailing off the coast of Gaza, was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of Israel. | |
| The well-coordinated attack, which lasted for hours, resulted in the deaths of 34 crewmen, 170 injured, and catastrophic damage to the ship. | |
| One of the most highly decorated vessels in U.S. | |
| history. | |
| Egypt was to be blamed for the attack, to serve as a pretext to drag the U.S. | |
| and her allies into war in the Middle East. | |
| If not for the heroic efforts of the ship's captain and his brave crew, the Liberty would have faced almost certain destruction. |
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