What happens when one nation's ship is attacked by an ally with whom no hostilities exist?

Might it be an accident, a case of mistaken identification?

Or must we be forced to conclude that it can only be a conspiracy between the two nations

to destroy a ship and kill scores of sailors?

Today we're going to find out how it went when Israel did this to the USS Liberty.

In 1967, that's coming up next, Unskeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

False Flag Attack, the USS Liberty.

A false flag attack is when one party stages a fake attack upon themselves to make it

look like an enemy was to blame, thus justifying striking at the enemy.

False Flag attacks are the central claim made by many conspiracy theories, and one of

the most popular is the case of the USS Liberty.

This was an American ship in the Mediterranean during Israel's Six Day War with the Arab

States in 1967.

Although the United States was not involved in the conflict, the ship was attacked and

nearly sunk by Israeli forces, killing 34 American sailors.

Officially, it was a case of accidental friendly fire, for which Israel accepted full responsibility

and paid reparations.

But many to this day, consider that it was a false flag attack, and that the Americans

and Israel conspired to stage the attack for some hidden purpose.

This is a difficult topic because the issue of Israel looms large over every part of

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