When are the respective governments going to make any form of protest to the leadership of Congress about the leadership role of a man unconcerned for the deaths of civilians in allied countries “because they weren’t Americans?”
Lockerbie
Guy Rundle: Why the silence on Libya?
Listen to the sound of the pro-war party rushing to demand that their governments respond to the Libyans’ call. Nothing. The Right’s gradual and encroaching silence about the Arab uprisings is a wonder to behold.
Pilger: Megrahi was framed
Suppressed evidence shows Abdel Bassest Megrahi, the man jailed over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, is innocent, says John Pilger, but both Britain and the US have too much at stake in the conviction to have ever allowed a fair trial.
How the Lockerbie stonewall came crashing down
The British government tried to keep a poker face over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, but its facade buckled under a mountain of paper. The Times provides a timeline of how the truth got in the way of a good cover story.
Brown didn’t want Megrahi to die in prison
Newly released correspondence from the UK and Scottish governments detailing the release of the Lockerbie bomber reveal UK PM Gordon Brown made it clear to Libya that he did not “want Mr Megrahi to pass away in prison.”
No smoking gun in Lockerbie letters
There are no particularly shocking revelations in the letters released by the UK and Scottish governments about the release of the Lockerbie bomber, but they provide a fascinating insight into the political wheeling and dealing between the two groups.
The Lockerbie letters
The British and Scottish governments have released “all relevant” correspondence in relation to the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Abdulbaset al-Megrahi. Read them here.
Saif Gaddafi: The truth about Lockerbie
In an op-ed for the NY Times, Saif Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi and mate of the “Lockerbie bomber” Abdel Basset Megrahi, says there was no “hero’s welcome” when Megrahi returned home to Libya recently, regardless of what the Western media says.
LEAKED: Lockerbie release was an oily deal
Ministerial documents reveal the British government believed it was in the “overwhelming interests” of the UK to release the Lockerbie bomber after Libya used a pending multi-billion dollar oil deal with BP as a bargaining chip.
MEANWHILE…
NYT: Saif Gaddafi: The truth about Lockerbie
The man who freed the Lockerbie bomber
Meet Saif al Islam al Gaddafi, the millionaire playboy son of Libyan dictator Col. Muammar Gaddafi, whose social circle includes models, actresses, investment bankers… and Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi — the Lockerbie bomber.
Obama denounces release of Lockerbie bomber
US president Barack Obama has led the criticism against the release of the Lockerbie bomber by the Scottish government, calling for the Libyan government to place him under house arrest.
