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| Libya Ready to Cooperate Over Lockerbie |
| 2011-09-30 |
| [Tripoli Post] After declaring on Monday as "cased closed" after a request from Scottish authorities to investigate more suspects in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, Libya's interim justice minister made a U-turn by saying at a news conference, that Libya would co-operate with Sherlocks in Scotland. Mr Alagi said: "I'd like to confirm that we are accepting any facts that might arise in this regard, if there is any suspicion about any other person. We will co-operate in this regard with whoever has any other facts, according to international treaties." Scottish prosecutors had asked Libya's National Transitional Council NTC, to give them access to papers or witnesses that could implicate more suspects in the attack. They could even include deposed leader Muammar Al Qadaffy ...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received for at least 42 years... In 2001, Abdel Basset al Megrahi was the only person convicted of the bombing. He was placed in long-term storage in a Scottish prison to serve a life sentence but was released on compassionate grounds in 2009 because he was suffering from prostate cancer. Mr Alagi said he welcomed the possibility of a new investigation because "this will lead to the acquittal of Abdelbaset al Megrahi, who has been unjustly convicted". Scottish prosecutors noted that the evidence in al Megrahi's trial suggested he had not acted alone. The bombing claimed the lives of 270 people Police at the time said they had submitted a list of eight other suspects whom they wanted to interview, but Al Qadaffy had refused to allow them to be questioned. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 The Bin Laden precedent might also have played a role. Just killing persons of interest in commando raids would be far easier than it was in Pakistan. As President Bush said on 9/11: "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them." |
| Posted by: Glish Hupuns1960 2011-09-30 18:41 |
| #3 Third possibility: Britain knows where one of the Khadaffy accounts is but won't share until the Lockerbie bomber is handed over. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-09-30 12:43 |
| #2 That or someone in the British Isles is dangling the possibility of a big payday. Either way, money is involved. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-09-30 11:45 |
| #1 Mr Alagi said: "I'd like to confirm that we are accepting any facts that might arise in this regard, if there is any suspicion about any other person. We will co-operate in this regard with whoever has any other facts, according to international treaties." TRANSLATION: "We suspect Mr. al Megrahi and his family know where there's some bucks, weapons, or other boodle that may be of interest to us, and they ain't cooperating. Would be a real shame if we had to turn him over to the folks he managed to escape once before, because you know he ain't getting loose a second time..." Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2011-09-30 07:56 |