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Tag Archives: Lockerbie
Private Eye reports on the latest Lockerbie claims
The following article appears in the latest edition of Private Eye, published today. The announcement earlier this month that the Scottish police are pursuing two new Libyan suspects over the Lockerbie bombing appeared, at first glimpse to be a … Continue reading
More Lockerbie errors by Magnus Linklater
The following article by Magnus Linklater appears in the Scottish edition of The Times under the headline Lockerbie evidence points firmly in the direction of Libya. Unfortunately, as is so often the case with Mr Linklater’s writing on Lockerbie, it contains numerous distortions … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Agila Mas’ud, crown office, Ken Dornstein, Lockerbie, Magnus Linklater, Megrahi, the Times
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What Megrahi told Senussi about Lockerbie
As everyone who follows the Lockerbie knows, two new suspects have been named: alleged bomb-maker Abu Agila Mas’ud and former Libyan security chief Abdullah Senussi. In truth, neither name is new, both have been suspects for almost 25 years. (I … Continue reading
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Tagged Abouagela Masoud, Abu Agila Mas’ud, crown office, Frontline, Ken Dornstein, Lockerbie, Megrahi, PBS, Sennoussi, Sennusi, Senousi, Senoussi, Senussi
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Response to PBS Frontline ‘My Brother’s Bomber’
The following article appears in today’s Sunday Herald under the headline ‘Linking Megrahi to a new Lockerbie bombing suspect won’t work … he was innocent and his conviction is a stain on Scottish justice’. It is my first response to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abouagela Masoud, Abu Agila Mas’ud, CIA, circuit board fragment, David Dornstein, Heathrow, Ken Dornstein, La Belle, La Belle Disco, Lockerbie, Megrahi, Morag Kerr, Mossad, Musbah Eter, My Brother's Bomber, New Yorker, PA103, Pan Am 103, PBS Frontline, timers, Victor Ostrovsky, ZDF
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Twelve reasons to take Magnus Linklater’s Lockerbie articles with a pinch of seasonal salt
Christmas come but once a year and when it does we can be sure that Magnus Linklater will produce an error-strewn article for the Scottish edition of The Times echoing the proclamations of the Lord Advocate that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was … Continue reading
Eight inconvenient truths about Lockerbie, which the media and authorities are ignoring
Today, the 26th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing, the media is full of articles about the case. All report the claims of Scotland’s chief prosecutor, the Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC, that a review of the case has confirmed … Continue reading
Sunday Herald article responds to Lord Advocate’s latest claims of Megrahi’s guilt
The Sunday Herald has today published the following article by me in response to the Lord Advocates latest claims that Abdelbaset was guilty of the Lockerbie boming. The four elephants in the room which suggest the Lord Advocate is … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Jim Swire, Frank Mulholland, Justice for Megrahi, Lockerbie, Lord Advocate, Megrahi
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Private Eye reports on Lockerbie and the shelving of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill
The latest edition of Private Eye (no. 1366) carries the following article. The Scottish government has quietly shelved for at least a year its controversial Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, heading off an escalating row over the need for corroboration before … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, crown office, Jim Swire, Lockerbie, Megrahi, SCCRC
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Response to Richard Marquise’s Scottish Review article
The current issue of the Scottish Review carries an article by the head of the FBI’s Lockerbie investigation, Richard Marquise, which critiques the three recently broadcast Aljazeera programmes on Lockerbie. The second of the programmes was originally broadcast on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aljazeera, Lockerbie, PT/35b, Richard Marquise, Scottish Review
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Review of Aljazeera documentary ‘Lockerbie: What Really Happened?’
Aljazeera last night premiered its long-awaited documentary Lockerbie: What Really Happened? The programme’s broad thrust, with which I agree, is that the bombing was ordered by Iran and carried out by the PFLP-CG, with help from Hezbollah. It also suggests … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Talb, Aljazeera, Dalkamoni, Fhimah, Lockerbie, Lockerbie: What Really Happened?, Megrahi, Mesbahi, Operation Bird
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