Category Archives: Lockerbie

On This Day — United Nations Security Council Adopts Resolution 731 (January 21 1992) [2020]

Posted on January 21, 2020 by L

“So Resolution 731 was adopted. Everyone at the Security Council knew it was wrong. Everyone knew that Libya had nothing to do with the Lockerbie bombing, and that Libya had once again been made a scapegoat by the United States.” … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie — Has Iran President Just Admitted Responsibility?

Posted on January 10, 2020 by L

“Those who refer to the number 52 should also remember the number 290. #IR655. Never threaten the Iranian nation.” President Hassan Rouhani  —  Tweet (January 6 2020)  “The accidental shoot-down of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988 convinced Khomeini to … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago — Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Takes Many Secrets to His Grave (January 8 2017)

Posted on January 9, 2020 by L

“With what is happening in the U.S. and the possible instability that is going to come in U.S. policy you needed a voice of reason and pragmatism that had some heft to it. He was that voice. Losing that voice … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Pan Am 103 Debris Show Evidence of Plastic Explosive (December 28 1988) [2019]

Posted on December 28, 2019 by L

“I need not go into the rest of the story and the explosion, except to say that some of us believe that, within hours, the Americans had guessed, at a very high level, what had gone wrong. It is a … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie (December 21 1988) — Will 2020 be the Year of the Truth?

Posted on December 21, 2019 by L

“Abdul Basset El-Megrahi was framed for mass murder. I hope that in 2020 our application is referred back to the Appeal Court to prove a miscarriage of justice.” Aamer Anwar –Rector of Glasgow University (December 21 2019) “I remain optimistic that … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Staff in Moscow Warned to Avoid PAN AM 103 (December 13 1988) [2019]

Posted on December 13, 2019 by L

“There was a real push in the embassy community to make sure that everybody was aware that there had been a terrorist threat made, and that people flying Western carriers going through Frankfurt should change their tickets.” Karen Decker — … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Lockerbie Judges Under the Weather (Malta – December 7 1988) [2019]

Posted on December 7, 2019 by L

“There is no reasonable basis in the trial court’s judgment for its conclusion that the purchase of the items [clothes that were found in the wreckage of the plane] from Mary’s House [in Malta] took place on 7 December 1988.” … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Lockerbie : “The Helsinki Warning” (December 5 1988) [2019]

Posted on December 5, 2019 by L

“And he comes in early the next morning, 6 o’clock the next morning, and there is, obviously, confusion and concern. And he is asked to do a number of things. And he is asked to work on Weber’s desk with … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Terry Waite Released by Islamic Jihad (November 18 1991) [2019]

Posted on November 18, 2019 by L

“I was taken out, blindfolded again, put into the boot of a car, then another car, and when they took the blindfold off I was with a Syrian intelligence operative, who drove me to the Syrian intelligence headquarters.” Terry Waite … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Lockerbie : US & UK indict Libyans Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah (November 14 1991)

Posted on November 14, 2019 by L

“Without PT/35(b), there would have been no indictment.” Richard Marquise — FBI Agent who led the US side of the Lockerbie investigation “The Lockerbie trial is the most disgraceful miscarriage of justice in Scotland for 100 years. Every lawyer who … Continue reading →

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