Category Archives: Lockerbie

Two Years Ago — Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Takes Many Secrets to His Grave

Posted on January 10, 2019 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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Dr Jim Swire : “Governments must let families of victims know who they believe carried out Lockerbie atrocity”

Posted on January 8, 2019 by L

“I regard the Lockerbie verdict against Megrahi as a ‘Grand Monument to Human Stupidity’. Indeed, the written opinion of the Lockerbie judges is a remarkable document that claims an ‘honoured place in the history of British miscarriages of justice.’ If the … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Was The Lockerbie Key Evidence Antedated?

Posted on January 3, 2019 by L

Q — Well, I understood you to tell us that these were contemporaneous notes that you prepared as you were carrying out your examinations; is that right? A — Yes. But presumably our definitions of “contemporaneous” are different. Testimony of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 28, 2018 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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One Year Ago — A Letter from Lockerbie Investigator George Thomson

Posted on December 27, 2018 by L

“As an afterthought I think that had the original Scottish Police Investigators obeyed their political masters by introducing the fragment into the chain of evidence in or around December 1989 then they may have got away with the deception but … Continue reading →

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UK — National Archives Release Prime Ministerial 1993 Papers, Withhold Lockerbie File // UPDATE

Posted on December 23, 2018 by L

“[Operation El Dorado Canyon] turned out to be a more decisive blow against Libyan-sponsored terrorism than I could ever have imagined. … There were revenge killings of British hostages organized by Libya, which I bitterly regretted. But the much-vaunted Libyan … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Operation Autumn Leaves (October 26 1988) // UPDATE

Posted on December 23, 2018 by L

“Following the arrest of Dalkamoni and others […], it is possible to conclude that at least the core of the cell structure has been removed. It is not possible to say that all persons involved in the terrorist activities had … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie 30th Anniversary — A Litmus Test : Do You Read 21B or SIB?

Posted on December 22, 2018 by L

“Special photography techniques were utilized on specimen K-1 to identify the number/letter “21B” which is contained within the figure of an oval. The number/letter appears in the upper left quadrant of the circuit board, within the lamination and not on … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie 30th Anniversary — What do you think about the Lockerbie verdict? [Poll Result – December 21 2018]

Posted on December 21, 2018 by L

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