- 25 Aug 09, 12:19#146110
True: Megrahi was in the process of appealing, but the process was slowed down and halted at every turn by the authorities. Clearly, there were a number of things which would have come out in the wash, which would have been very uncomfortable for the likes of the United Kingdom and United States government and their intelligence services.
Lockerbie needs a full and frank public inquiry. It is owed chiefly to the relatives of those who died, but also to the peoples of both the UK and US, so we can see in all its entirety their levels of moral degeneracy.
To be balanced here, Libya did say that although they handed over the cash, they didn't take responsibility. I suspect that, like the handing over of Megrahi in the first place, Libya was trying to improve its relations with the West.
And, in terms of the Scottish government, Libya didn't take the British government's requests for no triumphalism too seriously as well. Libya holds all the best cards here: they have the oil.
Ayrton Senna: WDC 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
McLaren: WCC 1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2007
McLaren: WDC 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2008
Actually he was in the process of appealing but dropped it as he would have received his judgement posthumously. Part of the arrangement for release was based upon him doing so, which lends credence to the theory that a lot is being covered up that we don't know about.
True: Megrahi was in the process of appealing, but the process was slowed down and halted at every turn by the authorities. Clearly, there were a number of things which would have come out in the wash, which would have been very uncomfortable for the likes of the United Kingdom and United States government and their intelligence services.
Lockerbie needs a full and frank public inquiry. It is owed chiefly to the relatives of those who died, but also to the peoples of both the UK and US, so we can see in all its entirety their levels of moral degeneracy.
Although I do not doubt he was involved in the plot, I do not think he was the only one (and this is proven by Lybia's big pay out of compensation years later.)
Gaddafi should not have been released back to his homeland. The SNP claimed that they had been given assurances that Lybia wouldn't react to his return as they did. But really who do the SNP think they are? The Scottish Parliament is a backwater and Salmond is an absolute w***er (in my opinion). Nobody takes there dodgy little parliament seriously when it comes to international affairs.
To be balanced here, Libya did say that although they handed over the cash, they didn't take responsibility. I suspect that, like the handing over of Megrahi in the first place, Libya was trying to improve its relations with the West.
And, in terms of the Scottish government, Libya didn't take the British government's requests for no triumphalism too seriously as well. Libya holds all the best cards here: they have the oil.
Ayrton Senna: WDC 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
McLaren: WCC 1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2007
McLaren: WDC 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2008
