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Brown repulsed by hero's welcome for Lockerbie bomber in Libya

World Aug. 26, 2009 - 06:38AM JST ( 14 )

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MittsuAug. 26, 2009 - 12:28PM JST

The Libyan press reported that Gaddafi was repulsed at Brown's naked opportunism and his interference in what was an entirely domestic and private celebration of the return of (an innocent) Libyan citizen.
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neverknow2Aug. 26, 2009 - 01:00PM JST

If the US and Britain had its own oil they could have left him in jail.
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smithinjapanAug. 26, 2009 - 01:13PM JST

"But Brown would not say whether he thought it was right or wrong to release the bomber, arguing that it was a matter for Scotland’s justice system to decide."

And there you have it. I'm disgusted with the welcome the man got as well. Unwarranted to say the least. But as Brown admitted, it was Scotland's decision, and no one else's.
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LIBERTASAug. 26, 2009 - 09:18PM JST
This is indeed very interesting, Brown (A Scotsman) distancing himself from this decision. There must be an election due sometime soon. London's "The Mail on Sunday" has just been authorized to reveal the new and compelling evidence which would have proved his innocence. In a submission to the Court of Appeal running to thousands of words, Megrahi’s lawyers list 20 grounds of appeal which include:
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* Details of a catalogue of deliberately undisclosed evidence at the original trial.
* Allegations of ‘tampering’ with evidence.
* A summary of how American intelligence agencies were convinced that Iran, not Libya,
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was involved but that their reports were not open to the 2001 trial.

The Mail reported that there was rejoicing in the Crown Office in Edinburgh when he was released and the appeal abandoned. The Scottish court was spared the embarrassment of being proven to be liars.

'There may well be political manoeuvres behind his release but at the heart was a decision to save the face of the Scottish judiciary - in particular the Crown Prosecution, who would have been shown to have been involved in an abuse of process by non-disclosure of witness statements. Memos were submitted from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) which suggested the downing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people in 1988, was in response to the shooting down of an Iranian Airbus by the American warship USS Vincennes five months earlier.

In a memo dated September 24, 1989, and reproduced in the appeal submission, the DIA states: ‘The bombing of the Pan Am flight was conceived, authorised and financed by Ali-Akbar Mohtashemi-Pur, Iran’s former interior minister.

Mr Ferguson, who researched this entire saga, said: ‘Megrahi was made the scapegoat for whatever reason and from that point everything went in reverse to try to make the crime fit.’

I am not so much repulsed by Mr. Brown's indignation as I am with what have been his obvious barefaced lies in this whole matter. It does not become a Prime Minister of HM's Government. Thanks "Mail on Sunday" for unearthing the truth. I expect there will be even greater fallout.
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SuperLibAug. 28, 2009 - 12:12AM JST

So Libya lied and took the blame when they didn't do anything? That was awfully nice of them.