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http://www.bbc.co.uk/...world-africa-14705838
After all the talk about a fit up what do people think now?
Doctor error, exageration or is this a conspiracy and this is someone else?
Or was all the cynicism just that?
After all the talk about a fit up what do people think now?
Doctor error, exageration or is this a conspiracy and this is someone else?
Or was all the cynicism just that?
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Megrahi has already served time, and we have released him. He has not broken the terms of his release. It seems his only crime is that he hasn't died quick enough from his cancer. Oh, and he was probably innocent to begin with.
The killer of Yvonne Fletcher was released by Margaret Thatcher's Government because he was protected by diplomatic immunity. And still has.
I think you will find they have done most of the Liberating themselves. We offered our help, they did not request it. We will get our investment back and more so in contracts for oil and redevelopment.
Megrahi has already served time, and we have released him. He has not broken the terms of his release. It seems his only crime is that he hasn't died quick enough from his cancer. Oh, and he was probably innocent to begin with.
The killer of Yvonne Fletcher was released by Margaret Thatcher's Government because he was protected by diplomatic immunity. And still has.
I think you will find they have done most of the Liberating themselves. We offered our help, they did not request it. We will get our investment back and more so in contracts for oil and redevelopment.
Diplomatic immunity is a funny thing
These days junior diplomats are only covered by it in persuance of their role so certainly this wouldn't be covered now.
I don't know what the extent of that cover was then or if the change in the rules could be applied retrospectively.
I'm sure it'll keep the lawyers busy
More to the point I very much doubt whether there is good enough evidence over this period of time to mount a serious prosecution.
Having a main suspect is one thing, getting a conviction is a very different thing indeed
These days junior diplomats are only covered by it in persuance of their role so certainly this wouldn't be covered now.
I don't know what the extent of that cover was then or if the change in the rules could be applied retrospectively.
I'm sure it'll keep the lawyers busy
More to the point I very much doubt whether there is good enough evidence over this period of time to mount a serious prosecution.
Having a main suspect is one thing, getting a conviction is a very different thing indeed
"Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was killed in the 1988 attack, said he believed Megrahi was innocent and hoped he was getting decent pain relief at home with his family.
"I feel extremely resentful that the murder of my lovely elder daughter Flora should be embedded in what I'm satisfied is in fact a tissue of lies which led to a politically useful outcome," he said."
Not, in my opinion, a lot more to be said ...
"I feel extremely resentful that the murder of my lovely elder daughter Flora should be embedded in what I'm satisfied is in fact a tissue of lies which led to a politically useful outcome," he said."
Not, in my opinion, a lot more to be said ...
Even if he had a hand in the bombing, which is doubtful, he was just a foot soldier who had the misfortune to be on a losing side.
Think back to Bloody Sunday in Derry. The soldiers who committed murder that day were never going to be called to account. And the relatives of those killed didn't want that because they knew that the higher ups were the real guilty ones.
Think back to Bloody Sunday in Derry. The soldiers who committed murder that day were never going to be called to account. And the relatives of those killed didn't want that because they knew that the higher ups were the real guilty ones.
// I'm confused - if you're not sure whether there was a 'fit up or anything' why are you so adamant that he shouldn't have been released? //
He was a convicted mass murderer.
I assume Jake's reference to a 'fit up' is to do with whether the killer was released early because of shady dealings about oil and pressure brought to bear by the British Government - not about whether he was guilty or not.
He was a convicted mass murderer.
I assume Jake's reference to a 'fit up' is to do with whether the killer was released early because of shady dealings about oil and pressure brought to bear by the British Government - not about whether he was guilty or not.
I believe Megrahi was innocent but however if he put his hand up for it because of a deal he may have with gaddafi then he deserved to do the time. He has been released and no one is asking for him so no need for the lybians to send him back. Sometimes different drugs can prolong life. Maybe he had access to better drugs there than he could get on the national health.
He was on some wonder drug developed in London but not yet available in the UK. http://www.telegraph....rsary-of-release.html
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