[Little Ray]

There are Libyan authorities?

[Paulie]

The wheels of justice turn slowly...

[a fool in paradise]

Libyan authorities gave the convicted bomber a hero’s welcome when he was released because “cough cough” he was sick.

[KTM rider]

I kinda miss good 'ol terrorism

It sure beats COVID19

[Fester Chugabrew]

For some reason I called to mind this morning the Anthrax and Ricin mailings that followed the 9/11 attacks, and how those investigations are probably still unfolding. Criminal investigations don’t happen like TV. Come to think of it, TV has done great harm to our ability to think, just like mediocre public education.

How’s that for an off-topic twist?

[Red Badger]

How old is he, like 90?.............

[silverleaf]

I was hoping they’d tag the Iranian govt...

[Paladin2]

I swear, THAT Mohammad guy is always everywhere where “terriorism” attacks occur.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Why so soon?

[mass55th]

Does he have a health problem? If so, you have to let him go, like they did Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in 2009.

[elpadre]

How is it the US has jurisdiction in the Lockerbie case?? - just curious!

[piasa]

This could be interesting since at the time of the Lockerbie attack, German police in Frankfurt broke up a bombmaking cell that produced the same type of bomb... and that cell was made up of PFLP-GC terrorists.

[piasa]

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/afp/2020/12/us-libya-lockerbie-justice.html

[ScaniaBoy]

A pretty good summary of possible culprits. Note that before 1991 almost all US intelligence organizations had Iran and Syria as the main organizers with a Palestinian terror organization with HQ in Syria who actually planted the bomb onboard PAN AM 103.

So what happened around 1990/91? You had the first Gulf war, and given that Iraq was a sworn enemy of Iran, suddenly the Iran track went cold. Also, in 1991 Bush Sr and James Baker organized a “peace” conference in Madrid - Syria was part of the Arab delegation, and it would have been very bad for the negotiators if one of the leading Arab nations had been tied to the Lockerbie atrocity. The Madrid Conference ended 1 November 1991, and the Libyans were indicted 13 November 1991. From then on the Syrian track was demoted to the conspiracy pages.

Libya may well have been guilty, but when political imperatives and results of criminal investigations suddenly run in parallel there are always reason to be suspicious.

https://observer.com/2018/12/bomb-pan-am-103-lockerbie-iran-remains-a-30-year-mystery/

[SJackson]

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Someone for Joe to pardon.

[piasa]

Lockerbie ping

[Gene Eric]

Hillary?

[freedomlver]

only 32 years to get this investigation done huh? Someone in Gov spent an entire career on this.