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King_David

(14,851 posts)
Sun Dec 29, 2013, 02:40 AM Dec 2013

‘Palestinian group carried out Lockerbie bombing’

Twenty-five years after Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, with the loss of all 259 passengers and crew and 11 people on the ground, a former senior member of the Israeli security establishment said he was certain the bombing was carried out by Ahmed Jibril’s Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.

The Israeli source, who spoke to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity, said Israel was “listening in” during the months prior to the December 21, 1988 bombing on preparations for what “we thought was a plan to target an Israeli plane” and that it was “clear that Jibril prepared the operation.”

The comments came ahead of Saturday’s 25th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack ever carried out on British territory, and the worst terror attack on American civilians with the exception of 9/11. The anniversary is prompting another slew of conspiracy theories as to who was responsible.

Among the claims that have come to the fore in various newspaper reports, TV documentaries and new books in the last few days are allegations that the bomber was Palestinian terrorist Mohammed Abu Talb, who carried out a series of bombings in Copenhagen and Amsterdam in 1985; that the CIA subverted the investigation; and that a fair-minded examination of the evidence demonstrates that the bomb, rather than beginning its fateful journey in Malta, was smuggled onto Flight 103 via a baggage container at Heathrow Airport.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-group-carried-out-lockerbie-bombing/

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‘Palestinian group carried out Lockerbie bombing’ (Original Post) King_David Dec 2013 OP
Hmmmm. Scootaloo Dec 2013 #1
Why ? Because the CIA is credible with the truth ? King_David Dec 2013 #2
Compared to anonymous sources selling books? Yup. Scootaloo Dec 2013 #3
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
1. Hmmmm.
Sun Dec 29, 2013, 02:48 AM
Dec 2013

Let's see.

One the one hand, an anonymous Israeli source is claiming it was a Palestinian plot.

On the other hand, the British government, the FBI, the Scottish constabulary, the CIA, Muamar Ghaddafi, and the three men arrested in conjunction, two of whom were convicted on the evidence, point towards it being Libyan in origin.

Yeah, you know... I think I'm going to do with the latter.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
3. Compared to anonymous sources selling books? Yup.
Sun Dec 29, 2013, 02:52 AM
Dec 2013

Also, it's not just hte CIA. it's all that other stuff i mentioned, too. The parts you left out, you know?

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