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Originally Posted by finknottle

The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has applied to abandon his second appeal against his conviction, his lawyers have said.

South of Scotland SNP MSP Christine Grahame, who has met Megrahi several times in prison, said she believed he had been put under pressure to drop his appeal.

She said: "I know from the lengthy discussions I had with him that he was desperate to clear his name, so I believe that the decision is not entirely his own.

"There are a number of vested interests who have been deeply opposed to this appeal continuing as they know it would go a considerable way towards exposing the truth behind Lockerbie. BBC News.

It looks to me like he may have had his arm twisted by the way of, you drop your appeal and we will release you. I am not a supporter of the conspiracy theory but this does seem a little bit too convenient in that difficult questions will not now have to be answered.

Funny old world.

Captain Rogers USN admitted blowing up a civilian airliner over Iran that killed 290 civilians and he got the Legion of Merit and a pension.

Megrahi denied blowing up a civilian airliner over England that killed 270 civilians and he was banged up.

Interesting that the Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission decided that Megrahi likely suffered a miscarriage of justice; if I was a betting man I would put money on his release being a quid pro quo for dropping his appeal.

RM

Originally Posted by NorwayChris

Backpacker1UK

Same way all the IRA shite was shot when leaving prison do you mean.

Not forgetting Mad Dog Adair responsible for the death of forty Catholics



Dont even go there buddy,this isnt about paddy land,

Your point being?

Originally Posted by "Bergen

Megrahi denied blowing up a civilian airliner over England that killed 270 civilians and he was banged up.

England. Hells teeth; you're brave!

Originally Posted by Guzzler

Originally Posted by NorwayChris

Backpacker1UK

Same way all the IRA shite was shot when leaving prison do you mean.

Not forgetting Mad Dog Adair responsible for the death of forty Catholics



Dont even go there buddy,this isnt about paddy land,

Your point being?

My point being that this thread is about the Lockerbie bomber not the Catholics and protestants of Northern Ireland,

Originally Posted by Passed-over_Loggie

Originally Posted by "Bergen

Megrahi denied blowing up a civilian airliner over England that killed 270 civilians and he was banged up.

England. Hells teeth; you're brave!

LOL - I picked my words carefully. Pan Am 103 blew up over Deans Cross in the Lake District but the trajectory dropped the debris into Jockistan

RM

Originally Posted by Passed-over_Loggie

There is a belief that it wasn't the Libyans at all but the Iranians. Retribution for USS VINCENNES dropping IR655.

Abu Nidal > Syria > Iran


Ayatollah Khoemeni said 'the sky will rain blood' in revenge for Iran Air 655 and sure enough, a US plane gets taken out.

Of course one thing the Yanks don't want to go into is, why were all their diplomatic staff booked on Pan Am 103 pulled off the flight and why was their a warning to all their staff and military personel not to travel with Pan Am.

Originally Posted by Karma

I don't believe that compassion has any place in the justice system, either at the front end in sentencing or at the tail end in terms of justifying release. To me, compassion in cases like this is ensuring that adequate palliative care is available.

I agree with this, Karma, but I would add access to him (any dying lifer) by the immediate family. I wouldn't pay for them to come or waive any visa regs but would make it very clear, via the Libyan government in this case, that if they come they could have access and they make appropriate arrangements for the body.

In terms of his guilt, I listened to a presentation on this investigation, from a SB policeman who happened to live in Lockerbie, in the mid 90s. I don't have the detailed knowledge of these conspiracy theories or Iran's involvement that some appear to have but he (they) sounded guilty to me! My assumption from the assertion that he is a patsy is that the Brit police (local and SB) are in on this cover story and their investigation was part of said cover up?

IMD

Originally Posted by Oil_Slick

Originally Posted by Passed-over_Loggie

There is a belief that it wasn't the Libyans at all but the Iranians. Retribution for USS VINCENNES dropping IR655.

Abu Nidal > Syria > Iran


Ayatollah Khoemeni daid 'the sky will rain blood' in revenge for Iran Air 655 and sure enough, a US plane gets taken out.

Of course one thing the Yanks don't want to go into is, why were all their diplomatic staff booked on Pan Am 103 pulled off the flight and why was their a warning to all their staff and military personel not to travel with Pan Am.

Were did you read this about the diplomatic staff being pulled off the flight Oil_Slick,