Big Wullie
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Proof UK Coerced Scotland In Megrahi ReleaseI thought MacAskill made his own decision so why is Gaddafi thanking Brown:
Gadaffi himself clearly believes he has nothing to worry about after describing Brown as "my friend" and offering his thanks to the prime minister in helping secure the release of Megrahi.
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/...dnews/display.var.2526952.0.0.php
Everyone knows MacAskill couldn't have released him without America and London sanctioning it.
Proof once again MacAskill was used as a puppet.
For further proof he did what the Americans wanted see here:
| Quote: | | A Scottish Government spokesperson said: "The US authorities indicated that although they were opposed to both prisoner transfer and compassionate release, they regarded compassionate release as far preferable to the transfer agreement, and Mr Mueller should be aware of that." |
The Americans preferred "Compassionate Release"
Not surprising this is what happened then eh ?
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/...dnews/display.var.2526953.0.0.php
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scotkaz
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8229114.stm
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Justice Secretary Jack Straw dropped a demand to exclude the Lockerbie bomber from a Libyan prisoner transfer accord, the Sunday Times has reported.
Letters leaked to the paper say Mr Straw wanted to exclude Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi from the accord.
He backed down citing "overwhelming" UK interests. A major oil deal was being discussed at the time.
Mr Straw called the news "academic" - as Megrahi was freed on compassionate grounds, not under the transfer accord.
And he stressed that the Scottish authorities would still have had a veto over any move to send Megrahi home under the transfer agreement.
A stalled oil deal was ratified by the Libyans six weeks after the government dropped its bid to exclude him from the prisoner transfer agreement (PTA), the paper says. |
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scotkaz
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http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/s...ed-Lockerbie-bomber-decision.html
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JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al- Megrahi over fears Scotland would suffer a terrorist backlash if he died behind bars.
He believed Megrahi would have been seen as a MARTYR by Islamic extremists if he had been left to die in Greenock Prison.
And last night a source close to the Cabinet Secretary said: "Kenny feared the repercussions would have haunted Scotland for a generation and more.
"If Megrahi had died in a Scottish jail, we'd have seen burning Saltires across the Middle East." |
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Big Wullie
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Proof Of Oil Deals:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6814939.ece
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The correspondence makes it plain that the key decision to include Megrahi in a deal with Libya to allow prisoners to return home was, in fact, taken in London for British national interests. |
| Quote: | In a letter dated July 26, 2007, Straw said he favoured an option to leave out Megrahi by stipulating that any prisoners convicted before a specified date would not be considered for transfer.
Downing Street had also said Megrahi would not be included under the agreement.
Straw then switched his position as Libya used its deal with BP as a bargaining chip to insist the Lockerbie bomber was included. |
| Quote: | | “At all times we talked about the [prisoner transfer agreement]. It was obvious we were talking about him. We all knew that was what we were talking about. |
The main thing for me is the proof that collussion went on between London & Scotland.
Megrahi stood in way of oil deal:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6814974.ece
| Quote: | | BP last week denied the agreement was influenced by talks over prisoner transfers and specifically Megrahi. But other sources insist the two were clearly linked. Saad Djebbar, an international lawyer who advises the Libyan government and who visited Megrahi in jail in Scotland, said: “No one was in any doubt that if alMegrahi died in a Scottish prison it would have serious repercussions for many years which would be to the disadvantage of British industry.” |
Explosive:
| Quote: | | The detailed correspondence seen by The Sunday Times confirms that the Lockerbie bomber’s fate was regarded by the UK government as pivotal to relations with Libya. It also shows how anxious the government was to curry favour with Colonel Muammar Gadaffi by being seen to open the way for Megrahi’s release. |
Talks with MacAskill:
| Quote: | | The Libyans insisted that Megrahi must be covered by the prisoner transfer agreement. The government relented and Straw was forced into a U-turn. “I have not been able to secure an explicit exclusion,” he wrote in a letter to Kenny MacAskill, his Scottish counterpart. |
Brown Loyd James:
| Quote: | Brown Lloyd James, a public relations firm with offices in London and New York, has opened an office in Tripoli. It is reported to have placed articles by Colonel Gadaffi in American newspapers. The firm would not comment last week.
One of the firm’s founders is Peter Brown, an old friend of Mandelson. The business secretary, who has stayed with Brown on the Caribbean island of St Barts, said this weekend that he could not recollect discussing Libya with anyone from Brown Lloyd James.
It is perhaps inevitable that the high-powered and wealthy figures who mix with Saif Gadaffi also pass through Mandelson’s orbit. Mutual associates include Lord Rothschild, his son Nat, and the Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, whose company Rusal has interests in Libya. |
Murky Deals:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/...eading_article/article6814954.ece
| Quote: | Today we report on a letter written by Jack Straw, Britain’s justice secretary, to his Scottish counterpart in December 2007. In it he overturned a previous understanding that Mr Megrahi was exempt from a prisoner transfer programme agreed between Britain and Libya as part of the Blair-Gadaffi discussions. A few months earlier the government had been clear on that exemption. Lord Falconer, then lord chancellor, wrote to Alex Salmond, the leader of the Scottish National party, saying Libya had agreed that the Lockerbie bomber would serve out his sentence in Scotland.
What changed? The strong circumstantial evidence is that a lucrative agreement to allow BP to explore for oil off the Libyan coast was being held up by Mr Megrahi’s exemption from the prisoner transfer programme. The idea that the Westminster government had no view and no influence is not credible.
Last week we reported on a letter sent by Ivan Lewis, a Foreign Office minister, to the Scottish government. In it he said there was no legal barrier to the release of Mr Megrahi, adding: “I hope on this basis you will now feel able to consider the Libyan application in accordance with the provisions of the prisoner transfer agreement.” The Foreign Office said this letter did not imply the government was encouraging the release. It would be difficult, however, to find a form of language that provided much more encouragement. |
Dodgy and Murky deals have always existed in Government.
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Big Wullie
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Proof Straw used Oil deals for bartering about Megrahi's release.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/l...nd-Megrahi-deal-admits.5620546.jp
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david
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Jack Straw admits oil did play its partJack Straw tells The Daily Telegraph that Mr Megrahi's release was linked to oil.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/n...rs-release-was-linked-to-oil.html
David
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scotkaz
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Revealed: Libya paid for medical advice that helped Lockerbie bomber's release
The British, Scottish and Libyan governments connived to free Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds The Sunday Telegraph can disclose.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/w...ed-Lockerbie-bombers-release.html
In the Megrahi affair, the more we learn, the worse it gets
Telegraph view: The way the Lockerbie bomber gained his release brings shame upon Britain.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/commen...e-we-learn-the-worse-it-gets.html
More articles on: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
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Big Wullie
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Despite the headline what Nicola Sturgeon has just said:
The SNP Opposed all the way (Quote: Every Step Of The Way) releasing Megrahi under PTA says Sturgeon.
This calls into question their reason for making Megrahi drop his appeal.
If they knew before the signing of this PTA between UK And Libya that they would never agree to releasing Megrahi under PTA then why make Megrahi drop his appeal if it made no difference to his release under Compassion ?
I would love to know who told Megrahi he needed to drop his appeal.
Surely someone will ask kenny MacAskill if he told Megrahi he would need to drop his appeal after hearing this statement:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8239753.stm
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