The website of the French news agency Alter Info today publishes a lengthy article on the Libyan political scene. It starts with a discussion of the Lockerbie affair and takes the view that Libya was framed. Much weight is given to the recent affidavit by MEBO engineer Ulrich Lumpert relating to the provenance of the fragment of MST-13 circuit board that was such an important link in incriminating Libya and Megahi. The relevant portion of the article reads as follows:
'Après l'attentat de Lockerbie, les USA ont prouvé la culpabilité de la Libye sur le fait qu'un élément de détonateur de fabrication Suisse avait été trouvé sur les lieux. Justement, la Suisse venait de vendre 20 détonateurs de ce modèle à la Libye. Cette dernière était néanmoins parvenue à présenter les 20 détonateurs à des émissaires. Mais "tout concordait". Cette cabale a coûté un libyen innoçent en prison à perpetuité et 2,7 milliards d'US$ d'indemnités aux familles de victimes. 10 millions de dollars à chacune des familles des 270 victimes de l'attentat.
'Coup de théatre, en 2007, un ingénieur Suisse du nom d'Ulrich Lumpert, ex-employé du fabricant des détonateurs, l'entreprise Suisse MEBO, avoue avoir menti et avoir volé le fragment de détonateur et l'avoir "donné" à un des enquêteurs écossais. La CIA a dès lors eu beau jeu de prouver la culpabilité de la Libye. Ce fragment était en fait issu d'un détonateur défectueux mis au rebut, n'ayant pas passé le contrôle qualité. Après "traitement" (après "l'explosion de l'avion") par la CIA, le fragment était difficilement identifiable comme tel. Ce qui a néanmoins été fait par Ulrich Lumpert!
'Ulrich Lumpert, ingénieur Suisse travaillant pour le fabricant des détonateurs à l'époque de l'attentat de Lockerbie, a donc "donné" (pour quel prix? Mystère) la preuve nécessaire à la CIA pour faire accuser la Libye. La CIA avait de bonnes raisons de conspirer contre la Libye, dont le fait que Kadhafi était le héros de la nation africaine parce qu'il visait le développement de l'Union Africaine qui stagnait, minée par les occidentaux. Mais aussi parce que Kadhafi avait eu le talent de joindre une démocratie populaire à une intégration de sa culture musulmane et l'éradication de l'islamisme dans son pays.
'Les USA dépensent des milliards pour rendre les musulmans belliqueux, ce n'est pas pour qu'un Kadhafi calme le jeu.
'L'attentat de Lockerbie, après des mois et des mois d'enquête, personne ne l'avait revendiqué et il n'y avait pas de coupable. Par conséquent, il était librement attribuable à n'importe qui. La Libye, gêneur de première grandeur dans les plans africains de l'occident, dont la "Révolution Verte", pour ne citer que ça, était le coupable idéal. La CIA a monté le dossier de toute pièce et s'est approchée d'Ulrich Lumpert.
'Durant des années la Libye s'est trouvée sous embargo de l'ONU sur exigence des Etats-Unis. Voyant son peuple privé de tous les éléments de première nécessité, nourriture, médicaments, Kadhafi s'est mis à genoux en avouant publiquement "la faute" de la Libye. L'embargo a été partiellement levé. Pour le lever complètement, il a été exigé de Kadhafi qu'il livre les "coupables", deux Libyens qui passaient par là justement ce jour-là et ont été filmés par les caméras de surveillance, et qu'il indemnise les familles.
'Kadhafi n'a pas eu d'autre choix que de s'exécuter. Les "coupables" se sont livrés, courageusement, pour leur pays. Ils sont allés d'eux-même se faire juger en Ecosse. Kadhafi à versé 10 millions de d'USdollars à chaque famille des 270 victimes, soit 2,7 milliards de dollars en tout. Un des libyens a été acquitté. Trop difficile à "prouver" sa culpabilité. L'autre a été condamné à vie alors qu'il est parfaitement innocent (il est toujours en prison en l'occurrence).'
Do you honestly think that the court would rely on anything said by Bollier?
ReplyDeleteBollier raised many proofs on this case and spent many years to fight for the truth. It is so obvious that this case was manipulated. Time showed that he was always right so far.
ReplyDeleteBollier, the court in very polite terms more or less called you a liar. Rather unsuccessfully trying to free Megrahi (while attempting to stay clear of being named as an accomplice), perhaps an english class would be time better spent. Unless of course you're busy with the Libyans testing bombs in the desert.
ReplyDeleteBefore posting your next snide comment about the less than perfect English of a contributor to this forum whose first language is not English, perhaps you might care to enlighten us about the number of languages in which you can communicate flawlessly in writing.
ReplyDeleteFrançais, Deutsch, and English. Bollier is a liar and an accomplice to murder in any language. And your opinion on my first question Pr. Black?
ReplyDeleteWäre der Punkt von der Glaubwürdigkeit von Edwin Bollier für dieses Blogschriftstück erheblich, sollte ich (vielleicht) die Frage in Betracht ziehen.
ReplyDeleteThen why post (pointless?) articles refrencing him, MEBO and Ulrich Lumpert?
ReplyDeleteIt seems the fact that Bollier went to the American Embassy in January 1989 and tried to tie Libya to the bombing has been lost. It has also been lost that he CONSISTENTLY stated (1990-91) that his firm built the timer from which the PT-35 fragment came. All the garbage which has happened since including the not believable Lumpert claim ("I gave such a timer to a Scottish officer in June 1989" when no one had yet heard of Lumpert or MEBO)only confuses the issue.
ReplyDeletePer the SCCRC - "The additional submissions also sought to cast doubt on the origin of a
ReplyDeletefragment of circuit board recovered by forensic scientists which the trial court accepted had been part of the MST-13 timer that triggered the bomb. Underlying those submissions was the allegation that evidence of the timer fragment had been fabricated in order to implicate Libya in
the bombing. The Commission undertook extensive enquiries in this area but found nothing to support that allegation or to undermine the trial court’s conclusions in respect of the fragment."
Per the first appeal - "[42] Mr Bollier and Erwin Meister formed MEBO in the early 1970s. The trial court found Mr Bollier to be at times an untruthful and at other times an unreliable witness. It did, however, accept certain parts of his evidence. In particular, it accepted that in or about July 1985 on a visit to Tripoli Mr Bollier received a request for electronic timers from Said Rashid or Ezzadin
ReplyDeleteHinshiri and that he had had military business dealings in relation to the Libyan government with Ezzadin Hinshiri since the early 1980s (para [49]). It also accepted his evidence that he had
supplied twenty samples of MST-13 timers to Libya in three batches, and that he may well have been correct when he said that the Libyan order was met with the supply of timers which had
circuit boards of both the single-sided and the double-sided types. It accepted that in 1985 he
himself delivered five of these samples on a visit to Tripoli, that in the same year he delivered
another five to the Libyan Embassy in East Berlin, and that in 1986 he delivered the remaining ten personally in Tripoli (para [50]). It also accepted Mr Bollier’s evidence that he attended tests
carried out by the Libyan military in the Libyan desert at Sabha which involved, inter alia, the
use of MST-13 timers in connection with explosives and in particular air bombs. He said that the
25 timers were brought by Nassr Ashur. Mr Bollier attended there as a technical expert. The trial
court said in para [53]:
“From the way in which he gave evidence about these tests we are persuaded that he did indeed attend such tests, although it is not clear when they were carried out or what was their purpose.”
In para [54] the trial court stated:
“We also accept Mr Bollier’s evidence, supported by documentation, that MEBO rented
an office in their Zurich premises some time in 1988 to the firm ABH in which the [appellant] and one Badri Hassan were the principals. They explained to Mr Bollier that
they might be interested in taking a share in MEBO or in having business dealings with MEBO.”
[43] In para [88] the trial court made findings in fact which were based on such of the evidence of Mr Majid and Mr Bollier as had been accepted, in these terms:
“We accept the evidence that [the appellant] was a member of the JSO, occupying posts of fairly high rank. One of these posts was head of airline security, from which it could be inferred that he would be aware at least in general terms of the nature of security
precautions at airports from or to which LAA operated. He also appears to have been
involved in military procurement. He was involved with Mr Bollier, albeit not specifically in connection with MST timers, and had along with Badri Hassan formed a company which leased premises from MEBO and intended to do business with MEBO.”
Per the first appeal - "[42] Mr Bollier and Erwin Meister formed MEBO in the early 1970s. The trial court found Mr Bollier to be at times an untruthful and at other times an unreliable witness. It did, however, accept certain parts of his evidence. In particular, it accepted that in or about July 1985 on a visit to Tripoli Mr Bollier received a request for electronic timers from Said Rashid or Ezzadin
ReplyDeleteHinshiri and that he had had military business dealings in relation to the Libyan government with Ezzadin Hinshiri since the early 1980s (para [49]). It also accepted his evidence that he had
supplied twenty samples of MST-13 timers to Libya in three batches, and that he may well have been correct when he said that the Libyan order was met with the supply of timers which had
circuit boards of both the single-sided and the double-sided types. It accepted that in 1985 he
himself delivered five of these samples on a visit to Tripoli, that in the same year he delivered
another five to the Libyan Embassy in East Berlin, and that in 1986 he delivered the remaining ten personally in Tripoli (para [50]). It also accepted Mr Bollier’s evidence that he attended tests
carried out by the Libyan military in the Libyan desert at Sabha which involved, inter alia, the
use of MST-13 timers in connection with explosives and in particular air bombs. He said that the
25 timers were brought by Nassr Ashur. Mr Bollier attended there as a technical expert. The trial
court said in para [53]:
“From the way in which he gave evidence about these tests we are persuaded that he did indeed attend such tests, although it is not clear when they were carried out or what was their purpose.”
In para [54] the trial court stated:
“We also accept Mr Bollier’s evidence, supported by documentation, that MEBO rented
an office in their Zurich premises some time in 1988 to the firm ABH in which the [appellant] and one Badri Hassan were the principals. They explained to Mr Bollier that
they might be interested in taking a share in MEBO or in having business dealings with MEBO.”
[43] In para [88] the trial court made findings in fact which were based on such of the evidence of Mr Majid and Mr Bollier as had been accepted, in these terms:
“We accept the evidence that [the appellant] was a member of the JSO, occupying posts of fairly high rank. One of these posts was head of airline security, from which it could be inferred that he would be aware at least in general terms of the nature of security
precautions at airports from or to which LAA operated. He also appears to have been
involved in military procurement. He was involved with Mr Bollier, albeit not specifically in connection with MST timers, and had along with Badri Hassan formed a company which leased premises from MEBO and intended to do business with MEBO.”