Today's issue of The Herald runs a series of interviews in which Mrs Aisha Megrahi talks to Lucy Adams about how her family has been affected by her husband's imprisonment and the recent diagnosis of untreatable prostate cancer. The interviews are headed "Megrahi wife's plea: Set my husband free to die"; "'This illness is the hardest thing we have had to bear'"; and "I had nothing to do with it and the fight for justice continues".
In the print edition of the newspaper (but not the internet edition) the articles are accompanied by photographs of Mrs Megrahi taken at the family's house in Newton Mearns.
A further article by Damien Henderson describes memorial events that are planned for the twentieth anniversary of the Lockerbie disaster and outlines the views of some US and UK relatives and Lockerbie inhabitants towards Mr Megrahi and his conviction.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) The Herald is going to run interviews with Mr Megrahi's children. The trailer in today's paper reads: "The family life of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing. In their first interview, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi's five children share emotional details of having to grow up while their father was in a Scottish prison and tell how they made Scotland their home."
Switzerland, December 9, 2008
ReplyDeleteOpen letter at:
First Minister Alex Salmond,
Lord Davidson, Advocate General for Scotland,
Advocate Elish Angiolini QC,
and to other personalities
20th anniversary of the PanAm 103 Tragedy over Lockerbie
With faith in his innocence and hope for the soon release of the political hostage and "Lockerbie victim 271, Mr Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, painful suffering since April 6th, 1999 until now, innocent in scottish prisons.
The truth is the silence of the desert ...
With respect to the families of the PanAm 103 victims
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The turn in the 'Lockerbie-Affair' is pre-programmed
At the first hearing on the 19th of October 2007 at the Appeal Court in Edinburgh suddenly confirms after more than 3 months the existence of a document „under national security"; but keeps ist content closed.
On the 20th of February 2008 the Federal Advocate Lord Davidson, QC,
- Westminsters representative in Scottish matters – announced that the secret document "under national security" of an unnamed state was delivered to the British justice already in 1996. The content of the secred document is about the MST-13 timer fragment which allegedly detonated the bomb.
Prosecuting counsel Ronnie Clancy said the document had not come from the United States or its agencies like the CIA, although he did not disclose the country involved.
This important document the British justice was in possession of since 1996 was kept away from the judges at Camp Zeist, the judges at the first appeal and Megrahi's defence team.
The turn in the 'Lockerbie-Affäre' began on 19th of Oktober 2007
Flashback:
On 4 July 1996 Edwin Bollier, MEBO Ltd handed over to the person, responsible for the investigation of the PanAm 103 crash, Commissioner Böhlefeld, Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BKA), in Meckenheim Germany, PanAm documents by MEBO, which proved that the luggage item Tray No. B-8849 was not transferred by AirMalta flight KM-180 on PA-103/A. The luggage item belonged to passenger No.131, W. Wagenführ, and came from Berlin with the feeder flight PA-643.
The document, FA32 luggage delivery no. 0000158, policy reference DW 128, was a falsification!
Earlier Mebo Ltd. had also presented to the Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BKA) an expert's assessment over the true background of the fragment of the MST-13 timer, which activated allegedly the bomb, which brought Boeing 747 down.
On the 13th of September 1996, the Crown Office received a Document, under national security, of a state secretly held (probably Germany) about the MST-13 Timer and of decisive errors in the BKA report, ST33-068507/88, about the wrong bag-transfer in Frankfurt and the origin of the alleged "Malta-Bomb" Bag, Tray B 8849.
The Lord Justice General’s decision to keep the secret document (received the 13th of September 1996) under closure indicates again very clearly, that the whole process against Megrahi and Libya was from the very beginning a political process and not a fair criminal trial!
SECRET documents which could prove the innocence of the man Abdelbaset al Megrahi, convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, are not accessible until today. The UK Government by Advocate General Lord Davidson QC, blocked the progress and has argued that it is not in the public interest to release the secret document. He claimed: "The national security was at stake"!!!
Edwin Bollier, MEBO Ltd, Switzerland can prove today with german investigation documents from the BKA: on the feeder flight PA-103/A from Frankfurt to London-Heathrow, not one Samsonite suitcase - the alleged bomb suitcase (B 8849) from AirMalta, flight KM-180 to PanAm flight PA-103/A - was loaded, but 3 unknown and unaccompanied luggage items from Lufthansa, flight LH-631 from Kuwait, items B-4809, B-6001,
B-7418.
The alleged "Bomb bag" was a normal online bag, Tray no: B-8849, from Berlin flight PA-643, passenger no. 131, W. Wagenführ; coded in Frankfurt via counter V3-206, code S-0009+Z1307); (Prod.1089, PTM-telex from PanAm company, after offbloc PA-643, 11:26 hour in Berlin, text:
from flight PA-643 >>to PA 103B/21-LHRO/0/1/ B1>(1 passenger+1 bag> B1) police reference DW 125;
This bag Tray no. B-8849 from passenger 131, W.Wagenführ, was checked out at Heathrow.
That gives the warranty that this bag was not loaded on the main flight PA 103 to New York!
The prosecution should also order an inquiry concerning the bag B-8849 and the MST-13 timer-fragment via international legal assistance from Switzerland inerrogate Edwin Bollier (MEBO) and Eng. Ulrich Lumpert.
If the defense team Kelly should ignore the information, then we must ask the question, whether it actually acts on behalf of its mandator!?
It is negligent that since the year 2000 until today about 30 attorneys of Mr. Megrahi' s defence team have not considered these determining facts!!!
No bomb-bag from AirMalta KM 180
The alleged bombbag (B-8849) came not from Malta but from Berlin with passenger no. 131, W. Wagenführ, as on-line bag from feederflight PA-643, (Prod. 1089, Police Referenz DW 125; PanAm Telex after offbloc PA-643, 11:26 hour in Berlin:
ZCZC FSA 0207, PTM: PA0643/21> PA103/21--LHRO/0/1 B1).
This bag (Tray B-8849) although an on-line piece of baggage was wrong coded as inter-line bag on counter V3-206 but not x-rayed, because it was actually an online baggage that had been already X-ray checked in Berlin.
This on-line bag (B-8849) wrong coded as inter-line bag got the code S0009+Z13:07. This happened at the same time (13:07 hour) when the inter-line baggage from AirMalta, KM-180, (code S0009+Z13:04-13:10) was coded at the same counter V3-206.
Therefore the wrong acceptance at the court in Kamp van Zeist 2000/2001, that the alleged bombbag (B-8849) was transfered by AirMalta, KM-180 onto PanAm, PA-103/A!!
Day 38, July 21, 200 , trail Kamp van Zeist:
Mr. Gunther Kasteleiner was traffic assistant at the baggage handling central station FAG in Frankfurt. As ex witness no.799 at the trial in Kamp van Zeist, he gave a wrong testimony about the 25 transfer baggages on flight PA-103/A. The question from Q was, how many items inter-line baggage are recorded?--
Kasteleiner, sworn (original): A- Yes. That's 25 different pieces of inter-line baggages. Q- And were some of those items coded in at hall middle? A Yes.- Q And were others coded in V3?- A Yes.
Correct is: 13 pieces of inter-line baggages and 12 pieces of on-line baggages (wrong coded as interline) via the conveyancing system.
Important: The bag, Tray B-8849 from Berlin (flight PA-643) was an on-line bag, wrongly coded as inter-line bag.
Important: for example: A luggage item from air Malta would have been inter-line.
Because of this fatal error, inter-line, instead of correctly
on-line, solely the bag B-8849 could be assigned to AirMalta flight KM-180 !!!
It has been confirmed that the alleged bombbag no. B-8849 which had been coded over the counter V3-206 at 13.07 hour with code S-0009+Z1307, was forwarded on the moving floor (track in the main area HS33+Z1514) and singled out at 15.23 hour (code HS33+Z1514) to F1042/PA-103/A:
Tray: B 8849 F1042 S0009+Z1307--TO--HS33+Z1517--BO44+Z1523 V3
There was no inter-line bomb suitcase (B-8849) coming from Air Malta flight KM-180!
B-8849 was arriving on-line from Berlin /PA-643, W. Wagenführ and was not loaded from Airplane PA-643, direct to Airplane PA-103/A, but via the inter-line counter V3-206.
Further wrong assumption by the BKA
Of totally 136 luggage items loaded on flight, PA-103/A, inclusive of 25 pieces: 13 inter-line bag's (X-rayed) and 12 on-line baggage from Berlin (not X-rayed) and wrongly accepted as inter-line baggage were transfered onto shuttles flight PA-103/A, over the baggage conveyance system at airport Frankfurt.
Important part of the passenger/luggage list, C-140V.
It shows that according to the passenger/baggage list only 3 passengers with each 3 bags were transported on PA-103/A, but additional 3 unaccompanied and unknown inter-line bags from Lufthansa, flight LH-631, from Kuwait; dubious??
MEBO EXAMINATION. Important:
From the 124 passengers at Frankfurt who checked in for flight PA-103/A, only 3 passenger had each 3 luggage items, according to the passenger list C140V.
> Passenger no.143, T. Walker, actually traveled with his 3 luggage items (3M) with the same flight LH-631 from Kuwait to Frankfurt. Around 15:57 hour, at the transit checking counter in Frankfurt airport, Mr. Walker checked in with his 3 luggage items as tray No. B-7056, B-9531, B-11366;
> Passenger no. 99, K. Noonan had 3 luggage items (3 M): tray No. B-3546, B-10773, B-10467. These luggage items were forwarded over the inter-line counter No. 203;
> Passenger no. 152, J. Waido checked in 3 luggage items (3 M) at the Head Checking Counter in Frankfurt: Tray No. B-3593, B-4120, B-11511.
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An expert of the conveyance system in Frankfurt confirmed also MEBO's investigations that 3 pieces of unknown, unaccompanied inter-line baggage with tray numbers B-4809, B-6001, B-7418, had ben loaded at Frankfurt from flight LH-631 (Kuwait) to PanAm 103/A:
Tray:B 4809 F1042 S0074+Z1444--BP--HS33+Z1514--BO44+Z1521 HM
Tray:B 6001 F1042 S0074+Z1445--BP--HS33+Z1515--BO44+Z1522 HM
Tray:B 7418 F1042 S0074+Z1446--BP--HS13+Z1514--BO44+Z1521 HM
Thus it is absolutely clear that three additional inter-line luggage items (B-4809, B-6001, B-7418 coded over the inter-line counter HM-3) from flight LH-631 arriving from Kuwait and then transfered to flight PA-103/A don't belong to passenger no. 143, T. Walker as the BKA supposed falsely! An irresponsible mistake due to the BKA's sloppy investigations.
It is not clear up today whether these three mysterious baggage items were loaded in London-Heathrow on the mainflight, PA-103 to NewYork (JFK). Commissioner Hans Jürgen Fuhl (ex Crown Witness no. 566) from the German Federal Criminal Investigations Bureau (BKA) testified at Camp van Zeist: "in Heathrow documents were destroyed"…
Summary of the original testimony of Commissioner Hans Jürgen Fuhl from BKA (ex Crown Witness 566):
Other organisations who were investigating the bombing in London Heathrow had taken some of the documentation before the BKA could get its hands on it. Fuhl also testified that PanAm had apparently instructed staff at Heathrow to destroy documentation. (Ref. Doc.1 Chapter 13,
page 38)
RESULT: On the feeder flight PA-103/A from Frankfurt to London-Heathrow not one Samsonite suitcase - the alleged bomb suitcase
(B-8849) from AirMalta, flight KM-180 to PanAm flight PA-103/A - was loaded, but 3 unknown and unaccompanied luggage items from Lufthansa, flight LH-631 from Kuwait, items B-4809, B-6001, B-7418.
If the ex Denfence team of Mr. Megrahi, Duff & Taylor, at the trial in Kamp van Zeist and at the first Appeal had clinged to Edwin Bollier' s advice (Bollier's PanAm103 Disertation), the statement that a bomb suit-case with a MST-13 timer from air Malta KM-180 was transferred in Frankfurt on PA-103/A would have been dismissed in favour of Mr. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi' who would be a free man like Mr Fhimah since February 2001 …
Duff & Taylor weren't ready to share with MEBO $ 200 millions, Libya had offered in 2000 in case Libya's innocence would be confirmed at the trial. For these reasons Duff & Taylor put their attention on the PFLP-GC-story what ended in a total disaster and in a blatant miscarriage of justice.
by Edwin and Mahnaz Bollier, MEBO Ltd, Switzerlnd