A warm welcome to Caustic Logic's new blog The Lockerbie Divide. This contains a series of articles setting out and commenting on the evidence against Megrahi, as well as providing useful links to primary and secondary sources, including many of the documentary films made about the Lockerbie disaster.
I came across the new blog while doing one of my periodical trawls on Google BlogSearch. Caustic Logic tells me that he would have preferred some more lead-in time before publicising the site. He writes:
"Hey, thanks for yet another plug. I wasn't quite ready to announce the new site at large, but close enough. I was hoping you could include this, or something to this effect, in that post?
"For The Lockerbie Divide, which is about ready to announce to the experts anyway, if not the whole world, I'm hoping for input from others. Opinion/analysis essays as well as, especially, just filling in slots like "London Origin Theory" or "Megrahi's links to Mebo", Megrahi's bank account", or "Origins of the drugs theory". Especially I'd be honored to invite Nennt mich einfach Adam!, Aku, Baz, Ebol, Frank Duggan, Michael Follon, Patrick Haseldine, Richard Marquise, Charles, Quincey Riddle, Rolfe, Ruth, Sfm and others I've run into round here. Those interested in contributing directly or with submissions, can contact me by e-mail at: caustic_logic@yahoo.com
"The site name and surface approach are changeable. So far I'm going for a mountain (divide) theme - learning is climbing. I have specific ideas of "surface material" that viewers will see first/grab onto, but would like input there as well. Heck, just criticism and general ideas are valuable."
MISSION LOCKERBIE:
ReplyDeleteCaustic Logic's new blog is a professional and extensive work, unfortunately with some authoritative errors.
Nevertheless congratulation.
by Edwin and Mahnaz Bollier, MEBO Ltd., Switzerland
Thanks, ebol! It's not all up yet, obviously. Only "date of purchase" is approximately complete, and most points don't even have empty posts to fill just yet.
ReplyDeleteTeam effort, anyone?
I think I was visitor number 25, and I should like to thank Mr Logic for his clear and readable comtribution to Lockerbie studies, and he is in the running for the Dalyellian Chair!
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks, you really shouldn't...
ReplyDeleteno, serious. It's an ambitious project I'm probably not up to and it's 90% incomplete, and got announced a little earlier than I meant. So it almost seems like you guy are making fun of me.
It does have potential though, and room to grow. Anyone have any thoughts for what would make it a great site? Who do we need to be reaching out to, in particular? What's the best evidence? The best font and color scheme to use?
Dear CL,
ReplyDeleteEnough of the modesty. I have just skimmed through it and insofar as I can see, apart from the odd minor spot of polish to punctuation etc (forgive my pedantry), concerns about font and colour scheme are far outweighed by the content and the manner in which you've presented it.
A cracking first shot, well done.
QR.
MISSION LOCKERBIE:
ReplyDeleteQuestion over the MEMORANDUM with the disputed date 15.September 1989, of Feraday at Chief Inspector William Williamson:
Feraday (RARDE) was interested in recovering of any items of printed circuit boards. it was a general instruction in the Dextar store for looking of printed circuit boards and electronic items!
"In January 1989 some fragmented and charred material was recovered by the AAIB personnel from a metallic side panel of the primary baggage container (AVE 4041 PA) where it had been rammed into the convoluted sheet metal as a result of the explosion. This material was allocated the production number AG/145 -- as referred to in section 6.2.1 below -- and delivered to the RARDE laboratory on the 17th of January 1989".
Detail: >>>
(On the 17th of January 1989, Mr. Thomas Claiden (witness no. 317) allegedly found a piece of printed circuit board, (AG/145, label 23) in the plate of container AVE 4041; handed over at RARDE.)
A visit was made from Feraday to the Bundeskriminalmt (BKA)
laboratories at Weisbaden, West Germany, between the
23rd and 25th of January 1989 to compare the Lockerbie
circuit board fragments (AG/145) with the Toshiba radio/cassette device recovered in Germany.
A detailed comparison of the items established that the Lockerbie fragments definitely did not originate from the same model of radio/cassette player as that recovered in Germany.
A visit was made from Feraday to the Toshiba UK headquarters at Camberley, Surrey, on the 2nd of February 1989, in an attempt to identify the Lockerbie fragments.
+++ Q-- I see. So did that lead you (Feraday) to think that the fragment AG/145 might have been manufactured by Toshiba? A-- It did indeed, sir, yes. +++
Feraday say on the Court at Kamp van Zeist: "After a search of different data sheets, the particular small diamond-shaped tracking pattern noted upon one of the Lockerbie circuit board fragments was tentatively identified as originating from a Toshiba brand portable radio/cassette player, model number RT-8016."
"A detailed examination of an unserviceable RT-8016 radio provided by the Toshiba Company that same day, the 2nd of February 1989, confirmed this similarity.
Subsequently a visit was made to the headquarters of the Toshiba company in Japan, between 23rd of April 1989 and the 1st of May 1989".
For Feraday and Dr. Hayes thus at the beginning of of May 1989 was that a fragment radio/recorder mark Toshiba (RT-8016) was found.
Doubtful why Feraday the knowledge over this "sensational" Find of the Toshiba Circuit board AG/145, had not emergency conveyed with a memorandum to the boss Inspector William Williamson
Would be logical, should both finds of the truth correspond, that the Toshiba fragment AG/145 already assigned and the unknown MST-13 timer fragment PT/35, in the MEMORANDUM with the disputed date from 15th September 1989, would have to be listed of Feraday to Williamson!
MEBO say the MEMORANDUM no. 333, which together with the overwritten police Label DP/137 with original date 10th September 1990, was rebooked on the date 15th September 1989 ! FRAUD...
Important: With the series of Toshiba radio recorder RT-8016-RT/SF16, which company Toshiba was supplied to Libya was the legends 'L106' and '0101' on the PC board (electrical part location), opposite which the fragment AG/145 marks, horizontal.
The fragment AG/145, was different marked ! The legend 'L106' was likewise horizontal marked; but the legend '0101' was vertically positioned !!! but hello...
by Edwin and Mahnaz Bollier, MEBO Ltd., Switzerland
I echo QR's comments. Though, if "The Lockerbie Divide" is only 10% complete, CL still has a lot of work to do!
ReplyDeleteTo assist with completing the "London Origin Theory" section, I've just sent CL this e-mail:
"In my letter to The Guardian of 7 December 1989 headed "Finger of suspicion", I referred to an article of 9 November 1989 by David Pallister, who must be one of the first journalists to have postulated the "London Origin Theory".
"It seems obvious to me that an IED with a barometric trigger - such as Marwan Khreesat's device - must have been ingested at Heathrow, otherwise it would have detonated 35 minutes after take-off from Luqa or from Frankfurt.
"The apartheid regime, having been subcontracted by the CIA the task of sabotaging an American aircraft, then selected the flight - Pan Am 103; the date - 21 December 1988; and the target - UN Commissioner for Namibia, Bernt Carlsson.
Which I like to call the "South Africa Luggage Swap Theory".
Would you, Caustic Logic, care to test-drive it?
PS. I reckon South Africa's Civil Cooperation Bureau cut the padlock at Heathrow's security gate on 20/21 December 1988, to make it look like a break-in (rather than what it actually was: an inside job by SAA operatives).
Thanks, Patrick, I always knew you'd be there with contributions. I will certainly have to touch on your theory at some point and you've well-prepared me for that. Any info in your links will get used too. London-Origin is a point that really needs explained to people.
ReplyDeleteAnd ebol, great! Dates, numbers, the word fraud, etc. This will also go in my large and sloppy reference files and might get used.
Mr. QR, you're awesome. Again, thanks everyone for being so nice and helpful. And now that I'm awake enough again, it's back to work. :)
Had a short look at it. Terrific work on collecting and organizing the material.
ReplyDeleteWill be back frequently! :-)
Excellent, CL - Good luck!
ReplyDeleteNo question from a design viewpoint that text on a white background is easier on the eyes and a friendlier read than white out of black, (but since mine are colourblind I can't comment further).
Fonts look just fine.
Suggestion: Has anyone yet attempted a full timeline as per Paul Thompson's exhaustive and ever-growing "Complete 911 Timeline":
"The Complete Lockerbie Timeline" - anybody?
That would be something.
sfm, gala, thank you for checking it out! On the layout ... hmmm. True, black-on-white is more normal, and professional, but it's philosophical/metaphorical how the light comes from words of truth on a dark background of ignorance! I'll try it the other way now.
ReplyDeleteCL, I meant to mention that to you too. I can hardly read your text.
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