The Lockerbie Case: Break in transmission

Saturday 19 June 2010

Break in transmission

Because of commitments at Gannaga Lodge, which is a telecommunications-free zone, it is unlikely that I shall be in a position to post on this blog until Wednesday, 23 June.

In the meantime, readers may care to keep a look-out for a letter by Peter Biddulph that will probably be published in tomorrow's edition of The Sunday Times. This is in response to last Sunday's article in that newspaper that contained the statement: "It [Semtex supplied by Libya] was used in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 at Lockerbie, when 270 were killed, for which Libya has paid over £5m to each family."

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Patrick Haseldine20 June, 2010
STRAITENED TIMES

Memo to Peter Biddulph: in future, write your letter to a non-Murdoch newspaper. Then, if it's published, we don't have to pay to view the letter online!
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