The Lockerbie Case

A commentary on the case of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted of the murder of 270 people in the Pan Am 103 disaster.

Friday, 23 October 2026

Lockerbie accused loses bid to have case thrown out for illegal rendition to US

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[What follows is excerpted from a report published yesterday on the BBC News website:] A Libyan man accused of building the bomb that brou...
Monday, 28 September 2026

Lockerbie bombing trial will factor in Ramadan for witness testimony

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[This is the headline over a report published late yesterday on the website of the United Arab Emirates newspaper The National . It reads i...
Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Evidence from victims' relatives "could cause high risk of prejudice"

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[What follows is the text of an Associated Press news agency report published today:] A trial in the US for a former Libyan intelligence o...
Tuesday, 1 September 2026

US ‘confident’ postponed Lockerbie bombing trial will go ahead in new year

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[This is the headline over a PA News Agency report as published tonight on the Enfield Independent website. It reads in part:] US official...
Tuesday, 25 August 2026

US Lockerbie bombing trial postponed days before it was due to start

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[What follows is excerpted from a report published today on the BBC News website:] The trial of a Libyan man over the Lockerbie bombing ha...
Sunday, 23 August 2026

The origin of the Lockerbie bomb

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[This is the headline over a letter from Dr Jim Swire published in today's edition of The Sunday Times of Malta , following an article ...
Wednesday, 19 August 2026

"You proceed at your own peril" judge tells "slippery" prosecutors

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[What follows is excerpted from a report published today on the website of the United Arab Emirates newspaper The National :] The long-awai...
Sunday, 16 August 2026

Senior Maltese figures deny Malta link to Lockerbie bomb

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[What follows is excerpted from a report published in today's edition of The Times of Malta :] A popular Netflix series about the Locke...
Monday, 10 August 2026

US framing Libya to cover up something much darker?

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[What follows is excerpted from an article by Martin Jay entitled Lockerbie: Did the CIA itself take down Pan Am 103? published on his Sub...
Friday, 7 August 2026

Judge allows Lockerbie suspect's alleged confession to be used at US trial

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[This is the headline over a report published today on the BBC News website. It reads in part:] An alleged confession by a suspect in the ...
Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Netflix "The Bombing of Pan Am 103": Incomplete, one-sided portrayal

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[What follows is excerpted from an article by Patrick Huber published today on the Austrian Wings website:] In a six-part miniseries, the...
Thursday, 30 July 2026

Lockerbie trial brings fresh scrutiny of evidence against Libyan suspect

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[This is the headline over an article published yesterday in Libya Review . It reads as follows:] The upcoming US trial of Libyan national ...
Wednesday, 15 July 2026

BBC Scotland revisits Lockerbie bombing

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[What follows is the text of an item published today on The Highland Times website:] One of Scotland’s most enduring and controversial crim...
Wednesday, 6 May 2026

Lockerbie star witness accused of ‘yarns’

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[This is the headline over a report published in today's edition of the Daily Mail . It reads in part:] Lawyers for the Libyan accused ...
Sunday, 5 April 2026

Only truth, not revenge, allows us to heal and forgive

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[This is part of the headline over an article by Dr Jim Swire published in today's edition of Scotland on Sunday . A longer version of ...
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