tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post577047910195832307..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: Libyan ambassador to Malta speaks on LockerbieRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-19647420355622531082010-11-08T18:57:21.694+00:002010-11-08T18:57:21.694+00:00Ruth yes quite. Air Malta provided documentary ev...Ruth yes quite. Air Malta provided documentary evidence to support the case that the bomb did not travel from Luqa. Sadly the judges at the original trial chose to ignore this.Jo Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536467440869239587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-4629857941318902272010-11-01T14:26:43.954+00:002010-11-01T14:26:43.954+00:00Ruth: Yes, I know. I am meaning in the frameup (if...Ruth: Yes, I know. I am meaning in the frameup (if that is what took place), otherwise the plausible reason I have quoted would not be very plausible.blogistonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10018834341706249710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-87655276453982132622010-10-31T23:53:42.911+00:002010-10-31T23:53:42.911+00:00There's no evidence the bomb was put on in Mal...There's no evidence the bomb was put on in Malta. It's far more likely that Heathrow was the loading point.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07713759926710072249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-27989126428550946612010-10-31T20:03:24.651+00:002010-10-31T20:03:24.651+00:00Interesting... I always wondered why Malta was ...Interesting... I always wondered why Malta was 'chosen' to be the <i>point of ingestion</i>. And the longer article cited gives a plausible reason: <i>"...early warning given by then Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici to Mr Gaddafi on the impending US airstrikes on Tripoli in the mid-1980s..."</i><br />N.B. Wikipedia, <i>"The air strike killed 45 Libyan soldiers and government officials, and 15 civilians. Forewarned by a telephone call from Malta's Prime Minister, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, that unauthorized aircraft were flying over Maltese airspace heading south towards Tripoli, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his family rushed out of their residence in the Bab al Aziziya compound moments before the bombs dropped.</i><br />Kind of payback, it could be seen as.<br />(However, was he actually prime minister in 1986?)blogistonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10018834341706249710noreply@blogger.com