tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post9163853262230833239..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: US lawmakers urge new moves against Lockerbie bomberRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-20607218821885524982011-08-25T12:53:05.395+01:002011-08-25T12:53:05.395+01:00Does the United States have the right to extradit...<i>Does the United States have the right to extradite the convicted Lockerbie bomber?</i><br /><br />This was the title of Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show yesterday (first 34 minutes on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013dtfc" rel="nofollow">listen again link</a>).<br /><br />In the discussion, both author John Ashton and American broadcaster Charlie Wolf made good points, Ashton mentioning revenge for IranAir Flight 655 being shot down in the Persian Gulf by the US Navy as the most likely motive for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.<br /><br />People who phoned in agreed that Iran and not Libya was responsible for the Lockerbie bombing, and that Megrahi should never have been convicted in the first place.<br /><br />I have written extensively on Lockerbie over the past 22 years and have come to the conclusion that Iran and apartheid South Africa were jointly responsible (see <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2031228&l=78adbc28db&id=1059719984" rel="nofollow">Ayatollah's Vengeance Exacted by Botha's Regime</a>).Patrick Haseldinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10133417620510887039noreply@blogger.com