Lockerbie Bomber Betrayal

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But all this made no impression on Abdel-Jalil, who upheld the decision to have the six innocent victims shot by firing squad in 2004. The fact the Palestinian doctor was probably standing in front of him with a damaged eye and a crippled hand, souvenirs of Gaddafi’s dungeons, apparently caused him no pangs of conscience. With Seif al-Gaddafi’s admission, however, it is obvious that Libyans like Abdel-Jalil knew of the nurses’ innocence all along.

Like with the Lockerbie bomber, the nurses’ release was linked to business deals. Only days after his first wife escorted the nurses back to Bulgaria, French President Nicolas Sarkozy shamefully hastened to Libya to arrange the sale of a nuclear reactor and weapons to Gaddafi. Both scandalous incidents were simply cases of dollars for dishonor.

But America is not the only country interested in a wanted fugitive in Libya. The Sudan Tribune, citing a local newspaper, reports that Sudan’s intelligence chief visited Libya last week to speak with the NTC. Sudan is apparently interested in Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of the resistance groups in Darfur fighting the central government’s genocide there. Ibrahim has been “confined” at a Libyan military base since 2009.

Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, who, like Gaddafi, is also wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has been supporting the NTC in the Libyan conflict and probably views Ibrahim’s extradition as a reward for that support. It will now be interesting to see whether the JEM leader will be handed over to the Sudanese after the NTC had refused to do so with al-Megrahi.

The reasons behind the NTC’s initial announcement not to grant the American senators’ request and extradite the Lockerbie bomber may concern Libyan internal politics. The rebel council may have wanted to come to an agreement with al-Megrahi’s tribe, Gaddafi’s strongest ally in the conflict. Or it may have been worried about a violent reaction from the anti-Western Islamists in its ranks.

It is also unknown whether anyone in the rebel leadership, which most likely contains unsavoury types and thugs like al-Megrahi, is a personal friend of the Lockerbie bomber and may wish to protect him. Moreover, al-Megrahi may have information he could reveal to the Americans about Libya’s new leaders they would not want anyone to know.

Whatever the reason, as the danger from Gaddafi recedes, America’s frustrations with a NTC under Abdel-Jalil will probably increase. The NTC’s confidence in initially turning down the American request probably rests on its knowledge that Libya contains the largest oil reserves in Africa, and foreign governments are now trying to curry its favour to make exploration deals and sign rebuilding contracts. Strikingly similar behavior to the old regime the NTC is replacing.

As for Abdel-Jalil, the NTC’s refusal to extradite al-Megrahi indicates he still possesses the same lack of a sense of justice and personal qualities he demonstrated in the Bulgarian nurses’ case. Willingness to address America’s concerns and gratefulness for American assistance in defeating Gaddafi seem to have evaporated like water in the desert, even before the guns have gone silent. This does not bode well for Libya’s future and for American relations with its new government.

As for al-Megrahi, the Obama administration says it is still the NTC’s decision whether to extradite the mass murderer, but it would like the rebel council to decide as soon as possible.

“We asked the (NTC) to, as soon as it can, take a hard look at what it thinks ought to happen with Mr. Megrahi and it has committed to that,” said a State Department spokeswoman.

The NTC, softening its line, said on Monday the Lockerbie Bomber’s fate will be left up to Libya’s new government after elections are held. It called its initial, hard-line position “…a misinterpretation of a statement by Mr. Alagi.” With the decision’s postponement until then, it is obvious the NTC is playing for time, hoping al-Megrahi will die, thus solving an embarrassing diplomatic problem.

But while this may bring closure for Libya’s new government, for many of al-Megrahi’s victims’ families, both in America and elsewhere, the open wounds of his evil deed will always remain.

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  • aspacia

    Only a few of our representatives realize that we are dealing with Muslim liars.

    • mlcblog

      Realize or have the grit to act accordingly.

      • aspacia

        Many, similar to many of my coworkers have zero idea, and poo poo any arguments as fear mongering. I really do mean these educated idiots live in a land of their making.

  • StephenD

    Why would there even be a question? We shouldn't ask. We should TELL the NTC to hand him over or the money stays frozen. Money still talks…even with these backward leaning folks.

  • Fred Dawes

    The guy was working for the Globalists and imperisalism islamic guys

  • mlcblog

    Money? just how? Not clear what you are suggesting. Bribe people?

    • StephenD

      Before we "release" the frozen assets of Qadaffy Duck we have our demands met. OR tell them to pound sand. THAT money.

  • http://wwwtwosetsofbooks.blogspot.com/ patti

    The deep game of the Hard Left…. DOCLEAK: Bloomberg's lie about Faith Leaders and 9/11: Inte… http://wwwtwosetsofbooks.blogspot.com/2011/08/blo

  • Debanjan Banerjee

    The US senators have lost all legtimacy when they decided to support Netanyahu instead of their own elected leader.

    The NTC does not need the American senators telling them what to do , if these American senators bark more the NTC can just make a phone call to the office of ExxonMobile telling them that no more oil will be sold to them and China will get the oil and these barking senators will stop barking.

    • nina

      A new cretin is letting hie antisemitic feelings out in this forum. What has Netaniahu to do with the present discussion about the Lockerby bomber. Only his dark soul would know.

  • Ghostwriter

    Al-Megrahi deserves to rot in jail. He doesn't deserve one minute of freedom.

  • Fred Dawes

    who really cares about some guy who will be dead in 4 weeks, we got to get our act in order the system boys are about to cut our heads off, just open your eyes and look at what is happening around you. If you see nothing may God help you.

  • jasonz

    geee arabs lied.,..nooooooo…i thought sand monkeys would be soooo honest after we spent so much time helping them…boy is my face red…he i got it. why dont we do something intewlligent which is, bomb them all…kill them all…take all their stuff and oil grab the lokerbie bomber, cut him into 51 small pieces (1 for each state and then 1 for puerto rico) and then get rid of the rest of the mussie subhuman filth and then live in peace, cuz this multicultural kumbaya crap is not working

  • Bigred

    I see another job for Seal Team 6. Bring the body back to Syracuse University and let the family members line and piss on his dead body.

  • http://follonblogs.blogspot.com/ Michael Follon

    "Just remember, especially in politics, that people who make statements as fact without knowing what they are talking about are just opening their mouth and letting their belly rumble."

    It's easy to hide behind the anonymity of a pseudonym. I suggest that you do some genuine research on the subject of the Lockerbie bombing. Here are a couple of links – http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/why-is-it-t… and http://www.podjockey.com/lionelmedia/2011/08/25/l…. Noone "concluded that the bomber would die within 3 months". The 3 month period was an estimate NOT a definitive statement as to life expectancy.

    You've obviously had your head stuck where the sun don't shine for so long that you can't tell the difference between fact and fiction.

    Michael Follon

  • http://follonblogs.blogspot.com/ Michael Follon

    There have been many liars about the whole matter of the Lockerbie bombing such as Ulrich Lumpert, a former employee of MEBO, who voluntarily gave an affidavit that he had committed perjury at the Camp Zeist trial or Tony Gauci, the Maltese shopkeeper, who identified Megrahi from a magazine photograph which he was shown 6 days before the trial but when under oath stated that he could not identify Megrahi as being the person to whom he sold the clothes which the bomb was wrapped in. My own nomination to the long list of liars about the Lockerbie bombing is the current Director of the FBI – Robert Swan Mueller III.

    Michael Follon

  • aspacia

    Oh, you mean that many lie similar to many U.S.citizens? Remember, I have numerous UK relatives.

    Most of our politicos and liberals are liars as well.

  • http://www.boycottscotland.com Infidel 4 Ever

    Michael Follon, you live in a place where the sun don't shine.

    The uk/scotland are BACKSTABBERS and their arrogance and insatiable greed for money has turned a once great nation into a perfidious cesspool of appeasers and socialists.

    This isn't over by a long shot.

  • http://www.boycottscotland.com Infidel 4 Ever

    MIchael Foolon, a pseudonym like "sodahead" or "podjockey"?

    How abou the uk keeping the bomber of Pan Am 103 to serve his full sentence.

    Again, Americans should treak the Socialist uk/scottits as Americans treat Socialist venezuela.

    This matter isn't going away Foolon.

  • http://www.boycottscotland.com Infidel 4 Ever

    Michale Foolon, If you can demonstrate the the FBI director was aware and approved of the "compassionate" relase of the bomber of Pan Am 103, I suggest you take a jump in Loc Ness.