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| U.S. Demands Libya Admit Pan Am Bombing |
| 2004-02-25 |
| A Bush administration plan to let Americans travel to Libya was thrown off track Tuesday when Muammar Gadhafi’s prime minister said his government had not accepted responsibility for blowing up Pan Am flight 103. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States had demanded retraction of the minister’s remarks, carried in a British Broadcasting Co. radio interview. Wonder if Shokri was doing this for the Arab street? Libya last August acknowledged in a letter to the U.N. Security Council its responsibility for the 1988 bombing of the jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, including 181 Americans. Prime Minister Shokri Ghanem told the BBC that Libya’s government agreed in December to pay $2.7 billion in compensation to the victims’ families to improve relations with the West and to secure the lifting of U.N. sanctions against Libya. Asked in the interview if the payment did not mean Libya had accepted guilt for the bombing, Ghanem replied: "I agree with that, and this is why I say we bought peace." Um, Shokri, remember how defenseless you guys felt last month? "After the sanctions and after the problems we have (been) facing because of the sanctions, the loss of money, we thought that it was easier for us to buy peace and this is why we agreed to compensation," the prime minister said in the interview, which was recorded in Libya. So it’s just blood money? Presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said: "Libya made it very clear in their letter to the U.N. that it ’accepts responsibility for the actions of its officials on that very matter. ... We would expect Libya to make clear that that remains their position." The ’course not, Jesse, just from the Prime Minister. Who’s he, anyway, right? Idjit. Susan Cohen, of Cape May, N.J., whose daughter, Thea, 20, was killed in the bombing, said "The Libyan prime minister’s statement is humiliating to the families because what he says is (that) this money is just a disgusting payoff and that they did not do it. ... This is an example for the Bush administration of what they are going to have if the administration continues the rapprochement with Libya. This is the same regime that blew up Pan Am 103, and they are totally untrustworthy." Say, Susan, could you |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 Two more laps MO... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-25 4:38:52 PM |
| #9 Wasn't Jesse's half-brother caught accepting cash from Libya back in the late 80s? I seem to remember Libya thought it was buying terror attacks, but it may have just been straight-up corruption. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-25 3:15:48 PM |
| #8 Looks like they got the message: Libya on Wednesday reversed its prime minister and confirmed that it was responsible for blowing up Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 and killing 270 people. The statement by the Jamahiriya news agency could put back on track a plan by the Bush administration to let Americans travel to Libya. The statement, which appeared on Libya's web site, said Libya had helped bring two suspects to justice "and accepts responsibility for the actions of its officials." Referring to the prime minister's statement that Libya had not acknowledged responsibility in a letter to the United Nations, the Libyan news agency said "recent statements contradicting or casting doubt on these positions are inaccurate and regrettable." Changed positions faster than Kerry, just as reliable too. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-2-25 2:32:24 PM |
| #7 He is a misery merchant. Keeps his people in misery while extorting money from companies. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-2-25 1:10:51 PM |
| #6 Muammar "the Snake" meet Jesse "the Hustler" "You are like a brother to me" I hope the US gov holds tight on this. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-2-25 12:45:19 PM |
| #5 Coming up next: Rev. Jesse Jackson desperately fights becoming irrelevant... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-25 8:17:46 AM |
| #4 JJ better watch out. The Rev. Sharpton's heading to Haiti to clean up the mess. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-25 7:44:20 AM |
| #3 By the way, that bastard son of his is a congress critter. Looks like sucking off the public teat either runs in the family. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-2-25 7:28:09 AM |
| #2 gromky - I think he's the same one that smeared MLK's blood on his tshirt to insinuate that he held King as he died...oh yeah, he's also extorted money from companies by racial hustling, and yes, had a bastard son via an affair. I think he's supposed to be a religious figure in a church somewhere, but in this instance I think he's got racial snake oil to sell Khaddaffy Duck |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-25 7:06:26 AM |
| #1 Who exactly is this Jesse Jackson fellow? Is he some kind of political officeholder? Wasn't he in the news a few years back for infidelity? I only ask because it's only political officeholders who ever get in the news for infidelity. |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-2-25 5:29:56 AM |