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| Lockerbie bomber release linked to arms deal, according to secret letter |
| 2013-07-29 |
| An email sent by the then British ambassador in Tripoli details how a prisoner transfer agreement would be signed once Libya "fulfils its promise" to buy an air defence system. The disclosure is embarrassing for members of the then Labour government, which always insisted that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's release was not linked to commercial deals. The email, which contained a briefing on the UK's relations with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, was sent on June 8 2008 by Sir Vincent Fean, the then UK ambassador, to Tony Blair's private office, ahead of a visit soon after he stepped down as prime minister. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #1 All of that shooting and murder; couldn't have been the shiny objects found in the Witwatersrand. Neither Albion or Washington would ever be moved by such motivations. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-07-29 08:12 |