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Africa: North
Govt did not cause Lockerbie: Libyan Minister
2003-08-17
Libya's Foreign Ministry says the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was a tragedy but was not caused by the Libyan Government.
"Nope. Nope. Wudn't us."
Yesterday, Libya accepted responsibility for what it calls "the actions of its officials" in the bombing of the Pan Am jumbo jet over Lockerbie in Scotland, which killed 270 people. That clears the way for compensation to families of the victims and the lifting of United Nations sanctions imposed on Libya after the bombing. But Libya's Foreign Minister, Abdul Al Rahman Shalgam, says it is not true the Libyan Government was behind the attack. He says the Government wants to cooperate with the US to find out the truth. "It's a tragedy," he said. "No-one cannot express his sympathy with such families. We want to go together to discover the reality of that story, who was behind that tragedy. We will discover him because it's [for] the benefit of Libyans and the families of the victims."
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#6   IMHO,France blocked Lockerbie deal:1/10 greed,1/10 remind world France important,1/10 top French leadership hatred/contempt for Bush Administration,2/10 retaliation for US actions against France(Paris Air No-Show,no tourists,etc.),and 5/10 hard elbow to England's ribs to let England know if Eng. wants to be part of Europe she has to deal with France.
Posted by: Stephen   2003-8-17 4:26:02 PM  

#5   I think the world has to finally see France for what it actually is. Pathetic. France in the last ten years has really gone off the deep end.
Between their opposition of bombing Serbia, their reluctance to go into Kosovo, their active anti-US activities pre-during-post war Iraq, their attempt to dominate the EU politically and this latest fiasco, the only thing that is truly unbelievable is that they're too blind/stupid to see it. It's like they've developed Alzheimers (sp) or something. (No offense intended to those that do suffer from this disease. I should never compare someone (even my enemies) to the French. Going even "too low" has a limits.
Posted by: Paul   2003-8-17 11:51:13 AM  

#4  Raphael:

All icebergs belong US
Posted by: Shipman   2003-8-17 10:37:53 AM  

#3  It's not that we had anything to do with it, but we're just coughing up a couple of billion just because we feel bad about it.
Posted by: tu301   2003-8-17 10:25:15 AM  

#2  Old EUrope will do most anything to stick it to Americans. It's just the tip of the iceberg.
Posted by: Raphael   2003-8-17 7:08:13 AM  

#1  the most disgusting thing about this saga was the libyans were finally about to pay reparations to the families of the victims when FRANCE started blocking proceedings!

Don't ask for any help from MY country when dealing with your heat wave!
Posted by: Anon1   2003-8-17 5:42:43 AM  

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