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2011-09-27 Africa North

British prosecutors ask Libyas NTC for Lockerbie help

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Posted by Steve White 2011-09-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If Gaddafi didn't order the bombing then we'd have to assume not only that one of his underlings took the initiative to launch a massive attack on the West that might have (and in a sane world would have) had devastating consequences not only for the Gaddafi regime but also for the Libyan nation and people.

What we'd also have to assume is that Gaddafi would let this 'initiative' that might have spelled his doom go unpunished. That would be even less plausible.

When Gaddafi freed Al-Megrahi he protected an obedient slave. When the Gaddafi clan publicly embraced Al-Megrahi they confessed to the deed.

Lockerbie was an act of war, and if not only the Gaddafi regime but also the successor regime obstructs justified Western retribution then they should suffer the consequences.

Posted by Gleremble Ulinetch9793 2011-09-27 06:45|| 2011-09-27 06:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Reagan and Thatcher let is slide. Arabee murdering and slaughter has been sliding ever since. These two are held in high esteem today, at least as far as politicians go. Oh the irony of history rewritten.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-09-27 09:42|| 2011-09-27 09:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Good luck with that, morons. The time to do something about Lockerbie was in 1988. What's that old expression...a day late and a dollar short?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-09-27 11:51|| 2011-09-27 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, you could still send a few Gurkhas in and ask them to bring back the bit on top, in a bag. I'm sure you'd get LOTS of volunteers.

Posted by Silentbrick - Halliburton Lost Drill Bit Division 2011-09-27 16:30|| 2011-09-27 16:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Reagan and Thatcher let is slide.

The bomb went off December 21 1988. That was less than a month before Reagan's second term would end. That timing was not a coincidence.

Gaddafi was scared of Reagan but he took his chances with GHW Bush, who did let it slide.

If Obama wanted to he could apply the Bin Laden precedent when dealing with persons of interest in Libya.
Logistics should be far simpler, it would beef up his hawkish credentials at home and the NTC would learn a lesson about which lines not to cross when dealing with the West.

Posted by Spats Shoger4460 2011-09-27 21:04|| 2011-09-27 21:04|| Front Page Top