Sunday, August 23, 2009
Lockerbie bomber: Lord Mandelson faces new questions over Libya links
Politicians are all cut from the same cloth.
Here's the storyline in the U.K....
Here's the storyline in the U.K....
Andrew Alderson, Patrick Hennessy and Colin Freeman report in the U.K. Telegraph:
"The Business Secretary denied that the Government had done a deal to free Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, who was convicted of the 1988 terrorist atrocity that claimed 270 lives. However, his claims were contradicted by Saif Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan leader, in a conversation with Megrahi as the pair flew home from Glasgow.
In a transcript obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Gaddafi tells Megrahi: “You were on the table in all commercial, oil and gas agreements that we supervised in that period. You were on the table in all British interests when it came to Libya, and I personally supervised this matter. Also, during the visits of the previous prime minister, Tony Blair.” "
