Man convicted of Lockerbie bombing released

Max2147 · 08-20-09, 05:07 PM

I'm surprised there hasn't been a thread about this yet. Despite strenuous American objections, Scotland released Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi from prison, as he is terminally ill with cancer. Meraghi was the only man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, which killed 270 people on the plane and on the ground.

If Meraghi is indeed the man behind the crime, then this is quite the outrage. But I personally think that the Scottish authorities are releasing an innocent man who suffered one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in a democracy in recent times.

I'm normally not a fan of conspiracy theories, and I'm not one of those people who thinks that the CIA brought down Pan Am 103 or that they let the attack happen. I agree with the general premise that the Lockerbie bombing was an attack by foreign terrorists against the US and the UK, but I don't think that Meraghi had anything to do with it.

The case against him was stunningly weak, even if you accept that all the witnesses were perfectly honest and reliable. Since the trial, it has emerged that most of the prosecution's key witnesses were unreliable, being paid by the US government, or outright lying. It's a crime that this man has been in jail for so long.

08-20-09, 05:07 PM	#1
Max2147 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 714 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Man convicted of Lockerbie bombing released I'm surprised there hasn't been a thread about this yet. Despite strenuous American objections, Scotland released Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi from prison, as he is terminally ill with cancer. Meraghi was the only man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, which killed 270 people on the plane and on the ground. If Meraghi is indeed the man behind the crime, then this is quite the outrage. But I personally think that the Scottish authorities are releasing an innocent man who suffered one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in a democracy in recent times. I'm normally not a fan of conspiracy theories, and I'm not one of those people who thinks that the CIA brought down Pan Am 103 or that they let the attack happen. I agree with the general premise that the Lockerbie bombing was an attack by foreign terrorists against the US and the UK, but I don't think that Meraghi had anything to do with it. The case against him was stunningly weak, even if you accept that all the witnesses were perfectly honest and reliable. Since the trial, it has emerged that most of the prosecution's key witnesses were unreliable, being paid by the US government, or outright lying. It's a crime that this man has been in jail for so long.