Lockerbie bomber: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi

[hugh]

Well, since you asked so politely I'll tell ya. At least I'll tell you why I'm suspicious. A British film crew was given exclusive access to take pictures of Megrahi in a hospital by the Libyans. Have they suddenly become Western media-friendly? Or are they trying to send out a message? I'll go for the second option. And the message they're trying to send out is that this man is knock-knock-knocking on heaven's door. Yet two days earlier his father said his illness had been exaggerated and that he was getting better by the day. Wasn't that strange? And the photo. You couldn't tell a lot from that. He had an oxygen mask covering his face. Does prostate cancer affect the lungs? He was supposedly semi-conscious. But he had his glasses on. Why? Was he going to read? Don't you think if the man was really that far gone some doctor may want to check his eyes and the glasses could be a hindrance? (not to mention the film crew). Maybe just my suspicious mind, but I think the whole thing was a set-up. And now we're getting bulletins telling us he's close to death.

So why? Well who knows the mind of Gaddafi? Maybe to appease the American critics? Maybe it makes the "compassionate" release look all the more "compassionate", in the hope that Western critics will forget all about the controversy and get on with the business of trade. And would they be bold/ruthless/daft enough to fake a man's death to achieve this? I think they would, and I think they will. Within a fortnight. I'll stake my reputation on it. And we can have a shilling on the side to make it interesting.

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Hugh.I think that your assessment is 100% correct.Not a conspiracy,but the truth.Agree with you on all points.

[blueboyno1]

Megrahi has stated many times that he is not guilty of this crime and before his death he will disclose evidence which will prove that .According to Libya he is ready to expire ,if that is so where is this evidence ,don't you think he is cutting it a bit fine.

[Govangirl]

So why? . . . Maybe it makes the "compassionate" release look all the more "compassionate", in the hope that Western critics will forget all about the controversy and get on with the business of trade.

Exactly that, I reckon.

. . . and I think they will. Within a fortnight. I'll stake my reputation on it. And we can have a shilling on the side to make it interesting.

I'll match that shilling but I'll take a week off your timescale.

[Ship called Dignity]

So why? . . . Maybe it makes the "compassionate" release look all the more "compassionate", in the hope that Western critics will forget all about the controversy and get on with the business of trade.

Exactly that, I reckon.

. . . and I think they will. Within a fortnight. I'll stake my reputation on it. And we can have a shilling on the side to make it interesting.

I'll match that shilling but I'll take a week off your timescale.

Hugh, can't believe you staked your reputation on it. Such a fine one it was too!

Interesting to read today Megrahi has published his appeal on the Internet. Right Hugh, you can regain your and Govangirl's reputation by reading it all and giving us your opinion. By the length of it you'll need another fortnight and surely by then he'll be deid?!

(By the way my post is neither in support or condemnation of the recent verdict just pointing out this website )

http://www.megrahimystory.net/

[hugh]

Hugh, can't believe you staked your reputation on it.

Aye, Ship, don't worry about my reputation. I've already sold my soul and pawned my integrity. And my conscience goes missing for days on end. The shilling's a bigger loss.
I just thought with those announcements Libya was making at the time, they were building up their case? Anyway, Megrahi's new "evidence"? Haven't read any of it, but I'll try and plough through some of it. I have heard, though, that there's not a lot in it and that it's more a case of quibbling with the prosecution's original evidence which seemed, to me at any rate, a bit contrived and leaning too much on the hearsay of one fairly dubious sounding witness. But I would have thought Megrahi's lawyers would have had to come up with something more substantial than picking over old bones? I'll get back to you on that one.

There is one other curious thing that happened in the meantime. The Scottish Parliament had a debate on whether or not Megrahi should have been released. There were lots of interesting questions asked, but I couldn't help wondering why one very pertinent question wasn't aired; shouldn't the debate have been held before Megrahi was released, and not after?

P.S. Govan Girl didn't stake her rep., I think it was just the shilling she went. So you're two shillings up. When you've got seventy shillings you can have a pint.

[four eyes]

all very depressing,but its called real politik and did anyone really think salmon,brown, the political class give a shit about anything,or one but themselves.wake up guys, welcome to the real world.

[blueboyno1]

What is the world coming to ,first this piece of shit is relased then the guy who pulled the strings is invited to the states to rub the relatives of the victims noses in it .Shame ,shame ,shame.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 846737.ece

[bill]

OK his three months is up,let's get him back inside where he belongs.

[blueboyno1]

Accordig to yesterdays newspapers an inquiry into why Mckaskill freed this piece of excrement is ready for publishing and in it he has been condemned for doing so on the say so of one prison doctor when four cancer specialists advised against it .

[Bitter End]

Yesterdays "Taking a Stand " on BBC radio 4 most interesting on this subject ---listen on link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 2_02_2010/

[EMDEE]

I see that al-Megrahi is celebrating his 58th birthday today, seven months after being released, allegedly at death's door. It appears that his birthday is 1st April. Who's the fool here?

[ionnsaigh]

Happy Birthday Ali

[LANDROVER ROGER]

"death's door"Must have pulled him through the wrong way.More is the pity.

[Bitter End]

Has anyone tried listening to the bbc link I posted ? --- which is still working --- featuring somone whose DAUGHTER was "killed " in this atrocity ____ 'cause Ah'm no seein it on here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!