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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] [QUOTE]And we're sorry to have thwarted your little don't-get-mad-get-even scheme[/QUOTE]Now you're just being silly- "get-even-scheme"? If there was any intention of "getting even, it surely would have been a military response to the attack, and not just shock and ourage at the bomber's release years after the fact. You seem to want to compare the US courts with those of Scotland as means of defending the Scottish court's decision- which is far from the norm- as though citing miscarriages of justice from in US has any bearing on this man's release- which it obviously does not. This is (thankfully) a unique case. Seriously though, Lee, I have to ask, how do [i]you[/i] define "Justice"? This man served less than 11 days for each person he murdered. Can you really say [i]that[/i] is justice for the victims? People in both justice systems serve more time just for [i]stealing money.[/i] I've been reading up on this case quite a bit since we began this conversation and it seems only two possible causes for this guy's incarceration are likely: First- he was guilty (in part of a larger operation no doubt) and they convicted [i]him[/i] justly, even while the other particiapnts went free. Or He was just a sap that the Scottish government (which seems unlikely for several reasons, despite VERY shady dealings amongst witnesses). It seems to me that the Lybians (the world's major supporters of terrorism in the 80's and 90's) were indeed responsible and probalby acting on behalf of Iran. Forensic evidence from the crash -A circuit board fragment, found embedded in a piece of charred material, was identified as part of an electronic timer similar to that found on a Libyan intelligence agent who had been arrested 10 months previously, carrying materials for a Semtex bomb. So it's established taht Lybian agents were useing bombs of the same design. and of course, on 16 August 2003 [b]Libya formally admitted responsibility for Pan Am Flight 103 in a letter presented to the president of the United Nations Security Council.[/b] Felicity Barringer of The New York Times said that the letter had "general language that lacked any expression of remorse" for the people killed in the bombing.[58] The letter stated that it "accepted responsibility for the actions of its officials".[59] But it's unclear exactly how the US Attorney General and the Scottish Lord Advocate determined that Al Megrahi in particular should be charged- it's not like they picked his name from the phone book. [QUOTE]The guy was about to win his appeal anyway, unless the specific evidence certain to guarantee that was suppressed - again - by government order. [/QUOTE]Here's where the Scottish courts seems to have some shady goings on- and I in no way think additional evidence would be permitted, based on their past refusal. So either the Scots have willingly supressed evidence that would aquit an innocent man or they (and the US) [i]know[/i] he's guilty and botched the case so badly that a court would throw it out, and so deny an appeal in the cause of justice (though illegal). Add to all this, the emerging details of a possible deal for normalization of relations between Lybia and the UK, and the old "compassionate release" notion does not hold water. Be here next week for my next book (which will be shorter than this post). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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