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become an instrument to legitimise certain interests". THE LOCKERBIE BOMBING Many interesting pieces of information have emerged over the months and years since Lockerbie. These include:- « The plane, PanAm Flight 103 would normally have been flying over the ocean at the time of the explosion. It is alleged that the plane detoured to avoid a pressure system, which took it on a new flight path over Scotland. One won- ders, if the explosion had occurred over the ocean - the ter- rorist bomb angle would have only surfaced if a group claimed responsibility for it. * The first doctors on the scene counted one body more than the later official total. The CIA was implicated in removing one body. + Private Eye magazine has allegedly been given evidence from a local fariner who found a suitcase full of drugs in his field after the crash. He has been amazed that he was never called to give evidence at the inquest, despite telling every official he could find. become an instrument to legitimise certain interests". detailed list of names etc which it would make available. THE LOCKERBIE BOMBING + Former CIA Head of Investigation into the bombing, Many interesting pieces of information have emerged over _ Vincent Cannistraro, told the New York Times it was "outra- the months and years since Lockerbie. These include:- geous" to pin the whole thing onto Qadhafi. + The plane, PanAm Flight 103 would normally have been Finally, on the 19th April this year, TIME MAGAZINE ran flying over the ocean at the time of the explosion. It is 2 COver story which basically exonerated the two accused alleged that the plane detoured to avoid a pressure system, Libyannationals, = . ; which took it on a new flight path over Scotland. One won- For those who missed it- a veteran TIME journalist con- ders, if the explosion had occurred over the ocean - the ter- _ Cluded that a Syrian drug dealer with ties to Western intelli- rorist bomb angle would have only surfaced if a group 8°Nce agencies was a the planting of the bomb that claimed responsibility for it. Sc Setar fone Bat ' ‘ + The first doctors on the scene counted one body more Re See) A ee Slates (aes Sa ercemee than the later official total. The CIA was implicated in “dministration (DEA) "sting" operation. T/ME fixes the removing ase body. blame on al-Khassar, who it says was being allowed to ; : : : smuggle drugs into the U.S. in return for his promise to help ; . a mpeeian soe allegedly a — obtain the release of six U.S. hostages held in Beirut. rom a local fariner who found a suitcase full of drugs in his A c : field after the crash. He has been amazed that he was never Fin qpinkly peayie have torgoten the INES downing ¢f A i " : r an Iranian plane containing 290 civilians by the USS called to give evidence at the inquest, despite telling every Vincennes, This is a U.S. warship that blows a civilian official he could find. plane out of the sky, killing 290 people, and then in April + A Scottish Member of Parliament, Tam Dalyell, has 1990, George Bush confers a medal on the ship's captain for charged that the CIA may have created "evidence" to make — going it! Imagine a Libyan warship blowing a U.S. plane Libya take the rap for the bombing. up, killing all on board, and when the warship gets back, * The PLO launched its own secret investigation into the Qadhafi gives the captain a medal for it? Not likely! Lockerbie affair, and came to the conclusion that Libya was With its small population of 3.5 million people, and negli- innocent and not implicated in the bombing. However, the gible military forces, the only threat Muammar al-Qadhafi PLO did declare that it had received information which _ can pose to the west, is as a rallying point for those opposing implicated other middle east parties, and had compiled a —_ the New World Order. If so, look out Libya! NEXUS¢35 JUNE-JULY 1992