Confirmed! Lockerbie Bomber's Release Was a Deal

Revealed by Authoritative British Newspaper

By Franklin Sone Bayen

Now it's not the trouble-making son of international nuissance, Muamar Kaddaffi who's bad-mouthing the UK for hypocritically releasing a convicted bomber purportedly on "compassionate grounds" because he is "terminal ill with prostate cancer". An authoritative British newspaper has found that the "Lockerbie Bomber's" release was nothing but a deal to secure lucrative UK oil and gas exploitation interests with Lybia. Jack Straw, the man who OKed the deal has been explaining, not refuting the deal took place, the Sunday Times (London) has reported.

The paper quoted leaked letters by UK Justice Secretary (senior minister) Jack Straw to the Scottish Justice minister, revealing that Straw consented to the release of the "Lockerbie Bomber", Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi for reasons contained in this extensive quote from The Sunday Times website (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6814939.ece):


"Two letters dated five months apart show that Straw initially intended to exclude Megrahi from a prisoner transfer agreement with Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, under which British and Libyan prisoners could serve out their sentences in their home country.

In a letter dated July 26, 2007, Straw said he favoured an option to leave out Megrahi by stipulating that any prisoners convicted before a specified date would not be considered for transfer.

Downing Street had also said Megrahi would not be included under the agreement.

Straw then switched his position as Libya used its deal with BP as a bargaining chip to insist the Lockerbie bomber was included.

The exploration deal for oil and gas, potentially worth up to £15 billion, was announced in May 2007. Six months later the agreement was still waiting to be ratified.

On December 19, 2007, Straw wrote to [Kenny] MacAskill [Justice Minister of Scotland] announcing that the UK government was abandoning its attempt to exclude Megrahi from the prisoner transfer agreement, citing the national interest.

In a letter leaked by a Whitehall [UK government] source, [Straw] wrote: “I had previously accepted the importance of the al-Megrahi issue to Scotland and said I would try to get an exclusion for him on the face of the agreement. I have not been able to secure an explicit exclusion.

“The wider negotiations with the Libyans are reaching a critical stage and, in view of the overwhelming interests for the United Kingdom, I have agreed that in this instance the [prisoner transfer agreement] should be in the standard form and not mention any individual.”

Within six weeks of the government climbdown, Libya had ratified the BP deal. The prisoner transfer agreement was finalised in May this year, leading to Libya formally applying for Megrahi to be transferred to its custody."

Under the United Kingdom governing system, Scotland, which is part of the UK, enjoys autonomy over most aspects of justice, yet the release of such a high profile prisoner, involving UK sovereignty and security interests, required London's okay, which Straw tactfully granted.

Jack Straw, previously UK Foreign Secretary, was pivotal in making a case for war against Iraq in 2003. Like Colllin Powell, then US Secretary of State, Straw held brief for the UK in making outrageous claims before the UN Security Council to convince the world that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. Powell has since expressed remorse for the shameful deed.