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Abdel Baset al-Megrahi

British lawyer Aamer Anwar (C) arrives with members of his team to take part on the opening day of a posthumous appeal against the conviction of Libyan Abdelbaset Mohmet al-Megrahi for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie. (Andy Buchanan / AFP)
November 26, 2020, 4:10 pm
Evidence against Lockerbie bomber ‘virtually of no value,’ lawyer tells court
Posthumous defense team claims key testimony linking Libyan found guilty of 1988 attack that killed 270 was collected in a ‘highly prejudicial’ way that led to false identification
By AFP
Hours after the event, policemen stand near the wreckage of the 747 Pan Am airliner that exploded and crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988. (Roy Letkey/AFP)
November 26, 2020, 12:12 pm
Who made the bomb? The full truth about Lockerbie is still not being told
As relatives of the 1 man convicted for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 try to posthumously clear him, potentially crucial evidence of a Palestinian terrorist’s role is again withheld
By David Horovitz
Hours after the event, policemen stand near the wreckage of the 747 Pan Am airliner that exploded and crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988. (Roy Letkey/AFP)
November 24, 2020, 6:07 pm
Appeal to posthumously clear Lockerbie bomber begins in Scotland
Family of Libyan found guilty of 1988 attack that killed 270 believes sealed documents thought to implicate Jordanian intel agent in the PFLP-GC are key to overturning conviction
By STUART GRAHAM
Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 in a field in Lockerbie, Scotland, December 22, 1988. (photo credit: AP)
March 12, 2020, 10:12 am
Family of man convicted of Lockerbie bombing can appeal
Lawyer says Iran to blame for bombing; Tehran denies it sent Syria-based Palestinian terrorists to carry out the attack to avenge US downing of Iranian airliner
By AFP
Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 in a field in Lockerbie, Scotland, December 22, 1988. (photo credit: AP)
April 24, 2017, 2:10 pm
Lockerbie bomber’s family launches new bid to clear his name
Scottish court to receive dossier of evidence, set to rule on possibility of posthumous appeal for Abdel Baset al-Megrahi
By AP
Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 in a field in Lockerbie, Scotland, December 22, 1988. (photo credit: AP)
March 19, 2014, 3:54 pm
‘Bomb-maker’ brags about El Al blast, posts Lockerbie photos
Marwan Khreesat, tied to PFLP-GC airplane bombings in 1970s, was arrested just before Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up in 1988. Now he’s promising explanations
By ToI Staff
Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 in a field in Lockerbie, Scotland, December 22, 1988. (photo credit: AP)
March 13, 2014, 11:26 pm
Iran blames ‘Zionists’ for new evidence it ordered Lockerbie blast
Tehran slams al-Jazeera for documentary in which defector fingers Khomeini for Pan Am bombing which killed 270 people
By ToI Staff
Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 in a field in Lockerbie, Scotland, December 22, 1988. (photo credit: AP)
March 11, 2014, 2:20 pm
Lockerbie: The case against Iran
Op-ed: The same defector who credibly implicated Tehran in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires has now charged Iran with responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie blast. A new investigation is urgently needed
By David Horovitz
Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 in a field in Lockerbie, Scotland, December 22, 1988. (photo credit: AP)
March 11, 2014, 3:09 am
‘Lockerbie bombing was the work of Iran, not Libya’
In new documentary, former Iranian spy says Khomeini ordered the attack in retaliation for accidental US strike on Iranian plane
By ToI Staff
A police officer walks by the nose of Pan Am flight 103 in a field near the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988 (AP/Martin Cleaver)
December 21, 2013, 12:47 pm
Memorial planned for victims of Lockerbie bombing
US Attorney General Eric Holder and other officials expected to speak at ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
By AP
Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 in a field in Lockerbie, Scotland, December 22, 1988. (photo credit: AP)
December 19, 2013, 3:37 pm
‘Palestinian group carried out Lockerbie bombing’
Gaddafi may have commissioned attack that killed 270 people 25 years ago, ex-Israeli security official tells Times of Israel, but Ahmed Jibril’s PFLP-GC carried it out
By David Horovitz
May 20, 2012, 7:12 pm
Lockerbie – a terrible story still not fully told
The death on Sunday of the only man ever convicted for the 1988 bombing emphatically does not mark the end of the Lockerbie affair
By David Horovitz
A police officer walks by the nose of Pan Am flight 103 in a field near the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988 (AP/Martin Cleaver)
May 20, 2012, 5:11 pm
Terrorist behind Lockerbie bombing dies
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi reported dead nearly three years after he was released from Scottish prison
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