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A Libyan man has reportedly confessed to taking part in several attacks on Americans, including the infamous Lockerbie bombing that resulted in the deaths of 270 individuals. Abu Agila Mas’ud Kheir al-Marimi, also known as Mas’ud, allegedly made this confession while detained in Libya in 2012. Mas’ud, a 74-year-old former colonel in Libya’s intelligence service, faces charges related to the Lockerbie bombing and is currently in US custody, pleading not guilty to the accusations.
Mas’ud’s lawyers are fighting to prevent his alleged confession from being used as evidence in his upcoming trial in Washington. They argue that the confession was obtained under duress following the 2011 revolution that ousted Colonel Gaddafi. Mas’ud claims he was abducted from his home, taken to a secret prison facility, and coerced into confessing to the Lockerbie bombing and another terrorist attack by masked men.
US prosecutors have contended that Mas’ud’s confession was voluntary, reliable, and accurate, providing evidence of his involvement in major terrorist attacks against Americans. They argue that the confession can be corroborated by reliable independent sources and is crucial to proving Mas’ud’s guilt. A hearing to determine whether the statement should be suppressed from the jury is set to take place before his trial in April.
The alleged confession was not revealed until 2020 when Mas’ud was charged with building and priming the bomb used in the Pan Am 103 attack. According to the FBI, Mas’ud has also admitted to his role in other attacks, including a bombing at a Berlin nightclub and an attempted assassination of a US Secretary of State. The confession, hidden for three years by a Libyan police officer, has now come to light and is at the center of Mas’ud’s legal battle to exclude it from his trial proceedings
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