BBC Scotland’s home affairs correspondent, David Cowan, reported that Scottish detectives are currently analyzing what appears to be the first written proof from within Libya’s intelligence service confirming their involvement in the Lockerbie bombing 36 years ago. The newly exposed documents are believed to provide additional evidence implicating Colonel Gaddafi’s Jamahiriya Security Organisation (JSO) in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, resulting in the deaths of 270 individuals.
The authenticity of these documents is seen as potential “dynamite” by a former FBI agent, as it could have significant implications for the ongoing trial of Abu Agila Mas’id Kheir Al-Marimi, also known as Masud, who is accused of constructing the bomb. The publication of these files in a book titled, “The Murderer Who Must Be Saved,” authored by French investigative journalists Karl Laske and Vincent Nouzille and Libyan activist Samir Shegwara, sheds light on the preparations behind the attacks on the two passenger planes, including Pan Am Flight 103 and French airliner UTA 772.
A copy of one of the Libyan documents, described as “Experiments on the use of the suitcase and testing its effectiveness,” was seen by the BBC. The manuscript, dated October 4, 1988, details various experiments conducted by the agency to test the power and effectiveness of the bomb inside a suitcase. If proven authentic, these papers could potentially challenge the conviction of Abdelbasset al-Megrahi and prompt a reassessment of the role played by his co-accused, Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah. The authors of the book assert that disclosing these documents was motivated by the pursuit of truth, history, and justice.
Former FBI special agent Richard Marquise expressed optimism about leveraging the newly revealed documents to secure convictions in the long-standing Lockerbie case. The FBI and the US Department of Justice are collaborating with the Crown Office and Police Scotland to authenticate and potentially utilize the information in legal proceedings. While Masud, Mas’id Kheir Al-Marimi, has pleaded not guilty to the charges in Washington, there is hope that these documents could lead to further convictions and a reexamination of the case
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