The Truth about Lockerbie - MartinFrost.ws

A tale of three atrocities
US embassy in Helsinki receives a threat against Pan Am flights
20 th December 1988 23:06 Earliest time of break-in at Heathrow Terminal 3. 23:15-
23:55 is probably the window for the operation. IED is placed of
inner side AVE4041 PA about 2' above ground on side adjacent
AVN7511 PA, by an Iranian, *Sattar the concealer.
21 st December 1988
(See more detailed time line below)
The day Pan Am 103 was destroyed, the IED exploding at
19:02:50, the package bomb 7 seconds later.
13 th January 1989 Fragment of a shirt found at Newcastleton on the Scottish
borders by the Lockerbie investigation
19 th January 1989 Swiss electronics manufacturer, Edwin Bollier, visits the US
embassy in Vienna
20 th January 1989 George H.W. Bush inaugurated as US president
12 th May 1989 A UK forensic scientist examines the shirt fragment
22 nd June 1989 Ulrich Lumpert, steals a circuit board from his employer, Edwin
Bollier's company
June – September 1989? CIA officials plant a circuit board fragment in the shirt fragment
19 th September 1989 UTA Flight 772 destroyed in a Libyan terrorist attack
Autumn 1990 French and US newspaper reports blame Lockerbie on Libya.
14 th December 1990 The Independent blames Libya for the Lockerbie bombing
30 th October 1991 Arrest warrants issued against four Libyans in connection with
the UTA bombing
13 th November 1991 Murder charges for the Lockerbie bombing issued against two
Libyans – Megrahi and Fhimah
18 th November 1991 Lebanon hostages released, including envoy Terry Waite
31 st January 2001 Lockerbie bombing verdict – Megrahi convicted and Fhimah
acquitted
14 th March 2002 Megrahi's first appeal rejected
28 th June 2007 Megrahi's case referred to Edinburgh's Court of Criminal Appeal
18 th July 2008 An electronics expert who testified at Megrahi's trial swears an
affidavit that he gave false evidence
20 th August 2009 Megrahi released from prison on compassionate grounds
Time on 21 December 1988 Event
Just after 23:00, say 23:10, on 20 December 1988 Sattar cuts padlock on security door between T3
landside and airside from landside.
He walks to Interline shed (20 minutes)
23:30±10 He places IED on inner surface of baggage
container AVE4041 PA, the side facing AVN7511
PA, as yet unlabelled as for 1st class and
Frankfurt transfer
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