The Truth about Lockerbie - MartinFrost.ws

The Truth about Lockerbie - MartinFrost.ws The Truth about Lockerbie - MartinFrost.ws

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What's in this report? A tale of three atrocities Abstract..................................................................................................................................1 A personal message..............................................................................................................3 Megrahi: An innocent incarcerated........................................................................................5 Introduction........................................................................................................................5 Limited evidence................................................................................................................8 The timer chip................................................................................................................8 The Giaka story.............................................................................................................9 Loading the plane..............................................................................................................9 Who did Lockerbie?.............................................................................................................10 Introduction......................................................................................................................10 Why Iran wanted to down a plane...................................................................................10 Why the US had to help...................................................................................................11 How the plot was formed.................................................................................................11 The Swiss agreement..................................................................................................12 Where and when.........................................................................................................12 How Iran and the CIA caused Lockerbie.............................................................................13 The Helsinki Warning.......................................................................................................13 The blame........................................................................................................................14 Deadly cargo to London..................................................................................................14 The Heathrow break-in....................................................................................................14 The first explosion ...........................................................................................................19 The second explosion .....................................................................................................20 The investigation and framing Megrahi...........................................................................22 The Toshiba manual....................................................................................................23 Suitcase? -suitcases!..................................................................................................23 Planting the circuit board.............................................................................................24 Media manipulation.....................................................................................................25 Arranging some trial witnesses...................................................................................26 What next?.......................................................................................................................27 Cast of characters................................................................................................................27 4

A tale of three atrocities Megrahi: An innocent incarcerated Introduction On Wednesday 21 st December 1988, nine months before my brother's death, Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed in a bomb attack and the downed plane fell on Lockerbie, a town of around 4,000 people in the Dumfries and Galloway Region, south-west Scotland. The plane's 243 passengers and 16 members of the crew died in the explosion, along with 11 people from Lockerbie who perished when large sections of the plane fell on the town. It was some time after my brother's death that I started thinking about Lockerbie. I had been absorbed in putting his affairs in order following his spectacularly horrible death. There were so many small things to do. When someone dies suddenly - it's like shutting many drawers left open. I joined the Lockerbie families group within 24 hours of UTA because Jim Swire – a leading light in the 5

What's in this report?<br />

A tale of three atrocities<br />

Abstract..................................................................................................................................1<br />

A personal message..............................................................................................................3<br />

Megrahi: An innocent incarcerated........................................................................................5<br />

Introduction........................................................................................................................5<br />

Limited evidence................................................................................................................8<br />

<strong>The</strong> timer chip................................................................................................................8<br />

<strong>The</strong> Giaka story.............................................................................................................9<br />

Loading the plane..............................................................................................................9<br />

Who did <strong>Lockerbie</strong>?.............................................................................................................10<br />

Introduction......................................................................................................................10<br />

Why Iran wanted to down a plane...................................................................................10<br />

Why the US had to help...................................................................................................11<br />

How the plot was formed.................................................................................................11<br />

<strong>The</strong> Swiss agreement..................................................................................................12<br />

Where and when.........................................................................................................12<br />

How Iran and the CIA caused <strong>Lockerbie</strong>.............................................................................13<br />

<strong>The</strong> Helsinki Warning.......................................................................................................13<br />

<strong>The</strong> blame........................................................................................................................14<br />

Deadly cargo to London..................................................................................................14<br />

<strong>The</strong> Heathrow break-in....................................................................................................14<br />

<strong>The</strong> first explosion ...........................................................................................................19<br />

<strong>The</strong> second explosion .....................................................................................................20<br />

<strong>The</strong> investigation and framing Megrahi...........................................................................22<br />

<strong>The</strong> Toshiba manual....................................................................................................23<br />

Suitcase? -suitcases!..................................................................................................23<br />

Planting the circuit board.............................................................................................24<br />

Media manipulation.....................................................................................................25<br />

Arranging some trial witnesses...................................................................................26<br />

What next?.......................................................................................................................27<br />

Cast of characters................................................................................................................27<br />

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