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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 05:11 PM
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Was Oil Part of a Deal for the Lockerbie Bomber?
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By Vivienne Walt Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009

Was it an oil deal? Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi flew home from a Scottish prison on Thursday, freed by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds because doctors say Megrahi's cancer will kill him within three months. But was that the real reason? Could Britain have traded Megrahi in return for lucrative deals with the energy-rich North African nation?
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FarPoint Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 05:18 PM
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1. I sure did get a strong sense
that some pay-off like deal was arranged. It must of been a doozie!
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 05:41 PM
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2. I was thinking it might be a deal with Iran. Scottland is one
of the few friendly countries with Iran, and releasing that prisoner might be an effort to get Iran to release those ladies who are being held in Iran for illegally crossing the border.

No matter what, I think we can be sure there is some deal going on for something.
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OregonBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 06:58 PM
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3. McCain, Lieberman, Graham and Collins were in Libya last week. Not just Britain. U.S. oil contract
too. McCain has been lobbying for normalizing relations with Libya for years in return for their oil. Coincidence, I think not.
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