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Cover-Up of Convenience: The Hidden Scandal of Lockerbie
On December 21 1988, 270 people died when Pan Am 103 was blown out of the sky over Lockerbie. It was the worst-ever act of airline terrorism against the United States. It's also been called the world's biggest unsolved murder. Finally, after 11 years of investigation, political stalemate and legal delays, two Libyan men are facing trial for the Lockerbie bombing. But many observers -including legal and law enforcement officials close to the case -say the trial may not produce a satisfying answer to the question of who bombed Pan Am 103.
Cover Up of Convenience will answer the questions that the autoritis wish to bury. It will show that the bombing was anything but a straightforward act of terrorism perpetrated against civilised, western nations by an evil dictator. The shocking truth is that the Western intelligence services were complicit in the murders. From the moment the plane went down, a supposedly impartial investigation was distorted in order to conceal this dark reality from the victims' relatives and the public.
Cover Up of Convenience will answer the questions that the autoritis wish to bury. It will show that the bombing was anything but a straightforward act of terrorism perpetrated against civilised, western nations by an evil dictator. The shocking truth is that the Western intelligence services were complicit in the murders. From the moment the plane went down, a supposedly impartial investigation was distorted in order to conceal this dark reality from the victims' relatives and the public.
400 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 2001
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John Ashton
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John Ashton (1964- ) is a former journalist and researcher.
In 1993, he began research into the Lockerbie bombing. In 2000, he teamed up with Ian Fergusson with whom he undertook a forensic study of the trial of Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi and Khalifa Fhima at the Scottish court at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands.
Ashton now runs his own copyrighting agency, Write Arm. He lives in Brighton, England with his family.
John Ashton (1964- ) is a former journalist and researcher.
In 1993, he began research into the Lockerbie bombing. In 2000, he teamed up with Ian Fergusson with whom he undertook a forensic study of the trial of Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi and Khalifa Fhima at the Scottish court at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands.
Ashton now runs his own copyrighting agency, Write Arm. He lives in Brighton, England with his family.
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April 12, 2009
Another conspiracy theory that leaves a trail of shit all the way back to Langley, Virginia, in the great U.S. of A.
I can't describe this book as a great read, although the authors have clearly been long and meticulous on the trail of truth. Rather this is a sad and tragic tale of Iranian revenge, for the action of the USS Vincennes, facilitated through Syrian and Palastinian terror groups. Perhaps the full details will remain hidden, as it has these last twenty years. Within hours of Pan Am 103 exploding, CIA agents were on the scene to retrieve suitcases full of heroin and money, and who knows what else from the countryside around Lockerbie. At the end of the book, Ashton and Ferguson list 25 major unanswered questions, most of them can be answered by the spooks in the CIA.
Meanwhile, Libya carries the can and Al-Megrahi remains in the Gaddafi Cafe at Barlinnie Prison, and the families of the 270 who lost their lives in December 88, are also still in limbo.
I can't describe this book as a great read, although the authors have clearly been long and meticulous on the trail of truth. Rather this is a sad and tragic tale of Iranian revenge, for the action of the USS Vincennes, facilitated through Syrian and Palastinian terror groups. Perhaps the full details will remain hidden, as it has these last twenty years. Within hours of Pan Am 103 exploding, CIA agents were on the scene to retrieve suitcases full of heroin and money, and who knows what else from the countryside around Lockerbie. At the end of the book, Ashton and Ferguson list 25 major unanswered questions, most of them can be answered by the spooks in the CIA.
Meanwhile, Libya carries the can and Al-Megrahi remains in the Gaddafi Cafe at Barlinnie Prison, and the families of the 270 who lost their lives in December 88, are also still in limbo.
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