Libya rebel leader: I have evidence Gaddafi ordered Lockerbie
March 16, 2011 - 0:0
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the head of the provisional rebel government in Benghazi and Libya’s former justice minister, said he had evidence of Gaddafi's involvement in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie.
""The orders were given by Gaddafi himself,"" he told Rob Crilly.Abel Jalil claimed he had evidence that convicted bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi worked for Gaddafi.
""This evidence is in our hands and we have documents that prove what I have said and we are ready to hand them over to the international criminal court,"" he added.
The allegations emerge as Libya remains in the grip of violence with pro-Gaddafi forces continuing their brutal crackdown on protesters.
Megrahi is the only man ever to have been convicted over the bombing, which killed all 259 passengers and crew on board the New York-bound Boeing 747 and 11 people in Lockerbie in December 1998.
The claims will cause further embarrassment for Labour, after declassified documents disclosed last month that Gordon Brown’s government worked behind the scenes to secure the bomber’s release in exchange for lucrative trade deals with Libya.
(Source: telegraph.co.uk)