Obama's Secret Libya Deal (to get Lockerbie Bomber Suspect!-Truly Impressive-if true)

U.S. President Barack Obama has clinched a secret deal with opposition leaders in Libya regarding the extradition to the United States of the longest-surviving organizer of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, former Libyan secret agent Abdelbaset Al-Migrahi. He was sentenced to life in Britain but was later allowed to return to Libya.

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According to the UK media, the essence of the deal is as follows: after the Libyan rebels occupy Tripoli, they are to seize Al-Megrahi and hand him over to the U.S. forces. He will then be deported to a neutral Arab country and from there to the United States to stand trial. During a pre-trial investigation, Al-Megrahi will hopefully uncover proof of Muammar Gaddafi’s personal involvement in the Lockerbie case.

"A man can’t be punished twice for one and the same crime. This is a downright violation of international law. Speaking about the Lockerbie case, it was closed after West European leaders, including the Italian prime minister, the French president and many others, met with Gaddafi.

President Barack Obama has reportedly informed the Libyan rebels that al-Migrahi’s extradition is the main condition for further U.S. support of the Libyan opposition. British media quote senior U.S. intelligence sources as saying that Al-Megrahi did not fall into a cancer-induced coma, as many would have expected him to, but is living in his own house in Tripoli with his wife and four children.

Source: english.ruvr.ru...

Side note/info:
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Abdel Basset al-Megrahi (top L) is escorted by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, 20 Aug 2009

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi received a warm welcome from flag waving Libyan supporters as he stepped off the plane Thursday in Tripoli, after his release from custody in Scotland on compassionate grounds. Such an option exists under Scottish law, and Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill, announcing Megrahi's release Thursday, said the convicted bomber and former Libyan intelligence officer is near death from prostate cancer.

Source: aspspider.org...

Well. IF this is true, I say HAT's OFF to the POTUS and/or whoever in his admin that made this happen.

This bastard needs to be dealt with accordingly. He is the one who violate the release--bases solely on false medicals.

The Brits and BP are up to their eyebrows in this one. I guess that is why they are tagging along.... (BP meaning the EUROS).

Well, lets see if this comes true. It would be a feather in Obama's cap-as far as I am concerned.

Remember, the victims.....
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reply to post by anon72


Your remark is quite hypocritical. It's one rule for the US it would appear but you expect everyone else to "Play By The Book" Would like to see your comments on this:-

www.nytimes.com...

The Brits let him out of prison on humanitarian grounds; I don't see killing civillians in military strikes "a feather in any ones cap", Afghanistan; Libya, wherever.
You're clearly reaching for some"good" out of this foreign policy "abortion"that is "Libya".Keep on drinkin the kool aid though; I'm sure you'll find something good"your guy" did...

reply to post by 46ACE


The Brits should have released him with a bullet hole in the skull illness. That would have made sure... but now..

Lets see what is shaking with Mr. Terrorist:

Dying Lockerbie bomber 'could survive for 10 years or more'

The Lockerbie bomber could survive for 10 years or longer, according to a cancer specialist who last year said he would be dead within three months of his release.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk...

As a Scotsman,i was highly uncomfortable with the release of this man in the first place!
If they do manage to get hands on him,then so be it!

This doesn't explain though why Obama is violating the War Powers Act by refusing to get Congress' approval for his private little war against Libya. And for those who say it isn't a war, please read this.

AFRICOM: AF, Navy still flying Libya missions

Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration’s claim that American forces are playing only a limited support role in the NATO operation.

An Africa Command (AFRICOM) spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that since NATO’s Operation Unified Protector (OUP) took over from the American-led Operation Odyssey Dawn on March 31, the U.S. military has flown hundreds of strike sorties. Previously, Washington had claimed that it was mostly providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and tanker support to NATO forces operating over Libya.

“U.S. aircraft continue to fly support [ISR and refueling] missions, as well as strike sorties under NATO tasking,” AFRICOM spokeswoman Nicole Dalrymple said in an emailed statement. “As of today, and since 31 March, the U.S. has flown a total of 3,475 sorties in support of OUP. Of those, 801 were strike sorties, 132 of which actually dropped ordnance.”

How did he violate the release?
By living? He couldn't have faked the opinion while in custody.

Personally if that is true then I would like to see a retrial as that would open a very interesting can of worms.

But in all honesty, I see the release as one of the things that led us to where we are today, as I don't think it is co-incidental that the case was brought to life again so recently, especially in the way it was.

As for BP, Meh, they where one of the last Western oil companies to get into Libyan oil, America and Europe where already there extracting oil...and BP never got a drop out of the ground before this kicked off.

Besides after the dreadful disaster in the Gulf, it seemed to me Gadhafi was the only person who believed BP could drill deep water wells safely.

reply to post by anon72


Even if this were true, it still doesn't justify an unconstitutional war and the running up of more debt.

reply to post by OptimusSubprime


Of cource not, and I agree with you. I was thinking about this since I posted it. Obama is a war monger-not the man of peace he is portrayed as.

I do want this guy to pay, with his life, for killing those people over Scotland. What can I say.

Originally posted by anon72
reply to post by OptimusSubprime

 

Of cource not, and I agree with you. I was thinking about this since I posted it. Obama is a war monger-not the man of peace he is portrayed as.

I do want this guy to pay, with his life, for killing those people over Scotland. What can I say.

I would like for him to pay for his crimes as well, but not at the expense of the life of even one of our soldiers. Obama is a nation building Progressive, just like Bush 1 & 2 and McCain, they are all on the same side, they just disagree on how to realize the agenda.

reply to post by scobro


I fully agree. In fact other than the numbskull that signed the release I don't know any other Scots who were in favour of it. A moment of national shame and embarrassment.

The idea of compassionate release for mass murderers is obscene.

If a JDAM accidentally finds its way to his bedroom I wouldn't weep any tears. Nor would most scots.

Refresh my memory, why are you going to try him again ?

His trial verdict was guilty.

So what will a re-trial achieve ? A new verdict of more guilty than guilty ? Really, really guilty ? Fiendishly guilty ?

The USA has no jurisdiction over crimes committed in Scotland. Similarly, we don't have the right to try people for offences committed in USA-land. That's a basic fundamental of the legal system. If the USA is going to throw that out then they'll find their citizens soon enough, the world over, being hauled up in foreign courts on trumped up charges.

Don't like him being released ? Suck it up, that's what was decided.

reply to post by justwokeup

The idea of compassionate release for mass murderers is obscene.

The Statement of the Day, IMO.

Oil money knows no bounds....

Originally posted by Niall197
Refresh my memory, why are you going to try him again ?

His trial verdict was guilty.

So what will a re-trial achieve ? A new verdict of more guilty than guilty ? Really, really guilty ? Fiendishly guilty ?

The USA has no jurisdiction over crimes committed in Scotland. Similarly, we don't have the right to try people for offences committed in USA-land. That's a basic fundamental of the legal system. If the USA is going to throw that out then they'll find their citizens soon enough, the world over, being hauled up in foreign courts on trumped up charges.

The US does have jurisdiction over terrorist that killed americans anyplace.
look up US codes.
18 U.S.C. 34:
18 U.S.C. 2332f
18 U.S.C. 2332
These are US laws that this person was never tried under so no double jeopardy
As this person was only tried under Scottish laws.

Once we have him in gitmo he is likely never to get out or even be tried before the cancer gets him.

Originally posted by anon72

Well. IF this is true, I say HAT's OFF to the POTUS and/or whoever in his admin that made this happen.

This bastard needs to be dealt with accordingly. He is the one who violate the release--bases solely on false medicals.

The Brits and BP are up to their eyebrows in this one. I guess that is why they are tagging along.... (BP meaning the EUROS).

Well, lets see if this comes true. It would be a feather in Obama's cap-as far as I am concerned.

Remember, the victims.....

So one man is worth bombing an entire country into the Stone Age?

A few months back the Obama Administration said they expected casualties to be around 10,000 to 30,000 people after only a few months of bombing. Does the death of that many people justify the capture of one man who killed 259?

Your remarks are not about justice, they are about revenge. The Lockerbie Bomber had a trial, he served time, he was released and shown more mercy than what he showed his victims in my opinion, but that is how it is. So now he should go through a second trial so people can carry out a new sentence? If that to you is worth bombing a country over, than I thank God, Allah, and Santa Clause that you are not the leader of a Country.

I'll believe this when there's an actual credible news source for this other than the dailymail. An article of wild speculation, zero sources or citations, and file photos of unrelated people/events. Getting the Lockerbie bomber or not would have no impact on anything.

I think this is one of those rumors thrown out there by tabloids because they know it's impossible to verify or disprove and they know it'll boost readership.