BBC: LOCKERBIE EVIDENCE DEMOLISHED

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"A police officer ... testified that the fragment of timer which was used to convict Al Megrahi was planted by CIA operatives with the collusion of Scottish police officers ..." Former police chief says Lockerbie evidence faked.

A new Lockerbie documentary demolishes government witnesses' testimony

BBC Scotland has screened a documentary which suggests that Megrahi is innocent and that the evidence in the Lockerbie trial is fake.

The documentary coincides with the publication of John Ashton's Megrahi: You Are My Jury, published on 27 February 2012.

The Ashton book suggests that the Scottish Crown Office, the Scottish police and UK defence ministry scientists failed to disclose numerous pieces of evidence.

Tony Gauci, with some hesitation, identified Megrahi as the man who allegedly bought clothes allegedly wrapped around bomb fragments allegedly found near Lockerbie.

Gauci described the man who allegedly bought the clothes in his shop in Malta.

Gauci described him as being six-foot tall, with a big chest, large head, and very black hair.

This description does not fit Megrahi.


Gauci told police that 'Megrahi' came to his shop on the 29 November.

Then he changed this and claimed that Megrahi came to the shop on 7 December, pointing out that as 'Megrahi' left he opened a black umbrella he had just purchased (later planted among the Lockerbie debris) because it started to rain.

The documentary consulted former chief meteorologist Major Joseph Mifsud, who said there was no rain on 7 December, 1988 between 5pm and 7pm.

Gauci said that when 'Megrahi' came to his shop the Christmas lights had not yet been switched on.

Former minister for tourism Michael Refalo switched on the Christmas lights on 6 December, 1988 at 6pm.

Gauci repeatedly changed his account, including identifying people other than Megrahi, people who did not look at all like Megrahi.

Gauci and his brother Paul were reportedly paid up to USD 3 million by the US Department of Justice.

UK government scientists found significant differences between the bomb timer fragment allegedly found after the attack and the type supplied to Gaddafi's Libya.

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1. On 15 May 2011, we learn that Scotland's new Scottish National Party government aims to publish evidence which suggests that Megrahi may not have done the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

The Scottish Government plans to change the law to allow the publication of papers from the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.

The Commission said there were six grounds for thinking a miscarriage of justice had occurred.

SNP plans law change over Lockerbie files

Currently the release of the Lockerbie files can be blocked by one or more of the parties who gave evidence to the review.

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said in February 2011 that he would change the law if the SNP won a second term.

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill told the Scottish Sunday Express: "This is something the new SNP Government will do in early course. We have always been as transparent as possible.

"And following the announcement last December that the SCCRC was unable to secure the necessary consents to release its statement of reasons in the Megrahi case due to current legislation we now intend to bring forward primary legislation to overcome those problems presented by the consent provisions."

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2. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond says that an independent Scotland would follow its own foreign policy.

Alex Salmond says that an independent Scotland would not have taken part in the war in Iraq.

According to Alex Salmond, "(Iraq) stresses why you've got to ... chart your own way in the world so you don't get entangled into illegal and disastrous international conflicts".

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3. The Scottish National Party wants Scotland to be rid of Trident nuclear weapons.

The UK military employs 20,000 people in Scotland.

The UK military spends an average 600 million pounds a year in Scotland on 500 contracts.

Alex Salmond's Scottish National Party wants to keep its military.

According to Alex Salmond:

"Many many countries in the world share military facilities with friendly neighbours, and there is absolutely no reason why Scotland wouldn't be prepared to do that."

4. The Scottish First Minister supports sanctions against Israel

The SNP has called for the suspension of EU-Israel agreements.