All files regarding this affair have been destroyed at the demand of the US government

Ludwig De Braeckeleer (ludwig)

"We were very happy the files were destroyed."
--Senior intelligence official in Washington, D.C.

In May 2006, I suggested that the Libyan nuclear program might have been a CIA-MI6 sting operation designed to bring down the A. Q. ( Read more... )

Italy Pays Reparations to Libya

By JEFF ISRAELY1 hour, 57 minutes ago

One of the perks of one-man rule is picking your national holidays. Libya's Col. Muammar Gaddafi has invented a few fÊtes for his North African nation since seizing power in a 1969 coup. Three years ago, during stalled negotiations with Italy over reparations for Rome's colonial ( Read more... )

No Mediterranean Union shortcut around Arab-Israeli conflict

Hasan Abu Nimah, The Electronic Intifada, 16 July 2008

French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to establish a Union for the Mediterranean. The idea of cooperation between countries north and south of the Mediterranean is by no means new. Decades ago the European Community had envisaged ( Read more... )

McCain consultant's wife worked for Libya's terrorist regime

A top consultant to Senator John McCain is married to a lobbyist who has worked in recent years for the Libyan regime of Muammar Khaddafi, UltimateJohnMcCain.com has learned.

She began working for the Khaddafi government at a time when it was officially designated by the U.S. State ( Read more... )

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LONDON (AFP) - Legal discussions about a potentially crucial top secret document that could help clear the Lockerbie bomber should be heard in private, the appeal court in Edinburgh was told Tuesday.

Britain's top legal officer in Scotland, Advocate General Neil Davidson, told three judges in the case that they should discuss whether the ( Read more... )