Libya and Pan Am flight Lockerbie

[Helen Reyes]

In all frankness, I don't repose much trust in "Trail of the Octopus," and nor do I think the murder of Casolaro was undertaken for the reasons set out, but I did enjoy your explanation, and thank you for it.

I still think this man was (is) the key to Lockerbie, but undoubtedly other itches were simultaneously scratched:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Carlsson

The stakes played for here dwarf all the other reasons I've seen adduced; and lead us into territory not in the Middle East, but a series of assassinations in Southern Africa, culminating, most notably, in this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hani

Paul

Hmm, this is beyond my competence to judge. I do remember hearing Palme was assassinated because he knew too much about a mass grave of Palestinians in Sinai/Gaza and how the then-(1985?)prime minister of Israel had ordered the massacre.

South Africa certainly has top notch secret services I'm sure, but Namibia? OK the Union of South Africa refused to let German Southwest Africa go under UN trusteeship in 1947, so delays in Namibian independence should've been expected in the 80s as well. Sweden didn't exactly have a golden record in Africa anyway, they deferred to the AU over Idi Amin and basically dropped support for outside sanctions and/or intervention when it might've mattered.

Namibia?! Why, no one has any interest there except de Boers