21-08-2009, 08:26 AM
In light of developments it is instructive to read back over this thread.
The State has indeed ensured that there will be no raking over the existing evidence, nor presentation and scrutiny of substantial and damning new evidence by Megrahi's defence team.
The press is full of sanctimonious outrage at his welcome back in Tripoli; there are copious reports of the 'outrage' of the US families of the victims (if there's one thing our MSM excels at, it is sanctimonious outrage); also of Hilary Clinton being snubbed by Alex Salmond (SNP First Minister) whom she had urged (for public consumption) to refuse Megrahi's release/transfer.
Meanwhile the substantive issue of Megrahi's actual guilt beyond reasonable doubt which any fair minded review of the detail is forced to conclude as unsustainable, is buried.
The Spooks must be breathing a sigh of relief, whilst celebrating their cleverness and the gullibility of the general public once again
The State has indeed ensured that there will be no raking over the existing evidence, nor presentation and scrutiny of substantial and damning new evidence by Megrahi's defence team.
The press is full of sanctimonious outrage at his welcome back in Tripoli; there are copious reports of the 'outrage' of the US families of the victims (if there's one thing our MSM excels at, it is sanctimonious outrage); also of Hilary Clinton being snubbed by Alex Salmond (SNP First Minister) whom she had urged (for public consumption) to refuse Megrahi's release/transfer.
Meanwhile the substantive issue of Megrahi's actual guilt beyond reasonable doubt which any fair minded review of the detail is forced to conclude as unsustainable, is buried.
The Spooks must be breathing a sigh of relief, whilst celebrating their cleverness and the gullibility of the general public once again
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
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"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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