Pan Am 103 >>>>Payback Is A *****

[Contumacious]

1988: The US intervenes on Iraq’s side in the eight-year war it helped start against Iran. A US Navy Aegis cruiser, "Vincennes," violates Iranian waters and "mistakenly" shoots down an Iranian civilian Airbus airliner in Iran’s air space. All 288 civilians aboard die. "Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.

To Iran’s fury, the "Vincennes" trigger-happy captain was subsequently decorated by President Bush Senior with the Legion of Merit medal for this crime. Washington quietly paid the families of the Iranian victims US$131.8 million in damages.

Five months later, Pan Am 103 with 270 aboard is destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. The US and Britain pressure Scotland to convict Meghrahi, who insists he is innocent. His co-defendant, another Libyan security agent, was acquitted. Serious questions about the evidence were raised during and after the trial. Some critics accused CIA of faking evidence to blame Libya.

Pan AM 103 is yet another example of Americans paying the consequences for a criminal federal government.

 

[WillowTree]

Hiroshima your chickens have come home to roost!

 

[Contumacious]

hiroshima your chickens have come home to roost!

huh?

 

[dilloduck]

1988: The US intervenes on Iraq’s side in the eight-year war it helped start against Iran. A US Navy Aegis cruiser, "Vincennes," violates Iranian waters and "mistakenly" shoots down an Iranian civilian Airbus airliner in Iran’s air space. All 288 civilians aboard die. "Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.

To Iran’s fury, the "Vincennes" trigger-happy captain was subsequently decorated by President Bush Senior with the Legion of Merit medal for this crime. Washington quietly paid the families of the Iranian victims US$131.8 million in damages.

Five months later, Pan Am 103 with 270 aboard is destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. The US and Britain pressure Scotland to convict Meghrahi, who insists he is innocent. His co-defendant, another Libyan security agent, was acquitted. Serious questions about the evidence were raised during and after the trial. Some critics accused CIA of faking evidence to blame Libya.

Pan AM 103 is yet another example of Americans paying the consequences for a criminal federal government.

No worries--we are slowing surrendering to every country on the planet

 

[Contumacious]

1988: The US intervenes on Iraq’s side in the eight-year war it helped start against Iran. A US Navy Aegis cruiser, "Vincennes," violates Iranian waters and "mistakenly" shoots down an Iranian civilian Airbus airliner in Iran’s air space. All 288 civilians aboard die. "Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.

To Iran’s fury, the "Vincennes" trigger-happy captain was subsequently decorated by President Bush Senior with the Legion of Merit medal for this crime. Washington quietly paid the families of the Iranian victims US$131.8 million in damages.

Five months later, Pan Am 103 with 270 aboard is destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. The US and Britain pressure Scotland to convict Meghrahi, who insists he is innocent. His co-defendant, another Libyan security agent, was acquitted. Serious questions about the evidence were raised during and after the trial. Some critics accused CIA of faking evidence to blame Libya.

Pan AM 103 is yet another example of Americans paying the consequences for a criminal federal government.

No worries--we are slowing surrendering to every country on the planet

Surrendering........hummmmm......I believe you meant to say alienating.......pissing off.

 

[veritas]

As I understand it, the East Germans were tracking a cell inside their country and had intel that linked that cell to the Lockerbie device. This didn't come out until later, but the operation preceded the Iran/Iraq incident. So I think your OP is a real stretch.

 

[dilloduck]

1988: The US intervenes on Iraq’s side in the eight-year war it helped start against Iran. A US Navy Aegis cruiser, "Vincennes," violates Iranian waters and "mistakenly" shoots down an Iranian civilian Airbus airliner in Iran’s air space. All 288 civilians aboard die. "Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.

To Iran’s fury, the "Vincennes" trigger-happy captain was subsequently decorated by President Bush Senior with the Legion of Merit medal for this crime. Washington quietly paid the families of the Iranian victims US$131.8 million in damages.

Five months later, Pan Am 103 with 270 aboard is destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. The US and Britain pressure Scotland to convict Meghrahi, who insists he is innocent. His co-defendant, another Libyan security agent, was acquitted. Serious questions about the evidence were raised during and after the trial. Some critics accused CIA of faking evidence to blame Libya.

Pan AM 103 is yet another example of Americans paying the consequences for a criminal federal government.

No worries--we are slowing surrendering to every country on the planet

Surrendering........hummmmm......I believe you meant to say alienating.......pissing off.

Obama? pissing off foreigners?? no way !

 

[Contumacious]

As I understand it, the East Germans were tracking a cell inside their country and had intel that linked that cell to the Lockerbie device. This didn't come out until later, but the operation preceded the Iran/Iraq incident. So I think your OP is a real stretch.

Re-read this passage until it sinks in:

1988: The US intervenes on Iraq’s side in the eight-year war it helped start against Iran. A US Navy Aegis cruiser, "Vincennes," violates Iranian waters and "mistakenly" shoots down an Iranian civilian Airbus airliner in Iran’s air space. All 288 civilians aboard die. "Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.

 

[dilloduck]

As I understand it, the East Germans were tracking a cell inside their country and had intel that linked that cell to the Lockerbie device. This didn't come out until later, but the operation preceded the Iran/Iraq incident. So I think your OP is a real stretch.

Re-read this passage until it sinks in:

1988: The US intervenes on Iraq’s side in the eight-year war it helped start against Iran. A US Navy Aegis cruiser, "Vincennes," violates Iranian waters and "mistakenly" shoots down an Iranian civilian Airbus airliner in Iran’s air space. All 288 civilians aboard die. "Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.

spilled milk----everyone loves us now.

 

[Contumacious]

No worries--we are slowing surrendering to every country on the planet

Surrendering........hummmmm......I believe you meant to say alienating.......pissing off.

Obama? pissing off foreigners?? no way !

Its still early in his administration but the folks at Gitmo are wondering what the **** is going on and Pakistan is wondering why Obama is sending drones to kill innocents Paks.

 

[concept]

1988: The US intervenes on Iraq’s side in the eight-year war it helped start against Iran. A US Navy Aegis cruiser, "Vincennes," violates Iranian waters and "mistakenly" shoots down an Iranian civilian Airbus airliner in Iran’s air space. All 288 civilians aboard die. "Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.

To Iran’s fury, the "Vincennes" trigger-happy captain was subsequently decorated by President Bush Senior with the Legion of Merit medal for this crime. Washington quietly paid the families of the Iranian victims US$131.8 million in damages.

Five months later, Pan Am 103 with 270 aboard is destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. The US and Britain pressure Scotland to convict Meghrahi, who insists he is innocent. His co-defendant, another Libyan security agent, was acquitted. Serious questions about the evidence were raised during and after the trial. Some critics accused CIA of faking evidence to blame Libya.

Pan AM 103 is yet another example of Americans paying the consequences for a criminal federal government.

So terrorism started in 1988?

 

[dilloduck]

Surrendering........hummmmm......I believe you meant to say alienating.......pissing off.

Obama? pissing off foreigners?? no way !

Its still early in his administration but the folks at Gitmo are wondering what the **** is going on and Pakistan is wondering why Obama is sending drones to kill innocents Paks.

Don't give up hope.

 

[Contumacious]

1988: The US intervenes on Iraq’s side in the eight-year war it helped start against Iran. A US Navy Aegis cruiser, "Vincennes," violates Iranian waters and "mistakenly" shoots down an Iranian civilian Airbus airliner in Iran’s air space. All 288 civilians aboard die. "Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.

To Iran’s fury, the "Vincennes" trigger-happy captain was subsequently decorated by President Bush Senior with the Legion of Merit medal for this crime. Washington quietly paid the families of the Iranian victims US$131.8 million in damages.

Five months later, Pan Am 103 with 270 aboard is destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. The US and Britain pressure Scotland to convict Meghrahi, who insists he is innocent. His co-defendant, another Libyan security agent, was acquitted. Serious questions about the evidence were raised during and after the trial. Some critics accused CIA of faking evidence to blame Libya.

Pan AM 103 is yet another example of Americans paying the consequences for a criminal federal government.

So terrorism started in 1988?

The state sponsored terrorism which caused the Lockerbie air disaster began in 1988.


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[dilloduck]

Conspiracy thread--here we come !!!

 

[Contumacious]

Conspiracy thread--here we come !!!

zombified -gullible-naive squad here they come.


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[dilloduck]

Conspiracy thread--here we come !!!

zombified -gullible-naive squad here they come.


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I'll bite---who ordered the Vincennes to shoot down a passenger plane ?

 

[Ringel05]

This thread belongs in the conspiracy theory section.

 

[Contumacious]

Conspiracy thread--here we come !!!

zombified -gullible-naive squad here they come.


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I'll bite---who ordered the Vincennes to shoot down a passenger plane ?

Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.


To Iran’s fury, the "Vincennes" trigger-happy captain was subsequently decorated by President Bush Senior with the Legion of Merit medal for this crime

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[dilloduck]

zombified -gullible-naive squad here they come.


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I'll bite---who ordered the Vincennes to shoot down a passenger plane ?

Vincennes" is known in the US Navy as "robocruiser" for its extremely aggressive, provocative actions against Iran.


To Iran’s fury, the "Vincennes" trigger-happy captain was subsequently decorated by President Bush Senior with the Legion of Merit medal for this crime

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Is the answer in there somewhere ?--C'mon foo--gimmee a clue

 

[Contumacious]

This thread belongs in the conspiracy theory section.

Some posters belong in the "don't know my ass from a hole in the ground " section.