Lockerbie plane bombing

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Blair government had misgivings about Mandela mediation role over Lockerbie
Files show Downing Street felt former South African leader’s attempt to mediate was ‘unlikely to be helpful’

Caroline Davies and Ben Quinn

30, Dec, 2022 @12:01 AM

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Revealed: Libya aborted plan to hand Gaddafi spy chief to US at last minute
Extradition of Abdullah al-Senussi over Lockerbie bombing would have closely followed that of Mohammed Abouagela Masud

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

23, Dec, 2022 @5:00 AM

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US accused of illegal abduction of Lockerbie bomb suspect from Libya
Ex-intelligence officer’s family say he was ‘kidnapped’ by militia before being secretly flown out of country

Jason Burke, Africa correspondent

18, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Abduction of Lockerbie bomb suspect ‘agreed with US three months ago’
Mohammed Abouagela Masud was seized by notorious militia after discussions between US and Libyan officials

Jason Burke

13, Dec, 2022 @4:00 PM

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Lockerbie bomb suspect in US custody was ‘abducted from home’ by warlord
Mohammed Abouagela Masud accused by US of having set timer for bomb that destroyed the Boeing 747, killing 270 people in 1988

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

12, Dec, 2022 @11:14 PM

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Lockerbie plane bombing: what happened and who is the third suspect?
The bombing of a Pan Am passenger jet in 1988 killed 270 and remains the deadliest terrorist attack ever carried out on British soil

Associated Press

12, Dec, 2022 @12:41 AM

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Third Lockerbie bomb suspect now in US custody, officials say
Mohammed Abouagela Masud accused of setting timer for bomb that destroyed Boeing 747, killing 270 people

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

11, Dec, 2022 @4:54 PM

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Libya’s PM and president in dispute over foreign minister’s suspension
Row deepens as Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh dismisses president’s decision to suspend Najla El-Mangoush

Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor

07, Nov, 2021 @2:10 PM

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Tony Blair urged Nelson Mandela not to discuss Lockerbie trial, papers show
Blair wrote to then South African leader in 1997 after aides said raising issue at summit in Scotland would be ‘pretty disastrous’

Caroline Davies

19, Jul, 2021 @11:01 PM

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Megrahi family to appeal to UK supreme court over Lockerbie conviction
Scottish court of appeal rules Libyan was properly convicted of 1988 bombing of passenger plane

Severin Carrell

15, Jan, 2021 @12:06 PM

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US set to announce new charges over Lockerbie plane bombing
Attorney general William Barr expected to confirm that US has indicted Mohammed Abouagela Masud

Severin Carrell Scotland editor

16, Dec, 2020 @10:28 PM

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Scottish court urged to use diaries to uphold Lockerbie bomb case
Scottish government lawyer says appeal judges should use evidence from second Libyan suspect

Severin Carrell Scotland editor

26, Nov, 2020 @4:41 PM

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