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To: rrufff who wrote (10233)	5/7/2004 5:17:05 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

It <Khadaffi Lockerbie> hasn't been proven. He paid reparations. He was offered a choice: A. Sanctions and military confrontation with the U.S. B. Reparations. One of many reasons torture is condemned by most people (but not you) is because it produces false testimony. There is no proof or good evidence of Libya's role in the Pan 103 attack. The Bombing of PanAm Flight 103: Case Not Closed by William Blum members.aol.com Tom

To: rrufff who wrote (10233)	5/7/2004 5:18:22 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

By the way, another of your casual lies: He has ADMITTED having WMD Libya did not admit to having WMD, nor were any WMD found there. <<< ... "The Libyan foreign ministry issued a statement admitting that the country had SOUGHT to develop unconventional weapons." US, UK, and UN "Experts met with [Libyan] scientists at research centers that COULD SUPPORT biological weapons research and also examined missile RESEARCH facilities." "They also revealed "DUAL-USE" chemicals that can be used for peaceful purposes OR FOR WEAPONS." "British officials said that experts were given access to RESEARCH projects, including uranium enrichment that COULD BE USED for nuclear weapons. Finally, a US official said that "They found that the program was more advanced than had been previously confirmed ... and that Libya possessed all the equipment and expertise NEEDED TO PRODUCE weapons-grade uranium." A petrified world hangs on the official's every word with bated breath ... at last able to exhale when the official adds: "We did not see an enrichment facility. We saw the components that would make for an enrichment facility." He then adds that "the Libyans did not say they had produced any highly enriched uranium." Washington spinmeisters may well try to make a mountain of uranium out of a molehill of sand, although other voices are already being heard. Ray Takeyh, a Libya expert at the Pentagon's National Defense University, declared that "Libya's program did not have a sophisticated enough infrastructure for a very viable program, and they haven't had it for years." And Joseph Cirincione at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said that "it made little sense for Libya to embark on a slow and costly nuclear weapons program and wondered how much of the nuclear research was new or simply left over from earlier, now discarded programs." Summing it all up, "One senior Bush administration official, in a recent interview, said Libya's bumbling attempts at mastering the science of advanced weapons earned it a reputation as the 'clown prince of weapons of mass destruction'." ... >>> counterpunch.org Tom