Friday, August 21, 2009
Blair, 'Blood Money' and a Lockerbie Deal
Tony Blair has been accused of agreeing a 'blood money' deal involving the Lockerbie bomber with Colonel Gaddafi just hours before BP unveiled a £500million oil contract.
The then Prime Minister laid the foundations for the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi during a meeting with the Libyan leader in a desert tent two years ago.
The pair thrashed out a controversial prisoner transfer deal just before BP chairman Peter Sutherland announced the firm was investing $900million - about £545million - to search for oil in Libya. If the firm strikes rich, it could be worth £13billion.
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What, all we all of a sudden giving out FREE Lunches? Since when??? Under what premise? Did this guy learn his lesson? I doubt he would have changed his actions if he knew he would have gone to jail. These people don’t care, but only to KILL America. They hate us…helllloooooo!!! Wake up people.
ReplyDeleteAnd l thought he was just a nice fresh faced
ReplyDeletesexy, smooth talking PM with a smile that knocked and popped my cherie booths off, what was l thinking?? when l wasn't actually thinking of thinking.
The trouble with thinking is it gets in the
way of splendid illusions of grandeur.