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Tony Blair ‘brokered deal’ blocking IRA victims from suing Libya
Belfast Telegraph ^ | 27 January 2014 | Adrian Rutherford

Posted on 01/26/2014 11:57:57 PM PST by Olog-hai

Tony Blair could face legal action amid claims he “connived” with Colonel Gaddafi to block a multi-million pound compensation claim by IRA victims.

An email is said to show the former prime minister intervened in a long-running legal action from victims of Libyan-sponsored terrorism.

The email suggests Mr. Blair helped to broker an agreement between Gaddafi and US President George W Bush, which saw Libya pay a one-off £1 billion in compensation to US victims of terrorism to settle all actions. […]

The Libyan regime supplied Semtex for IRA attacks, said to include the 1987 Enniskillen bomb, which killed 11 people. …

(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dubya; ira; libya; tonyblair

1 posted on 01/26/2014 11:57:58 PM PST by Olog-hai
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Was this a Wikileak or Snowdon leak?


2 posted on 01/27/2014 12:50:10 AM PST by gleeaikin
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