Posted on 08/21/2009 8:41:15 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Gordon Brown was under fresh pressure last night after shocking claims by Libya that the release of the Lockerbie bomber was linked explicity to trade deals benefiting Britain.
Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam said the case of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was discussed at every meeting between the then Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Libyan leader.
But the Foreign Office strongly denied any link between the boosting of UK business interests and the freeing of the man convicted of Britain's worst terrorist atrocity.
A spokesman insisted: 'No deal has been made between the UK Government and Libya in relation to Megrahi and any commercial interests.'
Foreign Secretary David Miliband also rejected suggestions that the Government wanted 57-year-old Megrahi released so commercial relations with oil-rich Libya could be improved.
'I really reject that entirely,' he said. 'That is a slur both on myself and the Government.'
The trade claim will intensify demands for Mr Brown to come clean about exactly what contacts Britain had with the former pariah state before Megrahi was freed on compassionate grounds - he has terminal prostate cancer.
Speaking on Libyan television, Colonel Gaddafi's son said Mr Blair raised the Megrahi case repeatedly to smooth the way for British firms to tap into Libya's energy reserves.
He told the Al Mutawassit channel: 'In all commercial contracts, for oil and gas with Britain, (Megrahi) was always on the negotiating table.'
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Oh, man... parliamentary governments have been brought down over far less.
The world just doesn't work that way.
11 days in jail per murder. Sold out for an oil deal with a sand dune dictator.
Remember when Britain was great?
So, Obama, what do you think of that? Time to send Gordon Brown another 25 famous DVDs for this remarkable sign of cross-Atlantic friendship?
They should change the name to Not-So-Great Britain.
Hey Leftists - here’s a REAL example of “blood for oil”.
I’d be willing to bet a dollar to a donut that this Islamo-murderer does not have cancer.
Scotland should be punished for this egregious error.
However, I won’t hold my breath for this egregious government to do anything about it.
Deny, deny, deny.....that's the way it's done in international diplomacy. Brown is safe because there's no evidence except the word of a smug little sand-snitch.
Leni
One can at least hope that Mr. Brown has had the decency to turn any painting at 10 Downing Street of Winston Churchill to the wall.
If true, then it is a crime. All for mammon.
Milliband is a weak-kneed, metro-sexual twit.
Ah, for the good old days when Bob Grant would sign off on his radio show with “Get Khadafi!”
It’s obvious that it is linked to monetary value. This is and could NOT be for anything else - regardless of stupid statements otherwise.
Just look the photos of him. He’s got awfully good color in his face for someone who’s so near death.
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