Jane and jim swire the mystery surrounding fragment pt35b was examined in great detail by investigative author john ashton in his 2012 book megrahi. Any publicity that you can give to this event, so that those wishing to come. Through remarks by senior officials suggesting that almegrahi is innocent and a steady diet of publicity about his case, the regime has limited its room for political maneuver. May 03, 2017 the website of dr jim swire and lockerbie researcher peter biddulph, in the case of abdel baset almegrahi, convicted in 2000 for the lockerbie bombing wednesday, 3 may 2017 scottish msps to monitor megrahi appeal. We have always believed that the man in jail for the bombing should not be there.
Fury as lockerbie bomber doctor karol sikora admits he could. Qabel il verdet before the verdict, released in 2000. What follows is the text of a letter submitted to the times by dr jim swire, but not selected for publication, following a report in that newspaper on 4 october. Jim swire is a writer, known for lockerbie, the maltese double cross 1994 and frontline 1983. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids. Deaths from prostate cancer powers and principalities.
It also blew apart the lives of her parents, dr jim and jane swire, forcing them on separate journeys as they sought to deal, in their individual. Macaskill may have breached official secrets act over lockerbie. In an article bylined mike wade in your scottish edition for friday, october 4th, the last sentence reads a spokesman for the crown office said the remarks attributed by dr swire to the lord advocate at the meeting in london. The case against megrahi was circumstantial and dubious. Lsd was promoted by adverse publicity in the mainstream media. Jim swire, whose daughter flora was killed on flight 103, has devoted his life to unearthing the truth about the bombing, and has long campaigned to prove megrahis innocence. It would be a mistake to think that reaching the age of 79 has mellowed james watson. Dr jim swire and other uk relatives are working with gareth peirce to force the uk government, under human rights legislation, to allow an inquiry into the lockerbie bombing. Lockerbie campaigner dr jim swire wrote to prime minister, gordon brown. Aug 28, 2016 cofounder of campaigning organisation lockerbie truth, dr jim swire, 80, whose daughter flora was killed in the bombing, said the revelations confirmed his suspicions about the potential involvement of the pflpgc.
Fury as lockerbie bomber doctor karol sikora admits he. Lockerbie families lobby gordon brown for public inquiry. You can listen to dr swires admirably humane interview here. There is also a book of remembrance at lockerbie public library and another at tundergarth church. All topics voucher codes advertising guide syndication. Dr jim swire is a prominent lockerbie truth campaigner but theres more to the man than that, as michael russell found out obviously, inevitably, we talk about lockerbie. Dr david stevenson retired medical specialist and lockerbie commentator dr jim swire father of flora swire.
Fbi predicts fbi agents will detonate nuclear device. Lockerbie relatives urge inquiry into suppressed evidence. That i, as floras father, was not there in her worst and. Was terry waite freed as part of secret lockerbie deal. On the morning of the books publication, announced at edinburghs 2012 international book. Families of some of the 270 people who died in the lockerbie bombing welcome the. Oct 14, 20 what follows is the text of a letter submitted to the times by dr jim swire, but not selected for publication, following a report in that newspaper on 4 october. This is a collection of books on the topic of the crash of pan am 103, the lockerbie bombing trial, the victims and much more. Dr jim swire and i are close to finishing a detailed and authoritative history of the lockerbie event.
This seems to be a very important step in proving that and getting justice for the victims of the bombing. Amber entertainment and forecast pictures are developing a drama centering on the death of the eldest child of dr. On the 25th anniversary of the atrocity, dr jim swire accuses the government of covering up key facts about the bomb that killed 270 in 1988. Jim swire, whose daughter flora died in the tragedy. Unfinished business, was performed at the 2010 edinburgh festival, to great critical acclaim. Lawyer hits out at british state over lockerbie papers. Kenny macaskills lockerbie book may have breached osamegrahi. July 21, 2010 pcast in a leading role to start with, the current leader of the official american families group, victims of pan am 103 incorporated, is not himself a victim of pan am 103. Wings over scotland johann lamont does not speak for us. The juge brings formal charges against the four libyans. Ms gareth peirces clients have included the birmingham six, the guildford four and the family of. Allan francovichs investigative documentary, the maltese double cross, demonstrates that the official version of the lockerbie disaster that it was an act of statesponsored terrorism carried out by two libyan agents is untrue, and the bombing was actually carried out by a palestinian.
Scottish msps to monitor megrahi appeal based on yesterdays website of professor robert black qc, emeritus professor of scots law at. Join facebook to connect with jim book and others you may know. Aug 01, 2012 jim stynes was a phenomenal person who did extraordinary things in australia. Being bullied since year 7 my mind was opened to the fact that i am more than what people say i am, and that those bullies mean absolutely nothing to me. New material revealed in book is said to raise doubts about the. Swires daughter flora was one of the 259 people on board pan am flight 103 from london to new york. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Lockerbie families lobby gordon brown for public inquiry more than two decades have passed since britains worst terrorist attack but the relatives of those who died in the lockerbie bombing. Jan 22, 2015 the alternative to the official version of events continued to be the domain of charlatans, fabricators and conspiracy theorists who continued to advance the claim the bomb was introduced at frankfurt and that this was related in some way to a supposedly officially tolerated or sponsored operation to smuggle drugs aboard pan am flights from. They knew their 23yearold daughter flora, a neurology phd student, had booked a lastminute flight. As a bbc report says, doctor jim swire, whose daughter flora was killed in the lockerbie bombing, has praised the scottish justice secretary kenny macaskill for his brave decision in releasing abdelbaset ali almegrahi from jail on compassionate grounds.
Jim swire, whose daughter flora was among 270 people killed in the. The story of the lockerbie bombing is a bleak chapter in british history that remains raw in the extreme. What follows is an article on the establishment of the camp zeist trial written by professor robert black. But dr jim swire, whose daughter died in the bombing, claimed that any. Far away from lockerbie, in the english cotswolds, dr jim swire was at home with his wife jane.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The website of dr jim swire and lockerbie researcher peter biddulph, in the case of abdel baset almegrahi, convicted in 2000 for the lockerbie bombing. Herbert swire born 1936, best known as jim swire, is an english doctor best known for his. Fbi predicts fbi agents will detonate nuclear device against. Families welcome naming of new lockerbie suspects bbc news. Mr duggan then proceeded to call jim swire and others of being all of these cranks. For the plays focal point, benson chose dr jim swire, the man whod both experienced the bombings emotional ordeal and observed all the legal and political machinations that followed. Allan francovichs film on lockerbie and the cia by michael chanan. Its only after the bodies are returned that the families. Since losing his beloved daughter flora in that atrocity almost 25 years ago, dr jim swire has thought about little else. Mar 18, 2018 acclaimed film director jim sheridan wants oscar winner gary oldman to star as dr jim swire in his tv drama about the lockerbie bombing the awardwinning irish filmmaker is planning a. In year 10 i visited reachs dream factory and was very touched by the work he set up there. Dec 10, 2008 twenty years today, pam am flight 103 while flying over the small town of lockerbie in scotland was blown up by a bomb, scotlands worst incident of mass murder and as it would turn out possibly the longest and most complicated case of injustice for the victims, their bereaved families and those accused of the bombing.
Blacks express permission, here it is, and interesting broadsweep view of a yearslong. Spent quite a bit of time listening to what jim swire was saying. A magarha, abdelbaset almegrahi was born in tripoli on 1 april 1952 to a poor family. Since losing his beloved daughter flora in that atrocity almost 25 years ago, dr jim swire. Drug trade controlled by elite, bush, clinton, cia and big. This book details the duplicity of uk and us governments who condemned the. Jun 20, 2004 and it is that, says dr jim swire, whose daughter flora died 15 years ago in the lockerbie air disaster, that perhaps cuts deepest. The documents, seen by the times newspaper, revealed that then prime minister margaret thatcher was warned the families including dr jim swire, who lost his daughter flora in the disaster and rev john mosey, whose teenage daughter, helga, also died were becoming increasingly organised. The following article, by peter swindon and me, was the lead in last sundays sunday herald. Wings over scotland endorses its contents, and urges its readers to republish and propagate the text as widely as possible by all available means. Herbert swire born 1936, best known as jim swire, is an english doctor best known for his involvement in the aftermath of the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103, in which his daughter flora was killed. Looked at the reasons why one of the trial judges walked out saying the whole thing was a circus.
May 29, 2016 sunday herald article reveals that kenny macaskills lockerbie book may have breached a pii certificate by revealing details of a secret document. Twenty years today, pam am flight 103 while flying over the small town of lockerbie in scotland was blown up by a bomb, scotlands worst incident of mass murder and as it would turn out possibly the longest and most complicated case of injustice for the victims, their bereaved families and those accused of the bombing. Apr 05, 2019 with an introduction by alan titchmarsh, the peoples gardener is an inspiring memoir by top gardening judge jim buttress, that will amuse and enthral gardeners everywhere. The masonic verses lockerbie and related scams monday, april 27, 2015. Obituary frank duggan, lawyer known for his work with lockerbie victims.
Its exactly what the relatives of the victims have thought for many years. Inside the chapel at dryfesdale there is a book of remembrance. Lockerbie is just a small item now in peoples memories, says swire. Of interest francovich had been introduced to him by dr jim swire. Blacks express permission, here it is, and interesting broadsweep view of a yearslong campaign to implement the trial the americans had been demanding. Im not totally convinced that drugs was the motive, but i do believe that there was a coverup. I was panelist in an episode of the bbcs flagship show the doha debates in 2009 with dr jim swire. I was panelist in an episode of the bbcs flagship show the doha debates in 2009 with dr jim swire, on one side, and juma algamatti and a british conservative mp on the opposing side. A blacklisted film and the new cold war consortiumnews. Lockerbie bomber abdelbaset almegrahi may have been. The flight exploded over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988 due to a terrorist bomb planted by two libyan nationals.
As a judge at the rhs, jim buttress presides over the countrys favourite flower shows, including chelsea and hampton court. Apr 24, 2014 jim sheridan to tackle lockerbie bombing. Peter biddulph, a researcher for jim swire, who lost his daughter in. Jim sheridan to tackle lockerbie bombing movies empire. The official version, says dr jim swire, whose daughter died at lockerbie, is no longer credible. Jul 05, 2010 july 21, 2010 pcast in a leading role to start with, the current leader of the official american families group, victims of pan am 103 incorporated, is not himself a victim of pan am 103. Its only after the bodies are returned that the families healing can begin dr jim swire, who lost his 23yearold daughter flora in the lockerbie bombing of 1988, recalls the harrowing task. Jim swire with his bicycle, all plastered over with blue justice for families flight pan am 103stickers. Director of lockerbie tv drama bids for oscar winner gary. A new book claims information that could have cleared libyan was never.
Nelson mandela was closely involved in resolving the longrunning dispute between britain and america who accused libya of the 1988 lockerbie bombing, in the bringing to trial in 2000 of the two indicted libyans and in efforts subsequently to have abdelbaset almegrahis conviction overturned. Justice is not served if noone has faith in the system. The issue has never gone quiet, and in particular a group of relatives of the victims, headed by dr jim swire, has never accepted the verdict against megrahi. Swire lobbied toward a solution for the difficulties in bringing suspects in the original bombing to trial, and later advocated for the retrial and release of abdelbaset almegrahi, the. Oct 10, 2011 in lockerbie town hall council chambers, there is a stainedglass window depicting flags of the 21 different countries whose citizens lost their lives in the disaster. I phone jim swire from a telephone box in paris immediately after the announcement, and he says they suspects for uta are not on his radar for pan am 103. Jim swire, spokesman for the lockerbie families, said. Dr jim swire, whose daughter fiona was killed, said. We defended the compassionate release of almegrahi. Cofounder of campaigning organisation lockerbie truth, dr jim swire, 80, whose daughter flora was killed in the bombing, said the revelations confirmed his suspicions about the potential. And it is that, says dr jim swire, whose daughter flora died 15 years ago in the lockerbie air disaster, that perhaps cuts deepest. Dr jim swire, father of flora swire who was 23 when she died in the bombing supported the application to appeal the conviction of abdelbaset almegrahi over the lockerbie atrocity. I have been following the lockerbie case very closely from the beginning and i wrote about it many times. I take that to mean that libya will not be implicated in pan am 103.
Dr jim swire, who has publicly expressed his belief in megrahis innocence, said it was quite right that all relevant information now be put to the sccrc. There are very few sources on the internet on the lockerbie bombing in which 270 people died that was blamed on libya. Mar 01, 2010 it was previously published in a maltese book edited by joe mifsud lockerbie. I am aware that there have been doubts about how some of the evidence in the case came to be presented in court. Give atrocities time to renew their lease, of course, and there have been others taking the limelight since 1988, so there has to be a reason. Dr jim swire is a founder member of the justice for megrahi campaign group and. Disputes over who planted the bomb have raged ever since and, on this side of the atlantic, dr jim swire who lost his daughter flora in the. Cofounder of campaigning organisation lockerbie truth, dr jim swire, 80, whose daughter flora was killed in the bombing, said the revelations confirmed his suspicions about the potential involvement of the pflpgc. Although little is known of his early life, in 1971, he spent nine months studying in cardiff, wales and in the late 1970s, he made multiple visits to the united states and the united kingdom. Was terry waite freed as part of secret lockerbie deal with iran. Libyan supergrass giaka as a passenger in a black, anonymous limousine, entering camp zeist. The alternative to the official version of events continued to be the domain of charlatans, fabricators and conspiracy theorists who continued to advance the claim the bomb was introduced at frankfurt and that this was related in some way to a supposedly officially tolerated or sponsored operation to smuggle drugs aboard pan am flights from. Obituary frank duggan, lawyer known for his work with. Nor was it a matter of firing office memos to one another this was a toppublicity issue.
Lockerbie evidence was not given to megrahis lawyers the. It was sent in to me by robert forrester, and with prof. It was previously published in a maltese book edited by joe mifsud lockerbie. Former justice minister kenny macaskill has revealed details of a highly classified secret document which casts serious doubt on the safety of the conviction of lockerbie bomber abdelbaset. May 24, 2012 for the plays focal point, benson chose dr jim swire, the man whod both experienced the bombings emotional ordeal and observed all the legal and political machinations that followed.
Oct 25, 2009 lockerbie families lobby gordon brown for public inquiry more than two decades have passed since britains worst terrorist attack but the relatives of those who died in the lockerbie bombing. Jim swire, whose daughter died in the lockerbie bombing, believes libya was wrongly blamed for the atrocity in secret deal with. Heres a short selection from the many personalities who appear in our book, which includes some fifty photographs. Books by jim donovan all of jim donovans books are available wherever book are sold take charge of your destiny how to create the life you were born to live international bestselling author, and highly recognized leader in the field of personal development, jim donovan, has done it again. Another miscarriage of justice the ferris conspiracy. Join facebook to connect with james lockerbie and others you may know.
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