Pilger’s claim that Megrahi was framed seems well-based, What is surprising is the credence he gives to claims allegedly made by the intelligence services that the attack was carried out on the orders of Iran. This is an awful lot of trouble for the British authorities to go too to avoid revealing evidence  of Iran’s involvement: you’d think rather that they would leap at the opportunity!

The fact that the Anglo-Americans originally wished to implicate Iran is hardly a reason to assume their guilt. One usual suspect can be as good as another, depending on the circumstances. The defence at the Lockerbie trial made a lot of the fact that the bomb was most likely planted at Heathrow and a break-in was reported there shortly before the flight departure. The Iranian connection, however, seems to depend on the bomb having been placed at Frankfurt airport.

Pilger is kicking through an open door in claiming Megrahi’s innocence but  disappoints in implying that the evidence being concealed from us would  lead us to another conventional villain, namely, Iran.

John Pilger

The People’s Voice

5th September, 2009

The hysteria over the release of the so-called Lockerbie bomber reveals much about the political and media class on both sides of the Atlantic, especially Britain. From Gordon Brown’s “repulsion” to Barack Obama’s “outrage,” the theater of lies and hypocrisy is dutifully attended by those who call themselves journalists. “But what if Megrahi lives longer than three months?” whined a BBC reporter to the Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond. “What will you say to your constituents, then?”

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