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Gotcha again, kuffar
"The Bush administration began to consider restoring a relationship with the country in 2003 after Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi promised to end production of weapons of mass destruction, halt terrorist activities and reimburse U.S. families of victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and other terrorist bombings." Well, he promised.
"Libya to receive reparations for Reagan air strike: Country will be paid 'settlement' for U.S. retaliation after terrorist attack," by Chelsea Schilling for WorldNetDaily, August 14:
Despite 189 American lives lost in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, the U.S. settled all lawsuits against Libya for terrorist killings and restored diplomatic relations with the country today – with reparations to be paid to Libya.President Ronald Reagan ordered air strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi on April 15, 1986, after Libyan terrorists planted 6 pounds of plastic explosives packed with shrapnel on the dance floor of La Belle discotheque in Berlin, killing three people – including two U.S. soldiers – and maiming 200 others.
Two years later, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded in a terrorist attack by a Libyan intelligence agent. The blast killed 268 people from 21 countries, including 189 Americans. U.S. families filed 26 lawsuits against Libya for the 1988 bombing of the plane en route to New York from London.
The Bush administration began to consider restoring a relationship with the country in 2003 after Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi promised to end production of weapons of mass destruction, halt terrorist activities and reimburse U.S. families of victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and other terrorist bombings. Following its pledge, U.N., U.S. and European sanctions were lifted, Libya was taken off the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism and the country was granted membership in the U.N. Security Council.
An agreement required Libya to complete $2.7 billion in payments it had said it would provide to the families of victims. According to Associated Press reports, a senior Libyan government official claims there were also three lawsuits filed on behalf of Libyan citizens in response to Reagan's air strikes – attacks that Libya says killed 41 of its people and Gadhafi's adopted daughter.
Susan Cohen, mother of a 20-year-old woman killed in the Pan Am Flight 103, expressed outrage upon hearing news of the U.S.-Libya settlement.
"Gadhafi is an absolute horror," Cohen told WND. "He has done many, many terrible things. He blew up the French plane, and he blew up the American plane. And what does the Bush administration do? The Bush administration is far more on the side of the Libyans than it is as far as the victims of terrorism go, though it talks a good line about caring about terrorism. If they can make friends with Moammar Gadhafi because they want his oil, then that tells you where they stand."...
Yep.
Posted by Robert at August 17, 2008 7:32 AM
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This is beyond insane its beyond words.
This deal has Condi written all over it.
Posted by: sheik yer'mami![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/nav-commenters.gif)
at August 17, 2008 7:43 AM
I think I will get sick..
at August 17, 2008 9:09 AM
WTF?
Posted by: Concerned Citizen at August 17, 2008 9:57 AM
Good Dhimmi, Now tear down your churches.
Posted by: Kuffar at August 17, 2008 10:51 AM
Oh and have you been following how Gazprom has Libya's nat gas contracts and a real close relationship to develop resources, etc.? And that etc may include consulting on how to play dem yanks.
Posted by: kuchuklambat at August 17, 2008 1:04 PM
Kaddafi's adopted "daughter" is a sick terrorist canard. And irresponsible journalists have repeated this propaganda lie for decades. Nobody seems to recall the facts anymore.
During his terrorist heyday, Kaddafi habitually surrounded himself with orphans as human shields (cowardly dog that he is). The orphan girl killed during Operation El Dorado Canyon was only "adopted" by Kaddafi post-humously as a terrorist propaganda tool.
Now Kaddafi reflexively exhumes the poor child to shake her corpse at the West. In truth, it was Kaddafi's illegal orphan-shield terrorism that caused the girl's death.
Now it seems, her killer stands to benefit monetarily from this grotesque theatre.
Terrorism still pays-- handsomely.
/nemo me impune lacessit... Kaddafi delenda est
Posted by: Terp Mole at August 17, 2008 3:34 PM
Susan Cohen, mother of a 20-year-old woman killed in the Pan Am Flight 103, expressed outrage upon hearing news of the U.S.-Libya settlement.
"Gadhafi is an absolute horror," Cohen told WND. "He has done many, many terrible things. He blew up the French plane, and he blew up the American plane. And what does the Bush administration do? The Bush administration is far more on the side of the Libyans than it is as far as the victims of terrorism go, though it talks a good line about caring about terrorism. If they can make friends with Moammar Gadhafi because they want his oil, then that tells you where they stand."...
Unlike Cindy Sheehan, there's an anti-Bush demonstrator I could get behind.
Posted by: DenverRodeo at August 17, 2008 4:10 PM
And Italy has now agreed, in order to obtain Libya's supposed cooperation in preventing huge numbers of would-be immigrants from North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa, setting off for Italy (some boats are interdicted, but not nearly enough), to build a coastal highway across Libya. The Libyans, you see, can't possibly do it themselves. They can't a build a thing themselves. It is all the work of Italians or other Westerners.
Posted by: Hugh at August 17, 2008 4:32 PM
Iran was behind the bombing of Pam Am Flight 103 they paid than Lebson Drug Gang 50 million dollar to do the job. Common Intelligence Service Knowlege. They want paid back for american illegality shooting down than civial airliner. The navy never took legal action against trigger happy captain.
Posted by: DefenderofIslam at August 17, 2008 8:39 PM
This is an April fool's joke in the middle of August.
Right?
Posted by: I_am_me at August 18, 2008 9:05 AM
DefenderofIslam drooled: "Iran was behind the bombing of Pam Am Flight 103... dirka-dirka-dirka... The navy never took legal action against trigger happy captain."
Here we have another illiterate conspiracy nutcase spreading Juval Aziz's refried nonsense.
Sadly, Steven Spielberg is now translating this warped historical revisionist narrative into film.
The Iranians have plenty of innocent blood on their own hands without Westerners white-washing Kaddafi's murderous culpability for Black September, Rome/Vienna airport massacres, La Belle disco, Pan Am 103, UTA flight 772, PIRA, Abu Nidal, Abu Sayyaf, etc., ad nauseum.
/nemo me impune lacessit... Kaddafi delenda est
Posted by: Terp Mole at August 18, 2008 10:34 AM
Another great decision fro the "Decider". Will Saudi be eligible for reparations from the WTC and Pentagon? Bush -criminal or idiot - you decide.
Posted by: MP at August 18, 2008 12:43 PM
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