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Donald Trump urged to declassify US information on Lockerbie bombing

By Editorial Board Published February 14, 2025 4 Min Read
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Donald Trump urged to declassify US information on Lockerbie bombing

Donald Trump has been urged to declassify US information on the Lockerbie bombing.

A lawyer who represented the British victims killed within the assault referred to as on the US president to launch the paperwork, insisting the households “deserve transparency, truth and answers”.

Mr Trump has already moved to declassify information associated to the killing of John F Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

Professor Peter Watson has now requested Mr Trump to make public the paperwork associated to the bombing of Pan Am flight 103.

Prof Watson served as secretary for the Lockerbie Catastrophe Group and made the request in a letter to Matthew Palmer, the cost d’affaires on the US Embassy within the UK.

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The path of destruction left by the flight. Pic: AP/Martin Cleaver

An engineer from the Air Crash Investigation Unit peers out in this December 8, 1988 file photo, from the reconstructed remains of the Pan Am Boeing 747 jumbo jet that crashed into the Scottish village of Lockerbie in December 8, 1988. Libya and lawyers for families of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing victims signed an agreement August 13, 2003 to create a bank account to hold $2.7 billion in compensation in a key step toward resolving the dispute, a lawyer said. The mid-air bombing killed 259 mostly

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Pic: Reuters/Kieran Doherty

On 21 December 1988, the flight, which was carrying 259 passengers and crew to the US, was blown out of the sky above the Scottish city of Lockerbie.

All of these on board had been killed together with 11 folks on the bottom.

No public inquiry into the bombing has been held and Prof Watson mentioned declassifying the paperwork would assist “fill the vacuum of understanding” across the tragedy.

Former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al Megrahi stays the one individual to ever be convicted over the assault.

He was sentenced to life in jail however was launched in 2009 on compassionate grounds after being recognized with most cancers. He died in 2012.

One other Libyan man, Abu Agila Masud, is alleged to have made the bombs and faces trial within the US in Might on three fees, all of which he denies.

Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi, accused of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988, is shown in this Alexandria Sheriff's Office photograph taken in Alexandria,Virginia on December 11, 2022. Alexandria, VA Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

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Abu Agila Masud is accused of creating the bomb that blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988. Pic: Reuters

Abdel Basset al Megrahi in 2011.
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Abdelbaset al Megrahi in 2011. Pic: Reuters

Prof Watson mentioned: “Nearly four decades later, as new trials and investigations continue, the pursuit of truth and justice for the victims and their families endures.

“The households of the victims are entitled to know as a lot as doable about what occurred on the night time of the bombing, and we all know there are paperwork held by the US and UK intelligence providers that fill the vacuum of understanding that is still at the moment.

“We have seen a move from President Trump to declassify a number of federal secrets, and we believe Lockerbie should be next.”

Professor Peter Watson, the lawyer who represented British victims of the Lockerbie bombing. Pic: PA/Handout/PBW Law

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Professor Peter Watson, the lawyer who represented British victims of the Lockerbie bombing. Pic: PA/Handout/PBW Legislation

Prof Watson added: “The families have waited far too long. They deserve transparency, truth and answers.”

In August 2003, Libya accepted blame for the bombing and agreed to compensate victims’ households $2.7bn (£2.1bn).

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