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BP and the Lockerbie Bomber: Why the Conspiracy Is False

The U.S. Senate’s error-riddled letter demanding an inquiry into BP’s role in the release of the Lockerbie bomber is little more than crude political grandstanding, says Alex Massie.

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Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. Credit: Newscom
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Oil and water may not mix, but oil and conspiracy certainly do. Add terrorism and a flamboyant African dictator to the mix and it’s not, perhaps, surprising that so many people continue to think that BP hatched some nefarious plot to release the Lockerbie bomber from his Scottish jail cell...

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