Koussa says Palestinians, not Libya behind Lockerbie bombing
April 2nd, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANIEdinburgh, Apr 2 (ANI): British Labour Party politician Tam Dalyell has said former Libyan Minister Moussa Koussa told him that the Gaddafi regime had not been responsible for the Lockerbie bombing and pointed the finger at Palestinian terrorists instead.
Dalyell also claimed that Scottish authorities could not be trusted to question Koussa, who has been a key figure in the Gaddafi regime for most of its 42 years.
The intervention of the former Labour MP for Linlithgow came as it emerged that the UK government had held discussions with a senior diplomat from the Gaddafi regime and the rebels called for a ceasefire, The Scotsman reports.
According to reports, other senior figures in the Gaddafi regime were preparing to follow Koussa, who fled to the UK this week, in a private Swiss jet from Tunisia.
He is being kept in a safe house and has been questioned by MI6 officers and diplomats, but the Crown Office in Scotland is still pressing its claim to interview him about Lockerbie.
In 1988 Lockerbie bombing case nearly 270 people were killed as Pan Am Flight 103 flight was brought down following a terrorist bomb attack. (ANI)
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