Magnus Linklater penned the following piece piece for October 20 edition of The Times (the article is behind a paywall, but is accessible on the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 Facebook page): It is time to extinguish the last embers of controversy that have heated the Lockerbie case for so long. For more than…
The following information appears on Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholars website: Remembrance Week – October 25-31, 2015 Saturday, October 24, at the Carrier Dome – SU vs. Pitt game, Homecoming Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars will distribute information to students about Remembrance Week; participate in the Pre-Game ceremonies; and observe a Moment of Silence during game Sunday,…
From the BBC: The Libyan government has confirmed the names of two men suspected of being involved in the Lockerbie bombing. US and Scottish prosecutors said they had asked Libya for permission to interview Mohammed Abouajela Masud and Abdullah al-Senussi. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34546899 A spokesperson for Frank Mulholland, the Scottish lord advocate, issued this statement yesterday: “The…
From the BBC: Scottish prosecutors want to interview two Libyans they have identified as new suspects over the Lockerbie bombing. They believe the two suspects were involved, along with Abdelbaset al-Megrahi – the only person to have been convicted of the 1988 atrocity. The rest of the story is here: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34543983
The third and final chapter of Ken Dornstein’s documentary, My Brother’s Bomber, is slated to air on PBS next Tuesday (10/13). Viewers may stream all 3 installments from PBS’s website: Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Both episodes are also available for purchase in the iTunes Store for $2.99 each.
Journalist Magnus Linklater has followed, researched, and reported on the Lockerbie bombing for years. In his most recent article, published in the September 24 2015 edition of The Times (U.K.), Linklater discusses how Ken Dornstein’s lengthy investigation led to the possible identification of the man whose device murdered 270 people on December 21, 1988. Lockerbie…
Last year, I cited an article detailing the possibility that Suse Lowenstein’s Dark Elegy had finally found a permanent home. Though the plan to place the sculptures in Montauk’s Kirk Park fell through, several Remembrance scholars approached her with the idea of petitioning Syracuse University to create a permanent home for the work. The petition…
From the PBS website: “When filmmaker Ken Dornstein was 19 years old, his older brother David was one of 189 Americans killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Nearly three decades later, only one suspect, a Libyan man, was ever convicted of the terror plot, which killed 270 people in…
Aired shortly before the 20th anniversary of the Pan Am 103 bombing, Terror & Tears is an award-winning documentary produced by Time Warner Cable and narrated by the late Bill Carey. The documentary was originally produced as a 6 part series; a longer version with slightly different material appeared later. Featuring interviews with family members,…
Syracuse University’s 2015 Remembrance Week is scheduled for the week of October 25-31. A detailed schedule should be available after September 15.
Though some family members have already promised to continue their case, Scottish judges dealt another serious blow to “Justice For Megrahi,” a group dedicated to appealing Abdel Baset al-Megrahi’s conviction. A key point of their dispute is that Anthony Gauci, the Maltese shopkeeper who identified al-Megrah as the man who bought items which were later…
A crescendo of sound, a flash of light, and a vast cloud of flame precipitated the most horrific night of George White’s life. A lifelong resident of Lockerbie, George had served as a paramedic on the village’s ambulance squad for the past 28 years, yet the night’s chaos would push the veteran to the edge…