Lockerbie Bomber released for oil

After two weeks of lying, Jack Straw admits Lockerbie bomber's release was linked to oil.

The Justice Secretary said he was unapologetic about including Abdelbaset al Megrahi in the agreement, citing a multi-million-pound oil deal signed by BP and Libya six weeks later.
The admission directly contradicts Gordon Brown's insistence only days ago that oil deals were not a factor in the prisoner's release.

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"Documents published this week showed Mr Straw originally promised that a PTA would only be reached with Libya if Megrahi was excluded. But he later caved in to Libyan demands to include Megrahi. It followed a warning from BP that a failure to include the bomber could hurt the oil giant’s business interests.

When asked in the interview if trade and BP were factors, Mr Straw admits: “Yes, [it was] a very big part of that. I’m unapologetic about that... Libya was a rogue state.
“We wanted to bring it back into the fold. And yes, that included trade because trade is an essential part of it and subsequently there was the BP deal.”

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What next? Will they sell the Queen to Pakistan for a trophy? Without a qualm since Gordon Brown managed not to invite her to the Anniversary of the Normandy landing this year. It's as if he and the Labor party managed to free Europe all by themselves. The petty man was paying her back for calling him out on the carpet about the MP Expenses scandal. What a toad.

The U.K. isn't just bankrupt financially.

REMINDER: Libya is taking over the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly for the coming year. My post. And it's not an Onion joke that he wants the U.N. to abolish Switzerland and divide up the territory between France and Germany.