Revealed: CIA offered $2m to Lockerbie witness and brother
The CIA offered $2m (£1m) to the Crown's key witness in the Lockerbie trial and his brother, sources close to the case have told The Herald.
Recently discovered papers show Scottish police officers investigating the 1988 bombing were aware the US intelligence service had discussed financial terms and witness protection schemes with Tony Gauci and his brother, Paul.
They documented the talks and it would have been standard practice for such information to have been relayed to the prosecution team before the trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the Libyan serving 27 years for the bombing.
However, his defence team was never told of the CIA offer, in what critics say is another example of non-disclosure that undermines the credibility of Mr Gauci and, in turn, the Crown's case against Megrahi.
It has not been confirmed that the brothers accepted any money, but the fact that an offer was made is directly relevant to the credibility of Tony Gauci, who became the lynchpin of the case. Paul was never called as a witness.
The latest remarkable twist comes a day after The Herald revealed a top-secret document vital to the truth about Lockerbie was obtained by the Crown but never disclosed to the defence.
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission found that document during its three-year investigation, which concluded earlier this year that Megrahi should have a fresh appeal.
The document, thought to be from the CIA, contains highly classified information about the MST13 timer which allegedly detonated the bomb. The Crown, for national security reasons, is still refusing to hand the material over to the defence.
An offer of remuneration by the US agency could be explained by the political imperative then for the US and Britain to secure a conviction for Lockerbie. At the time, Libya was very much a hostile nation, unlike the more relaxed links between Tripoli and the West which now prevail.
Yesterday in Edinburgh, the defence lodged its case with the appeal court and a preliminary hearing has been set for a week tomorrow.
The defence team also lodged a specification of documents order, demanding the Crown release the classified document. Prosecutors are expected to challenge the appeal, despite the weight of new
evidence.
A source close to the case said: "We understand the commission found new documents which refer to discussions between the US intelligence agency and the Gaucis and that the sum involved was as much as $2m.
"Even if they did not receive the money, the fact these discussions took place should have been divulged to the defence."
The Herald has also seen copies of an agreement with the US government and signed by a senior member of the Crown Office, agreeing not to disclose certain material.
Norman McFadyen, then one of the leading members of the prosecution team and now the Crown Agent, signed the non-disclosure agreement on June 1, 2000.
James Chalmers, a senior lecturer in law at Edinburgh University, said if a member of the Crown agreed not to disclose material shown by a foreign government, it called its worth into question.
"This would raise questions about whether the right to a fair trial has been breached. And if a witness were offered money before giving evidence, this could undermine their credibility.
"It would certainly need to be put to the witness under cross-examination. If such information was not disclosed to the defence, that could give rise to a miscarriage of justice. It is an issue of credibility."
Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora died in the tragedy, said: "It is shocking to me that if after 19 years of trying to get to the truth about who murdered my daughter, national security is being used as an excuse."
A spokesman for the Crown Office has previously declined to comment on the case saying it would be "wholly inappropriate" while it is before the appeal court.
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Posted by: los Angeles, Edinburgh on 1:02am Wed 3 Oct 07
Ah, the dear old CIA.
How it has grown and blossomed from its original incarnation as the office of homeland security to become a destroyer of elected leaders, governments, and a corrupter of law and order.
Ah, the dear old CIA.
How it has grown and blossomed from its original incarnation as the office of homeland security to become a destroyer of elected leaders, governments, and a corrupter of law and order.
Posted by: Tom McAlister on 1:05am Wed 3 Oct 07
That isn't news, it's history. Some folk well know how to uncover erm secrets by digging for same .To be in possession of such erm documation, complete with impecable resourses for it to be relied on. as kosher . Besides I would prefer my front door to remained attached to its hinges.
Isn't is amazing of many folk in public services seem to be a bit disgruntled these day? No telling what some folk will aid in revealing if they're a bit disgruntled,eh?
The truth is out there and as time passes documentation has a habit of being lost or whatever. The problem for some folk is it may become unlost..
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That isn't news, it's history. Some folk well know how to uncover erm secrets by digging for same .To be in possession of such erm documation, complete with impecable resourses for it to be relied on. as kosher . Besides I would prefer my front door to remained attached to its hinges.
Isn't is amazing of many folk in public services seem to be a bit disgruntled these day? No telling what some folk will aid in revealing if they're a bit disgruntled,eh?
The truth is out there and as time passes documentation has a habit of being lost or whatever. The problem for some folk is it may become unlost..
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Posted by: Peter Cherbi, Edinburgh on 3:28am Wed 3 Oct 07
Financial incentives offered for testimony in a court case ?
There is a term for that, can't seem to remember it just now .... but it's definitely anything other than honest ...
Financial incentives offered for testimony in a court case ?
There is a term for that, can't seem to remember it just now .... but it's definitely anything other than honest ...
Posted by: T. Watson, Inverness on 5:26am Wed 3 Oct 07
It just gets worse and worse !
More troubling is the realisation that our government officials and Scotland's leagal team knew a lot more than they admit, and yet went along with the cover-ups.
It just gets worse and worse !
More troubling is the realisation that our government officials and Scotland's leagal team knew a lot more than they admit, and yet went along with the cover-ups.
Posted by: Edwin & Mahnaz Bollier, MEBO Ltd, Zurich/Switzerland on 5:43am Wed 3 Oct 07
Edwin Bollier VR, MEBO Ltd
Also the key witness Edwin Bollier was allegedly offered 1991 a new personality and up to USD 4m reward in return for giving a wrong statement that the MST-13 timerfragment descends from a MST-13 timer supplied to Libya, but Bollier had rejected the offer.
Witness at Kamp van Zeist 2000.
Edwin Bollier first a witness during the "Lockerbie-Case" now with international legal support from Switzerland, will bring a charge against official ones on the "Lockerbie investigation Team" because of deliberate manipulation of the central proof MST-13 timer fragment. Please visit The "Lockerbie-Fraud" on our webpage:
www.lockerbie.ch
Mr. Abdelbaset al Megrahi and Libya have nothing todo with the Lockerbie-Tragedy!
Edwin Bollier VR, MEBO Ltd
Also the key witness Edwin Bollier was allegedly offered 1991 a new personality and up to USD 4m reward in return for giving a wrong statement that the MST-13 timerfragment descends from a MST-13 timer supplied to Libya, but Bollier had rejected the offer.
Witness at Kamp van Zeist 2000.
Edwin Bollier first a witness during the "Lockerbie-Case" now with international legal support from Switzerland, will bring a charge against official ones on the "Lockerbie investigation Team" because of deliberate manipulation of the central proof MST-13 timer fragment. Please visit The "Lockerbie-Fraud" on our webpage:
www.lockerbie.ch
Mr. Abdelbaset al Megrahi and Libya have nothing todo with the Lockerbie-Tragedy!
Posted by: Tom Minogue, Dunfermline on 6:45am Wed 3 Oct 07
It is just possible that the offer of several million dollars by the CIA--even if it were not accepted--might convince most people that they had better give their tetemony in a certain way that was favourable to the CIA, given that organisations track record of killing those who did not fit in with it's plans.
Mr Gauci might have been afraid that he would be given a Castro type cigar and decided to play ball!
On a serious note what is most worrying is the fact that Scottish police officers investigating the 1988 bombing were aware the US intelligence service had discussed financial terms and witness protection schemes with Tony Gauci and his brother, Paul--yet kept this from the defence.
Best wee justice system in the world?
It is just possible that the offer of several million dollars by the CIA--even if it were not accepted--might convince most people that they had better give their tetemony in a certain way that was favourable to the CIA, given that organisations track record of killing those who did not fit in with it's plans.
Mr Gauci might have been afraid that he would be given a Castro type cigar and decided to play ball!
On a serious note what is most worrying is the fact that Scottish police officers investigating the 1988 bombing were aware the US intelligence service had discussed financial terms and witness protection schemes with Tony Gauci and his brother, Paul--yet kept this from the defence.
Best wee justice system in the world?
Posted by: D paterson, Glasgow on 8:48am Wed 3 Oct 07
And the Scottish/British Police Were only the other day Looking to the public for more respect on such a dangerous job they do!
My postman takes his life in his hands every day on his walk!
No im afraid trepect has to be earned!.
And the Scottish/British Police Were only the other day Looking to the public for more respect on such a dangerous job they do!
My postman takes his life in his hands every day on his walk!
No im afraid trepect has to be earned!.
Posted by: Jeemy, East Scotland on 8:51am Wed 3 Oct 07
Now Tom we know that you have more chips on your shoulders than all the fryers sell in one hour any day in Dunfermline.
As for “Charlie’s Indians” we know what their past has been like, their stinking fingers were all over “Locherbie” right from the beginning.
The “politicians “ in this country fell on their backs and allowed them to run over us.
Now Tom we know that you have more chips on your shoulders than all the fryers sell in one hour any day in Dunfermline.
As for “Charlie’s Indians” we know what their past has been like, their stinking fingers were all over “Locherbie” right from the beginning.
The “politicians “ in this country fell on their backs and allowed them to run over us.
Posted by: willy, gretna on 9:08am Wed 3 Oct 07
Those boys from Leeds were framed for bombing London on July Seventh too.
www.julyseventh.co.u
k
Those boys from Leeds were framed for bombing London on July Seventh too.
www.julyseventh.co.u
k
Posted by: Steve Wynn, London on 9:53am Wed 3 Oct 07
This is an insider's summary of CIA involvement in Flight 103:
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This is an insider's summary of CIA involvement in Flight 103:
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Posted by: john on 9:58am Wed 3 Oct 07
'The document THOUGHT to be from the CIA' Actually I doubt very much if it's true. More than likely it's some folk within the government trying to find some way to release the bomber to gain access to more Libyan oil contracts. They probably had someone type something up not long ago. I have a feeling no one will risk their careers to question it. The guy will be released and we will become best buddies with Gaddafi's oil rich regime.
The truth is whenever you see a headline making a statement of fact, then in the article read the word 'sources', you have to take it with a pinch of salt. It's usually called a conspiracy theory, on a par with what I've just written. ;)
'The document THOUGHT to be from the CIA' Actually I doubt very much if it's true. More than likely it's some folk within the government trying to find some way to release the bomber to gain access to more Libyan oil contracts. They probably had someone type something up not long ago. I have a feeling no one will risk their careers to question it. The guy will be released and we will become best buddies with Gaddafi's oil rich regime.
The truth is whenever you see a headline making a statement of fact, then in the article read the word 'sources', you have to take it with a pinch of salt. It's usually called a conspiracy theory, on a par with what I've just written. ;)
Posted by: RETIRED....... but still switched on, Fed Up To The Teeth on 10:24am Wed 3 Oct 07
[quote][bold]john[/bold] wrote:
'The document THOUGHT to be from the CIA' Actually I doubt very much if it's true. More than likely it's some folk within the government trying to find some way to release the bomber to gain access to more Libyan oil contracts. They probably had someone type something up not long ago. I have a feeling no one will risk their careers to question it. The guy will be released and we will become best buddies with Gaddafi's oil rich regime. The truth is whenever you see a headline making a statement of fact, then in the article read the word 'sources', you have to take it with a pinch of salt. It's usually called a conspiracy theory, on a par with what I've just written. ;)[/quote] JOHN
Aye John.....very good.
The fact is that I care much less about any Libyan oil arrangements than about the integrity of the legal system in Scotland. IF we were to lose that we have nothing,and become little more than the worst banana republic where money and knowing the right people can get you away with anything.
S***..........I've just realised..........We
're TOO LATE !!!!
john wrote:
'The document THOUGHT to be from the CIA' Actually I doubt very much if it's true. More than likely it's some folk within the government trying to find some way to release the bomber to gain access to more Libyan oil contracts. They probably had someone type something up not long ago. I have a feeling no one will risk their careers to question it. The guy will be released and we will become best buddies with Gaddafi's oil rich regime. The truth is whenever you see a headline making a statement of fact, then in the article read the word 'sources', you have to take it with a pinch of salt. It's usually called a conspiracy theory, on a par with what I've just written. ;)
JOHN
Aye John.....very good.
The fact is that I care much less about any Libyan oil arrangements than about the integrity of the legal system in Scotland. IF we were to lose that we have nothing,and become little more than the worst banana republic where money and knowing the right people can get you away with anything.
S***..........I've just realised..........We
're TOO LATE !!!!
Posted by: smack, Glasgow on 10:40am Wed 3 Oct 07
[quote][bold]willy[/bold] wrote:
Those boys from Leeds were framed for bombing London on July Seventh too. www.julyseventh.co.u k[/quote] Willy
you cant be serious, checked the website, WHAT A LOAD OF LOAD S----!
willy wrote:
Those boys from Leeds were framed for bombing London on July Seventh too. www.julyseventh.co.u k
Willy
you cant be serious, checked the website, WHAT A LOAD OF LOAD S----!
Posted by: Anonymous, SAN FRANCISCO on 1:10pm Wed 3 Oct 07
Here are a couple of interesting articles. This guy had it right in 1987 but couldn't get published until 2004.
SAN FRANCISCO – THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY, a genre spy-thriller by Robert Spirko, is now in its second printing and was fourth on the best-seller list at Atlasbooks, Inc., a national book distributor. Ingram Books is the worldwide distributor.
Spirko, a financial and geo-political analyst who has given his advice to the National Security Council, turned his attention to the Middle East in 1987, after discovering several common elements related to the Middle East question. He wrote down his analysis, and when he was finished, he not only had a solution to the quagmire, he had a story to tell. THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY foreshadowed the Persian Gulf War by three years, and the resultant Iraq War followed by the Sept. 11 attack.
Spirko states, "The chief threat in the region I see right now is the threat to Saudi Arabia by Iran and Al Qaeda. If Al Qaeda were to overthrow the present royal family in Saudi Arabia, cutting off the oil supply to western nations including Japan and China, it would bring down entire world economies. France and Germany would be begging us to go to war to retake those oil wells. It would be World War III."
“If such a scenario were to occur,” he reiterates, “France and the European economies would collapse in a matter of weeks.”
“Another looming concern is Iran which wants to develop nuclear weapons to couple with their Shahab 4, 5 & 6 missiles on the drawing boards which have a range to hit London, Israel, all of Europe, southern Russia and the United States. Also, the Iranian government has said it initially had 300 centrifuges to enrich uranium to weapons grade material. They have increased that to 3,000. They will soon increase that again to 10,000 centrifuges,” Spirko says. “They have the additional capacity to add another 20,000 centrifuges in mass production techniques that will enable them to produce at least seven nuclear bombs in about a year. Where did they get these centrifuges?”
Spirko answers that question by stating an Arab proverb, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
“Simply put,” Spirko explains, “they probably got them from Saddam Hussein before the Iraq War started and were probably smuggled out of Iraq and into Iran just like he did his air force of 600 Soviet fighter planes. In other words, he gave them to his former enemy rather than let them be destroyed on the ground.”
“Why would he have done any differently with the 30,000 centrifuges he supposedly had on a decentralized basis inside Iraq before the war?” Spirko asks. “Isn’t it strange that Iran could come up with a nuclear weapons program in about six months to a year when it took the United States six years under the Manhattan Project with 5,000 of the world’s most brilliant scientists like Robert Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr, Seaborg, Einstein, Fermi, and others working on it?”
Another point Spirko makes on the Mideast is that, “It is time for the Israelis and Palestinians to return to the Camp David Peace Talks or some other place, resume where they left off and "freeze in place" the already-agreed-upon negotiating points,” Spirko says.
"And, it's all related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict which I said back in 1987 was the crux of my book. It always has been, and always will be until it's settled,” Spirko says. “That linkage is exactly what Osama Bin Laden stated in a taped message aired the weekend before the election in November of 2004. Whether you believe him or not is beside the point. That's what's he told us, and we'd better take that into account."
The novel is a mass market paperback produced by Olive Grove Publishers, and can be purchased at area bookstores through Ingram Book Group, New Leaf Distribution, and Baker and Taylor, priced at $14.99, ISBN 0-9752508-0-9. THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY can also be ordered on the web at www.atlasbooks.com, or email orders from: order@bookmasters.co
m, or from Barnes & Nobles, Border's, Dalton's, efollett.com & Follett bookstores at colleges and universities, WaldenBooks, Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com and other popular retail bookstores. Or, readers and store managers can call 1-800-BOOKLOG, or 800-247-6553 direct, to order.
SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to spy novels and Middle East intrigue, after 16 spell-binding years, the gripping story behind the Middle East quagmire - its issues of nuclear weapons and the quest for a Palestinian State - is finally being told in a ground-breaking new book entitled, THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY.
Author Robert Spirko created the work in such a way that every reader in the world would understand all the intricate issues in the Middle East and how close the region actually came to the brink of nuclear Armageddon. THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY, a genre spy-thriller by Robert Spirko, was fourth on the best-seller list at Atlasbooks, Inc., a national book distributor. Ingram Books is the worldwide distributor.
Mr. Spirko has a unique way of holding the reader in his grasp as the plot of THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY unfolds. He literally takes you from your armchair and immerses you into the lifestyle of the Bedouin, the Israeli, the PLO and the mindset of the Middle-Easterner.
THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY is not just another spy-novel; it is the quintessential spy-thriller because it forces the reader to understand how both sides "think" and why that thinking ultimately led to repeated wars in the Middle East.
Spirko, a financial and geo-political analyst, turned his attention to the Middle East in 1987, after discovering several common elements related to the Middle East question. In working for peace, and after several frustrating years, he put down his analysis in writing and when he was finished, he not only had a solution to the quagmire, he had a story to tell.
But, nobody was listening.
Today, all that has changed, thanks to Olive Grove Publishers who decided to give his book a chance.
When the Palestinian question came to a festering crisis in 1990, he had already predicted several of the actual events before they occurred. For instance, Spirko predicted the Intifada and Persian Gulf War, missing the actual invasion date of Kuwait by only one week. He did this through spectacular supposition, analysis and prediction based on what he was "seeing" in the region.
When Spirko typed his manuscript, he set the work to fiction, about what he thought might occur soon in the Middle East involving weapons of mass destruction, nuclear proliferation, the Palestinian uprising before it occurred, and how the Palestinian question begged to be answered, little did he realize that every event he described in the book would eventually transpire.
His story of what was really happening behind the scenes in the Middle East is truly astounding and remarkable, and his contribution to the Camp David Peace Talks in 2000, formulated a solution to the Jerusalem question. When the BBC got wind of it, they termed it "as nothing short of brilliant" - Jerusalem becoming the simultaneous capitals of both Israel and Palestine in congruous or concentric zones.
Spirko originally copyrighted his book on October 20, 1987, in the U. S.
Library of Congress where intelligence agencies reviewed his work.
Today, finally, somebody is listening.
Spirko feels that both sides must return to the Camp David Peace Talks and resume where they left off and "freeze in place" the already-agreed-upon negotiating points.
“It's like a marriage where both spouses storm away mad in an argument.
They don't divorce and then try to resume their relationship, they come back together, settle their differences, and resume their marriage. It must be the same for the Middle East Peace talks," Spirko says.
The story begins in Beirut, Lebanon, once a great financial capital of the Middle East, which lay in ruin, having been systematically blasted to rubble during 20 years of inexhaustible civil war and siege by Israel, the PLO, Hamas, Hezbollah and Lebanese factions. Soon, the quest for a Palestinian State would be framed by these events; namely, the invasion of Kuwait by a neighboring rogue state, Iraq, with Saddam Hussein's goal of seeking nuclear parity with Israel.
In Mr. Spirko's story, Rick Waite, a forgotten UPI correspondent, and Adrienne Waters, a Pulitzer Prize journalist from the London Times, meet-up in Beirut with a PLO operative named Ahmed, who discovers a secret intelligence memo about a secret plan to destroy Israel.
In the ensuing chase to find the answer to this secret communiqué and what it means, a deadly race against time begins as the unlikely trio tries to halt the launch of a secret weapon from a hidden PLO base camp in the Syrian Desert. U. S. and British intelligence operatives have their own agenda, and attempt to stop whatever is going on to save the entire region from a nuclear holocaust.
Spirko weaves a tale of chilling duplicity and thrilling action, as the characters evade and devise a method to announce the discovery of nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles to the rest of the world - all while United Nations' delegates bicker endlessly.
An executive at BookMasters, Inc., says, "The book is absolutely stunning in the manner in which Mr. Spirko, tells his tale. He is truly a master as an analyst, and it's totally unlike anything else we've ever read in a spy-thriller. It keeps you turning pages and won't let you quit - until the very end. And, what an ending it is! If you crave twisting plots, thrilling spy-action and intriguing characters, then this is the book for you."
Spirko, whose own background includes a stint in the U. S. Air Force and has given his advice to the National Security Council in Washington, D. C., has a degree in journalism and knows first-hand about the newsroom and what it takes to be an intelligence field agent. His knowledge of the trade makes the story real, daunting, and strikingly similar to "The Year of Living Dangerously."
"THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY drips with reality," quips a book reviewer from Olive Grove Publishers. "If books were rated by Siskel & Roeper, it would be given a two-thumbs up."
Not since, Casablanca, do characters as earthy as Rick Waite, or as beautifully mysterious as London Times reporter, Adrienne Waters, or as desperate as PLO operative, Ahmed, bring fresh characters to a story that will be remembered by readers for a long time.
The novel is a mass market paperback produced by Olive Grove Publishers, and can be purchased at area bookstores through Ingram Book Group, New Leaf Distribution, and Baker and Taylor, priced at $14.99, ISBN 0-9752508-0-9. THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY can also be ordered on the web at www.atlasbooks.com, or email orders from: order@bookmasters.co
m, or from Barnes & Nobles, Border's, Dalton's, efollett.com & Follett bookstores at colleges and universities, WaldenBooks, Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com and other popular retail bookstores. Or, readers and store managers can call 1-800-BOOKLOG, or 800-247-6553 direct, to order.
For readers who want to know what was really going on in the Middle East prior to the Persian Gulf War, Sept. 11th, and Iraq War, THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY, is a must read.
Here are a couple of interesting articles. This guy had it right in 1987 but couldn't get published until 2004.
SAN FRANCISCO – THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY, a genre spy-thriller by Robert Spirko, is now in its second printing and was fourth on the best-seller list at Atlasbooks, Inc., a national book distributor. Ingram Books is the worldwide distributor.
Spirko, a financial and geo-political analyst who has given his advice to the National Security Council, turned his attention to the Middle East in 1987, after discovering several common elements related to the Middle East question. He wrote down his analysis, and when he was finished, he not only had a solution to the quagmire, he had a story to tell. THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY foreshadowed the Persian Gulf War by three years, and the resultant Iraq War followed by the Sept. 11 attack.
Spirko states, "The chief threat in the region I see right now is the threat to Saudi Arabia by Iran and Al Qaeda. If Al Qaeda were to overthrow the present royal family in Saudi Arabia, cutting off the oil supply to western nations including Japan and China, it would bring down entire world economies. France and Germany would be begging us to go to war to retake those oil wells. It would be World War III."
“If such a scenario were to occur,” he reiterates, “France and the European economies would collapse in a matter of weeks.”
“Another looming concern is Iran which wants to develop nuclear weapons to couple with their Shahab 4, 5 & 6 missiles on the drawing boards which have a range to hit London, Israel, all of Europe, southern Russia and the United States. Also, the Iranian government has said it initially had 300 centrifuges to enrich uranium to weapons grade material. They have increased that to 3,000. They will soon increase that again to 10,000 centrifuges,” Spirko says. “They have the additional capacity to add another 20,000 centrifuges in mass production techniques that will enable them to produce at least seven nuclear bombs in about a year. Where did they get these centrifuges?”
Spirko answers that question by stating an Arab proverb, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
“Simply put,” Spirko explains, “they probably got them from Saddam Hussein before the Iraq War started and were probably smuggled out of Iraq and into Iran just like he did his air force of 600 Soviet fighter planes. In other words, he gave them to his former enemy rather than let them be destroyed on the ground.”
“Why would he have done any differently with the 30,000 centrifuges he supposedly had on a decentralized basis inside Iraq before the war?” Spirko asks. “Isn’t it strange that Iran could come up with a nuclear weapons program in about six months to a year when it took the United States six years under the Manhattan Project with 5,000 of the world’s most brilliant scientists like Robert Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr, Seaborg, Einstein, Fermi, and others working on it?”
Another point Spirko makes on the Mideast is that, “It is time for the Israelis and Palestinians to return to the Camp David Peace Talks or some other place, resume where they left off and "freeze in place" the already-agreed-upon negotiating points,” Spirko says.
"And, it's all related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict which I said back in 1987 was the crux of my book. It always has been, and always will be until it's settled,” Spirko says. “That linkage is exactly what Osama Bin Laden stated in a taped message aired the weekend before the election in November of 2004. Whether you believe him or not is beside the point. That's what's he told us, and we'd better take that into account."
The novel is a mass market paperback produced by Olive Grove Publishers, and can be purchased at area bookstores through Ingram Book Group, New Leaf Distribution, and Baker and Taylor, priced at $14.99, ISBN 0-9752508-0-9. THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY can also be ordered on the web at www.atlasbooks.com, or email orders from: order@bookmasters.co
m, or from Barnes & Nobles, Border's, Dalton's, efollett.com & Follett bookstores at colleges and universities, WaldenBooks, Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com and other popular retail bookstores. Or, readers and store managers can call 1-800-BOOKLOG, or 800-247-6553 direct, to order.
SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to spy novels and Middle East intrigue, after 16 spell-binding years, the gripping story behind the Middle East quagmire - its issues of nuclear weapons and the quest for a Palestinian State - is finally being told in a ground-breaking new book entitled, THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY.
Author Robert Spirko created the work in such a way that every reader in the world would understand all the intricate issues in the Middle East and how close the region actually came to the brink of nuclear Armageddon. THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY, a genre spy-thriller by Robert Spirko, was fourth on the best-seller list at Atlasbooks, Inc., a national book distributor. Ingram Books is the worldwide distributor.
Mr. Spirko has a unique way of holding the reader in his grasp as the plot of THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY unfolds. He literally takes you from your armchair and immerses you into the lifestyle of the Bedouin, the Israeli, the PLO and the mindset of the Middle-Easterner.
THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY is not just another spy-novel; it is the quintessential spy-thriller because it forces the reader to understand how both sides "think" and why that thinking ultimately led to repeated wars in the Middle East.
Spirko, a financial and geo-political analyst, turned his attention to the Middle East in 1987, after discovering several common elements related to the Middle East question. In working for peace, and after several frustrating years, he put down his analysis in writing and when he was finished, he not only had a solution to the quagmire, he had a story to tell.
But, nobody was listening.
Today, all that has changed, thanks to Olive Grove Publishers who decided to give his book a chance.
When the Palestinian question came to a festering crisis in 1990, he had already predicted several of the actual events before they occurred. For instance, Spirko predicted the Intifada and Persian Gulf War, missing the actual invasion date of Kuwait by only one week. He did this through spectacular supposition, analysis and prediction based on what he was "seeing" in the region.
When Spirko typed his manuscript, he set the work to fiction, about what he thought might occur soon in the Middle East involving weapons of mass destruction, nuclear proliferation, the Palestinian uprising before it occurred, and how the Palestinian question begged to be answered, little did he realize that every event he described in the book would eventually transpire.
His story of what was really happening behind the scenes in the Middle East is truly astounding and remarkable, and his contribution to the Camp David Peace Talks in 2000, formulated a solution to the Jerusalem question. When the BBC got wind of it, they termed it "as nothing short of brilliant" - Jerusalem becoming the simultaneous capitals of both Israel and Palestine in congruous or concentric zones.
Spirko originally copyrighted his book on October 20, 1987, in the U. S.
Library of Congress where intelligence agencies reviewed his work.
Today, finally, somebody is listening.
Spirko feels that both sides must return to the Camp David Peace Talks and resume where they left off and "freeze in place" the already-agreed-upon negotiating points.
“It's like a marriage where both spouses storm away mad in an argument.
They don't divorce and then try to resume their relationship, they come back together, settle their differences, and resume their marriage. It must be the same for the Middle East Peace talks," Spirko says.
The story begins in Beirut, Lebanon, once a great financial capital of the Middle East, which lay in ruin, having been systematically blasted to rubble during 20 years of inexhaustible civil war and siege by Israel, the PLO, Hamas, Hezbollah and Lebanese factions. Soon, the quest for a Palestinian State would be framed by these events; namely, the invasion of Kuwait by a neighboring rogue state, Iraq, with Saddam Hussein's goal of seeking nuclear parity with Israel.
In Mr. Spirko's story, Rick Waite, a forgotten UPI correspondent, and Adrienne Waters, a Pulitzer Prize journalist from the London Times, meet-up in Beirut with a PLO operative named Ahmed, who discovers a secret intelligence memo about a secret plan to destroy Israel.
In the ensuing chase to find the answer to this secret communiqué and what it means, a deadly race against time begins as the unlikely trio tries to halt the launch of a secret weapon from a hidden PLO base camp in the Syrian Desert. U. S. and British intelligence operatives have their own agenda, and attempt to stop whatever is going on to save the entire region from a nuclear holocaust.
Spirko weaves a tale of chilling duplicity and thrilling action, as the characters evade and devise a method to announce the discovery of nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles to the rest of the world - all while United Nations' delegates bicker endlessly.
An executive at BookMasters, Inc., says, "The book is absolutely stunning in the manner in which Mr. Spirko, tells his tale. He is truly a master as an analyst, and it's totally unlike anything else we've ever read in a spy-thriller. It keeps you turning pages and won't let you quit - until the very end. And, what an ending it is! If you crave twisting plots, thrilling spy-action and intriguing characters, then this is the book for you."
Spirko, whose own background includes a stint in the U. S. Air Force and has given his advice to the National Security Council in Washington, D. C., has a degree in journalism and knows first-hand about the newsroom and what it takes to be an intelligence field agent. His knowledge of the trade makes the story real, daunting, and strikingly similar to "The Year of Living Dangerously."
"THE PALESTINE CONSPIRACY drips with reality," quips a book reviewer from Olive Grove Publishers. "If books were rated by Siskel & Roeper, it would be given a two-thumbs up."
Not since, Casablanca, do characters as earthy as Rick Waite, or as beautifully mysterious as London Times reporter, Adrienne Waters, or as desperate as PLO operative, Ahmed, bring fresh characters to a story that will be remembered by readers for a long time.
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Posted by: 123, Baden Baden on 1:42pm Wed 3 Oct 07
Does anyone think the Lord Advocate will be making a statement to the Scottish Parliament anytime soon? If what is reported is true, then all those who were involved should be indicted with a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Does anyone think the Lord Advocate will be making a statement to the Scottish Parliament anytime soon? If what is reported is true, then all those who were involved should be indicted with a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Posted by: MsJ, Glasgow on 7:41pm Wed 3 Oct 07
Retired, what do you mean "if" we lose the integrity of the Scottish legal system?
Retired, what do you mean "if" we lose the integrity of the Scottish legal system?
Posted by: http://williambeck.b
logspot.com/, Glasgow on 9:52pm Wed 3 Oct 07
Same Defence QC
Same Questions:
Why wasn't Crucial Key Forensic evidence called?
Why wasn't Crucial Crown Witnesses called??
Why did Taylor QC close my Defence without my say so???
Why did he not call Lawyer who said: Police had Number 2 out his mouth before turning to view ID Parade.
Why did SCCRC accept Taylor saying he did not know about Lawyers evidence, Despite Lawyer being on my defence list.
SCCRC even refused to answer when asked why my defence team never called the Lawyers Evidence.
Why was my defence Team allowed not to interview 16 Defence Witnesses and 6 crown Witnesses. SCCRC did not even ask them why they never interviewed my witnesses before trial.
Was all these failings because when i went to SCCRC they allowed Taylor to remain on their Board but when Megrahi Appealed Taylor resigned to allow them to remain Independent and Impartial.
Was i not entitled to the same Indepence and Impartial review of my case.
Same Defence QC
Same Questions:
Why wasn't Crucial Key Forensic evidence called?
Why wasn't Crucial Crown Witnesses called??
Why did Taylor QC close my Defence without my say so???
Why did he not call Lawyer who said: Police had Number 2 out his mouth before turning to view ID Parade.
Why did SCCRC accept Taylor saying he did not know about Lawyers evidence, Despite Lawyer being on my defence list.
SCCRC even refused to answer when asked why my defence team never called the Lawyers Evidence.
Why was my defence Team allowed not to interview 16 Defence Witnesses and 6 crown Witnesses. SCCRC did not even ask them why they never interviewed my witnesses before trial.
Was all these failings because when i went to SCCRC they allowed Taylor to remain on their Board but when Megrahi Appealed Taylor resigned to allow them to remain Independent and Impartial.
Was i not entitled to the same Indepence and Impartial review of my case.
Posted by: http://www.flickr.co
m/photos/big-wullie/, Glsagow on 10:10pm Wed 3 Oct 07
See Taylors Statements to SCCRC here at the above link, See also his statement to Dean of Faculty and the following documents:
ID Parade Reports
Lawyers Statements
Crown witnesses statements
Even Jurors names and Addresses, But Crown still refuse to release witness Statements in my case.
What is even more alarming is i am asking for witnesses statements That gave Evidence so their statements are public Knowledge.
See Crowns letter dated 22 march where they use Public Interest test and Data Protection rules to not release documents to me.
Not any surprise to see they have done the same with Megrahi.
Crown decide what is to be released, despite Privy Council in the Holland and Sinclair cases saying all evidence must be released.
Megrahi will always have an appeal to Privy Council.
Here is a Foreign National having Two appeals in our Country (Quite Rightly too) Yet I am Denied even One Appeal.
Everyone has the minimum right of Appeal yet our Courts are denying me this Human Right but allowing a Foreigner better access to Justice.
What is our Justice System coming to?
See Taylors Statements to SCCRC here at the above link, See also his statement to Dean of Faculty and the following documents:
ID Parade Reports
Lawyers Statements
Crown witnesses statements
Even Jurors names and Addresses, But Crown still refuse to release witness Statements in my case.
What is even more alarming is i am asking for witnesses statements That gave Evidence so their statements are public Knowledge.
See Crowns letter dated 22 march where they use Public Interest test and Data Protection rules to not release documents to me.
Not any surprise to see they have done the same with Megrahi.
Crown decide what is to be released, despite Privy Council in the Holland and Sinclair cases saying all evidence must be released.
Megrahi will always have an appeal to Privy Council.
Here is a Foreign National having Two appeals in our Country (Quite Rightly too) Yet I am Denied even One Appeal.
Everyone has the minimum right of Appeal yet our Courts are denying me this Human Right but allowing a Foreigner better access to Justice.
What is our Justice System coming to?
Posted by: Anon, Glasgow on 10:17pm Wed 3 Oct 07
If The CIA went down the Barra's any Saturday or Sunday and Offered £2M there would be Murder.
Any Junkie or Grass would bite the arm off of them for £2M
The Wacky Races would start and there would be fights galore among them all.
Contracts for Murder, we hear every day are taken out on people for fractions of £2M so no surprise they managed to get false evidence from Gauci
If The CIA went down the Barra's any Saturday or Sunday and Offered £2M there would be Murder.
Any Junkie or Grass would bite the arm off of them for £2M
The Wacky Races would start and there would be fights galore among them all.
Contracts for Murder, we hear every day are taken out on people for fractions of £2M so no surprise they managed to get false evidence from Gauci
Posted by: frank duggan, USA on 4:20am Sat 6 Oct 07
[bold]bold[/bold] You are so full of ****, and you know it. Do you not think that the Commission which studied this for three years would have said something about the CIA paying off the witness? The Commission found the opposite - that all your conspiracy stories were without any basis and not to be believed.
You are so full of ****, and you know it. Do you not think that the Commission which studied this for three years would have said something about the CIA paying off the witness? The Commission found the opposite - that all your conspiracy stories were without any basis and not to be believed.
Posted by: Mike, England. on 1:51pm Sun 7 Oct 07
]Scotland on Sunday
June 24 2007
[quote]
'Golfer has also revealed that an undeclared American passport was found among the masses of debris recovered after the atrocity. He said it had been issued to Khaled Jafaar, known to have been involved in controlled drug runs that the CIA was allowing to happen.
There were early suggestions that he may have unwittingly carried the bomb on board, believing that he was carrying a suitcase concealing drugs. But it emerged later that he was in the service of the CIA.
Golfer makes it clear that most of his colleagues were entirely committed to pursuing a case against the first suspects, the PFLP-GC, and could see no reason to deviate from that path when they were instructed to look to Libyan involvement.'
So we have probable cause?
]Scotland on Sunday
June 24 2007
'Golfer has also revealed that an undeclared American passport was found among the masses of debris recovered after the atrocity. He said it had been issued to Khaled Jafaar, known to have been involved in controlled drug runs that the CIA was allowing to happen.
There were early suggestions that he may have unwittingly carried the bomb on board, believing that he was carrying a suitcase concealing drugs. But it emerged later that he was in the service of the CIA.
Golfer makes it clear that most of his colleagues were entirely committed to pursuing a case against the first suspects, the PFLP-GC, and could see no reason to deviate from that path when they were instructed to look to Libyan involvement.'
So we have probable cause?
Posted by: http://williambeck.b
logspot.com/ on 5:14pm Fri 12 Oct 07
Lockerbie Bombers QC A Liar
Check the above link
Lockerbie Bombers QC A Liar
Check the above link
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