New evidence of Lockerbie bombing surfaces

[Christa]

A SECRET videotape exists of the moment the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 was planted but has been “lost” by the authorities, it emerged yesterday.

The footage was shot by German intelligence at Frankfurt Airport and shows a baggage handler slipping a Samsonite suitcase rigged with explosives onto a luggage trolley.

Investigator Juval Aviv obtained the tape and passed it to the now defunct airline, which placed copies in safe deposit boxes around Europe.

He said the CIA has denied the tape exists as it would reveal the US agency’s role in the bombing and clear the name of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi.

The BKA, the German equivalent of MI5, which was monitoring the Pan Am terminal, has lost the original tape and the US airline collapsed in 1991.

Mr Aviv said that in 1988 a secret CIA unit was allowing Middle Eastern criminals to smuggle heroin into America via
Frankfurt.

The CIA wanted to secure the release of US hostages in Beirut and was also using the profits to buy weapons for
operations in Central America.

Full article here:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/137507/Lost-CCTV-tape-reveals-true-Lockerbie-bomber-

[PDJane]

1. why doesn't that surprise me?