Reply #55: Two points.

[Xithras]

1. Libya paid the money, but was pretty upfront about the fact that they were doing so to get the sanctions lifted. The economic harm they were suffering was much greater than the money the west wanted, so it was a fair deal for them.

2. Even when Gaddafi made his "confession", as part of the deal, he maintained that al-Meghri wasn't involved. His statement was that the attack was carried out by Libyan "agents", but always maintained that the west got the wrong man.


One of the interesting impacts of this revolution is that we may actually be able to get to the bottom of this now and stop arguing theories. If the new Libya is open, we may be able to solve a lot of mysteries, the way the fall of the Soviet Union opened up the KGB archives.