US terror victims angered by Libya pact

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Source: Jerusalem Post

The historic reconciliation between the United States and Libya last week, capped by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's announcement Friday that she will visit the North African country before leaving office, has left some American victims of Libyan terrorism outraged.

"They allow this horrible terrorist who murdered my daughter and all these other people to triumph. This is a triumph for terrorism," said Susan Cohen, whose daughter Theodora Cohen was killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. "All this does it says we swept the families away. We pretend that Gaddafi never blew up an American plane."

Despite anger from bereaved families, who wanted Libya to be held accountable for its actions, the US signed an agreement on Thursday setting all outstanding lawsuits by victims against Libya. Tripoli still needs to come up with $500 million to $1 billion in compensation for attacks including the one on the Pan Am flight and on the 1986 bombing of La Belle discotheque in Berlin, which killed two American soldiers and wounded more than 75 other US citizens. But the agreement is not meant to be taken as an admission of guilt.

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1. The "War on Terror"

This administration declared a "war on terror" and then established diplomatic relations with one of the most notorious terrorists whose terroristic attacks are comparable only to those of Osama bin Laden. For oil.

Congress should have stepped in and condemned the administration for doing so but no doubt the oil companies who will benefit by this wrote a lot of checks to key members of Congress as well as the Republican and Democratic Party.

There are some good members of Congress who still remember what this country once stood for. But they are few and reality is Congress has endorsed all of this. For oil.

The victims of Lockerbie do not matter to this administration or to Congress. And neither do the victims of 9/11.

What a shameful nation we have become. Shameful all the moreso because of Nancy Pelosi who should have put impeachment on the table as the first order of business in 2007 when the Democrats gained control of Congress. Impeachment might not have happened. But it might have forced Congress to finally defend the Constitution and what it once stood for.

The blood of the victims of Lockerbie as well as the blood of the victims of 9/11 are now on her hands and on the hands of Congress. Along with the blood of innocent Iraqis and so many more to come as this administration moves to engage us further into wars for oil. While negotiating for oil with terrorists. A shameful nation. An even more shameful Congress.

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2. Maybe it's part of a US bargain with Libya over oil?

Perhaps related to this:


Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2008
This is example of Russian energy mercantilism. Russia locks up energy resources from other countries and takes it off the world market. Russia gains power at the expense of other countries.





Monday, July 14th, 2008

Gazprom Keeps the Heat on Europe by Pressing Libya
By Jason Simpkins
Associate Editor


OAO Gazprom, Russia’s state- sponsored gas monopoly, is offering to buy all of Libya’s oil and gas exports in a bid to increase its dominance over Europe’s gas market and enhance Russia’s political clout throughout the region.

Alexei Miller, Gazprom’s chief executive, made the offer on July 9th at a meeting with Libya’s head of state, Muammer Gaddafi.

"Libya positively evaluated Gazprom’s proposition to buy all future volumes of gas, oil, and designed for export at market price," Gazprom said in a statement after the meeting.

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Gazprom, which controls 25% of Europe’s gas supply, is looking to strengthen its position as a supplier by seizing control of a possible alternative. Western interests are seeking to diversify away from the unreliable Gazprom, which has routinely jacked prices and cut off supplies to the region as a means of exerting political leverage over its customers...cont'd

http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/07/14/gazprom/

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3. a nation of WHINERS

Only enemy combatants would question the honor or wisdom of the Administration.