Talk:UTA Flight 772

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[edit] Controversy

Although one of the references provided for this article (www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/03/PEAN/14934 ) is about the very questionable evidence brought against Libya (as for the Pan Am bombing), no mention of that controversy is made in the article. The article needs to be modified to that effect. Hudicourt (talk) 14:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] One-line response

Is there much point in listing the one-line response here about Pan Am 103? It doesn't seem to give any information about UTA 772. Strandist 21:40, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm unclear as to which one-line response we're talking about.Phase4 23:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

If it's this line, I have just removed it: "On June 28, 2007 the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing was granted a second appeal against his conviction.^[1]"

It seems pretty much entirely irrelevant here, as the story is already covered adequately on other articles actually related to the Lockerbie bombing. Terraxos 02:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

It can't be the line you removed, because that was added in July 2007. As to that line's relevance in a section headed Parallels with PA 103, if it transpires that Megrahi's conviction is overturned on appeal, then Libya can say it wasn't responsible for the Lockerbie bombing in the first place. A new PA 103 investigation will then be needed.

How such a court decision impacts on the UTA Flight 772 case (where the trial of the Libyans in Paris took place in absentia) is anyone's guess!Phase4 10:54, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

This seems to fall under OR: without a reliable source explicitely stating the connection in the way you put it, Terraxos was correct in removing the sentence.--Aldux 11:39, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I agree Terraxos was right but it wasn't the line that Strandist (above) was exercised about. As to the question of relevance of the Megrahi appeal, see http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=184&id=1007912007 Libyans want their £1.4 billion payout back. Next thing, they'll be wanting their $170 million back from the UTA Flight 772 relatives.Phase4 16:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC)