X-UIDL: 1f6ZED30d3Nl34m8 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Status: U Return-Path: Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.208]) by mx-casero.atl.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id 1f6ZED30d3Nl34m6 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:27:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from DrJimSwire@aol.com by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id f.2d6.28346e9 (3699) for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:27:04 -0500 (EST) From: DrJimSwire@aol.com Message-ID: <2d6.28346e9.311be658@aol.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:27:04 EST Subject: Lettere to Lord Ad. To: carldavies@earthlink.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1139444824" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5012 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-ELNK-Info: spv=0; X-ELNK-AV: 0 X-ELNK-Info: sbv=0; sbrc=.0; sbf=00; sbw=000; -------------------------------1139444824 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en =20 To: Lord Advocate, Colin Boyd, Chambers Street, EDINBURGH.=20 Dear Lord Advocate 3rd February 2006=20 LOCKERBIE: were munitions being carried?=20 Not for the first time allegations have surfaced in the media to the effect= =20 that armaments and other substances may have been shipped in the hold of th= e=20 Lockerbie aircraft. As your team will no doubt know, the relationship betwe= en=20 PanAm and the US authorities was so close that the =E2=80=98Maid of the Sea= s=E2=80=99 had=20 even been modified to allow the carriage of military loads under certain =20 circumstances.=20 Presence of munitions, if confirmed, would indicate that a separate serious= =20 criminal offence had been committed, in contravention of the international=20 regulations governing the loading of passenger aircraft, apart from the pla= cing=20 of the 'tape recorder IED'. This would apply no matter who the shipper or=20 intended recipient might be. It would call for a separate criminal case to=20= be=20 pursued against those responsible, regardless of whether such munitions wer= e=20 thought to have contributed to the Lockerbie disaster.=20 I wonder therefore whether you and your team can supply answers to the=20 following questions please:-=20 1.)Was any evidence looked for or found among the debris or loading=20 schedules or on-board recordings, to indicate the presence of a consignment= of=20 munitions, (other than the 'IED')?=20 Evidence for the presence of munitions on the aircraft would also=20 immediately raise the question of whether they might have contributed to th= e disaster=20 by becoming involved in the explosive process itself. =20 If present, and even if they survived the explosion of the IED and been=20 immune to the electromagnetic fields inevitably present in any aircraft, th= ey=20 would have been most unlikely to have survived the holocaust of impact with= the=20 ground, therefore:-=20 2.)Was any evidence looked for or found of the involvement of any such=20 munitions in the destruction of the aircraft or the deaths and devastation=20 subsequently occurring on the ground?=20 If there were any such munitions present, they might have reacted to events= =20 on board in one of 4 ways.=20 a) They might have been set off by the blast wave of the IED explosion.=20 b) They might have been set off by the consequent fire.=20 c) They might have been set off by electromagnetic fields associated with= =20 the aircraft=E2=80=99s systems/transmissions=20 d) Failing any of the above they would almost certainly have exploded upo= n=20 impact with the ground.=20 If any such munitions were present, then in the event of b) or c) above=20 occurring, they might have been the cause of the actual destruction of the=20 aircraft at 19.03 hours, which might have been preceded by damage to the ai= rcraft=20 caused by the explosion of the IED itself, significantly earlier. Therefor= e:-=20 3.) Was an analysis made of the cockpit voice recorder=E2=80=99s content or= of the=20 recordings of aircraft function in the period between take-off and the fina= l=20 sudden cut-off caused by the main disintegration at 19.03 Hrs?=20 You will be aware of course that repeated requests by relatives for a full=20 and independent inquiry into events surrounding this terrible tragedy have=20 been blocked by successive governments. This disgraceful situation naturall= y=20 leaves the field open to every conceivable conspiracy theorist.=20 Serious shortcomings were found in the scientific evidence contained in the= =20 AAIB report, which raised some doubts at Zeist & the FAI- particularly onc= e=20 the AAIB=E2=80=99s Mach-stem shock data was shown to be suspect =E2=80=93 as= to whether so=20 small a charge could really have destroyed the aircraft on its own.=20 Therefore I would be most grateful for prompt and frank answers to these=20 three questions.=20 Yours sincerely,=20 Dr Jim Swire, father of Flora, murdered at Lockerbie 21/12/88. =20 Dr Jim Swire (jim@swirefamily.net) -------------------------------1139444824 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en

To: Lord Advocat= e,=20 Colin Boyd, Chambers Street, EDINBURGH.

 

Dear Lord=20 Advocate           &n= bsp;            =            3rd=20 February 2006

 

LOCKERBIE: were=20 munitions being carried?

 

Not for the firs= t time=20 allegations have surfaced in the media to the effect that armaments and othe= r=20 substances may have been shipped in the hold of the Lockerbie aircraft. As y= our=20 team will no doubt know, the relationship between PanAm and the US authoriti= es=20 was so close that the =E2=80=98Maid of the Seas=E2=80=99 had even bee= n modified to allow=20 the carriage of military loads under certain=20 circumstances.

 

Presence of muni= tions,=20 if confirmed, would indicate that a separate serious criminal offence had be= en=20 committed, in contravention of the international regulations governing the=20 loading of passenger aircraft, apart from the placing of the 'tape recorder=20 IED'. This would apply no matter who the shipper or intended recipient might= be.=20 It would call for a separate criminal case to be pursued against those=20 responsible, regardless of whether such munitions were thought to have=20 contributed to the Lockerbie disaster.

 

I wonder therefo= re=20 whether you and your team can supply answers to the following questions=20 please:-

 

1.)Was any evide= nce=20 looked for or found among the debris or loading schedules or on-board=20 recordings, to indicate the presence of a consignment of munitions, (other t= han=20 the 'IED')?

 

Evidence for the= =20 presence of munitions on the aircraft would also immediately raise the quest= ion=20 of whether they might have contributed to the disaster by becoming involved=20= in=20 the explosive process itself.

If present, and ev= en if=20 they survived the explosion of the IED and been immune to the electromagneti= c=20 fields inevitably present in any aircraft, they would have been most unlikel= y to=20 have survived the holocaust of impact with the ground,=20 therefore:-

 

2.)Was any evide= nce=20 looked for or found of the invol= vement=20 of any such munitions in the destruction of the aircraft or the deaths and=20 devastation subsequently occurring on the ground?

 

If there were any=20= such=20 munitions present, they might have reacted to events on board in one of 4=20 ways.

a)   = They=20 might have been set off by the blast wave of the IED=20 explosion.

b)   = They=20 might have been set off by the consequent fire.

c)   = They=20 might have been set off by electromagnetic fields associated with the aircra= ft=E2=80=99s=20 systems/transmissions

d)   = Failing=20 any of the above they would almost certainly have exploded upon impact with=20= the=20 ground.

 

If any such muniti= ons=20 were present, then in the event of b) or c) above occurring, t= hey=20 might have been the cause of the actual destruction of the aircraft at 19.03= =20 hours, which might have been preceded by damage to the aircraft caused by th= e=20 explosion of the IED itself, significantly earlier.=20 Therefore:-

 

3.) Was an analy= sis=20 made of the cockpit voice recorder=E2=80=99s content or of the recordings of= aircraft=20 function in the period between take-off and the final sudden cut-off caused=20= by=20 the main disintegration at 19.03 Hrs?

 

You will be awar= e of=20 course that repeated requests by relatives for a full and independent inquir= y=20 into events surrounding this terrible tragedy have been blocked by successiv= e=20 governments. This disgraceful situation naturally leaves the field open to e= very=20 conceivable conspiracy theorist.

 

Serious shortcom= ings=20 were found in the scientific evidence contained in the AAIB report, which ra= ised=20 some doubts at Zeist & the FAI-=20 particularly once the AAIB=E2=80=99s Mach-stem shock data was shown to be su= spect =E2=80=93 as=20 to whether so small a charge could really have destroyed the aircraft on its= =20 own.

Therefore I woul= d be=20 most grateful for prompt and frank answers to these three=20 questions.

 

Yours=20 sincerely,

 

 

Dr Jim Swire, fa= ther=20 of Flora, murdered at Lockerbie 21/12/88<= /st1:date>.

 
Dr Jim Swire=20 (jim@swirefamily.net)
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