why did the west accuse libya of bringing down the pan -am flight?

Question

when they know it was iran. in retaliation for america bringing down one of their flights to mecca.

Answer 1

because it might be libya or a reason to invade them 1st

Answer 2

I also do not believe Libya was involved in the tragedy.I think America wanted to topple gadaffi only it back fired.I watched the case on tele it was a sham.Wwhen the so called evidence was produced they took it off especially when the handler who worked at heathrow finally got to be a witness.Had to read is evidence in the paper.Gadaffi paid the money to get friendly with the west he has never said his country did it.

Answer 3

It's been proved that Coronal Gaddiffi sponsored the bombers, that is without question, Libya was responsible for attacks on the west, hijacking planes and blowing them up, At least he has seen the error of his ways and no longer wants to be involved in terrorism, otherwise that would be another country we'd have to invade !!

Answer 4

I think you will find your time-frame is wrong. The Lockerbie disaster predated the gulf incident by some years.

As I recall the trail that lead to Libya was primarily forensic evidence from bomb fragments found at the crash site. The evidence was regarded as substantial at the time, though I am sure that politics played some part in Gaddafi's role in the affair.

Answer 5

It cleary was LIbya with a long trail of evidence.

It is a bit like blaming some else for the IRA bombings or shooting, just because the weapons had to come from somewhere or the training, but the actual act was still carried out by them.

Answer 6

Maybe because Libya is a Islamic country. As you know how much the west accuse all muslims as terrorists but its not fair though because not all muslims are bad...

Answer 7

Libya was accused because evidence pointed to Libya's involvement.

Answer 8

Maybe because unlike you, they did some detective work to find out who did it. Your approach seems to be: 'Here's the answer. Now what's the question?' Why don't you think about becoming a rational human being ?

Answer 9

Lot of things happen. Errors have been made in the past... like, WMD and Iraq. They rely on intelligence reports. They are not always accurate. They are trying to rectify this problem..... but international incidents do occur as a result of errors. This goes to show we are human after all and we do make mistakes.........

Ghadaffi admitted to it and paid comp to everyone...it is history. Now can we move on........? please? Remember you asked this under CURRENT EVENTS.... Please get out from under the rock, look around, the world has changed quite a bit since you saw it last.

Answer 10

Lybia admitted to it about 5 years ago and paid a huge settlement $$.

Get a life.