tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351904589099176534.post4474447409207687884..comments2023-10-25T05:21:38.824-07:00Comments on The Lockerbie Divide: What Did The Germans Know?Caustic Logichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082923821952309709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351904589099176534.post-50585916681702468602010-12-15T03:43:38.656-08:002010-12-15T03:43:38.656-08:00Good catch, Baz. Contradictory is not the best wor...Good catch, Baz. Contradictory is not the best word for what we presume he meant to say. <br /><br />Another name I've wondered about is "Inspector Fuhl." Isn't that pronounced "Fool?" How can a nation's investigation fail to fail at impressing the English-speakers putting men name fool and butts out front? <br /><br />Not a serious critique, just an odd thought. <br /><br />But the German's knew something, and I'd like to see the report Emerson and Duffy cited where this contrary info was revealed as that nonsense about a too-heavy bag supporting London intro. That just sounds fishy, as in made up.Caustic Logichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082923821952309709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351904589099176534.post-44817267873005093102010-12-13T04:09:44.516-08:002010-12-13T04:09:44.516-08:00While I am sure Interior Ministry spokesman "...While I am sure Interior Ministry spokesman "Seymour" Butz speaks excellent English I am not sure his statement that the "evidence was contradictory" is correct. Perhaps he meant the evidence was to the contrary.bazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338162927520376063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351904589099176534.post-76943267630353455302010-03-01T16:14:43.261-08:002010-03-01T16:14:43.261-08:00Excellent point, Baz. It seems to me more politica...Excellent point, Baz. It seems to me more political reasoning than pure logic. From deducing the position so near but not on the floor, they imagined it was possible to be certain the bag came only <i>through</i> London, and specifically from Frankfurt, and further yet only passing <i>through</i> there from somewhere else they hadn't decided just yet. That's not a reasonable certainty by any measure. <br /><br />Perhaps the interline luggage was loaded to 103A first and unloaded/reloaded to 103 roughly so it would come out the lowest new bags in 4041. But as we're learning, they had <b>no basis to be sure it came from Frankfurt at all.</b> Luggage <i>can</i> be slightly rearranged.Caustic Logichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082923821952309709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351904589099176534.post-15780770744954254352010-02-27T05:34:22.575-08:002010-02-27T05:34:22.575-08:00I suggest the claim that "according to statem...I suggest the claim that "according to statements of baggage handlers in London, the Samsonite with the bomb in it was amongst the last loaded in Frankfurt and among he first of the Frankfurt bags stowed in 14L" was untrue. This was a deduction made by the Police - baggage handlers in london would not know in what supposed order baggage was loaded onto PA103A.<br /><br />Luggage had been loaded loose onto PA103A and the Police deduced that luggage Interlined and Onlined at Frankfurt was loaded last (a dubious assertion) and therefore was unloaded first from PA103A. <br /><br />This was the basis for the submission to the Fatal Accident Inquiry by Andrew Hardie QC the Lord Advocate's Deputy and Successor that while the primary suitcase arrived at Heathrow on flight PA103A (in my view another dubious assertion) that did not mean it began it's journey there. The Fatal Accident Inquiry was used to set the scene for the revelation of the "Malta connection".bazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338162927520376063noreply@blogger.com