The Syrian 'document' on Lockerbie
Syria-Libya, Politics, 12/7/2000

The " Secret document" which exists in Syria concerning the alleged relation of the "People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine"- General Command on exploding the Pan American plan over Scotland in 1988 still delays the trial process of the two Libyans who are accused of this air catastrophe which is considered the worst in the history of Britain.

To this effect, the Assistant secretary general of the " People's Front ­ General Command " Talal Naji said that the Front has no link to exploding the " Pan American " plane over the Scottish Lockerbie in 1988. The accident which resulted in killed some 270 persons. But he admitted in a telephone call with the London- based al-Hayat daily that there is " a report which raises doubts" on a relation between a cell for the " general command" in Germany with the accident of the American plane. He added that this report which was prepared by one of the former activists in the " General command" names Mubdi Ghuban raises " doubts on the instrument and the detonating equipment," which were with Hafez Dalqamouni who was arrested in Germany " two months " before the Lockerbie explosion.

The German security forces arrested in an operation called " Winter's Leaves " in October 1988 several members of a cell affiliated to " the general command' and they had with them timing instruments for explosives hidden inside Recording equipment of Toshiba type.

Dalqamouni was one member of the said cell.

Naji renewed his assertion that the " people's front has definitely no links to " exploding the American planes. He stressed that the work of " Winter's leaves " group and Mubdi Ghuban- who is called " the Professor" was relating to " self-imposed front's activities against the Israeli enemy in the recent years."

Naji was asked about the " secret document" requested by the defense lawyers in Lockerbie case from the Syrian authorities, and he answered that this document is a sort of " report" Ghuban wrote for himself and he talked in it " about his previous activities during his existence in former Yugoslavia between 1969- 1993. the period which preceded his return back to Damascus and his death in it. Ghuban dies in 1996 and survived for two children a boy and a girl from his Serbian wife. Naji added that this report reached security departments in several Arab states including Libya.

Naji, who was one among those who read the " report" added that what Ghuban wrote " raises doubt on the instruments which were with Dalqamouni.

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