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THE MALTESE DOUBLE CROSS -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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[David Yallop, Author] I saw the effects of that bombing when I first came. I talked to some of the relatives of people that had died, I talked to some of the people that had been injured, the Libyan people. I went walking around the ruins of the French Embassy, the German Embassy, and they were very Catholic with their bombing, the Americans [inaudible] they hit it.
[Howard Teicher, U.S. National Security Council, Senior Director 1985-1987] The strikes that were conducted against the Azizyah barracks were targeted on the Azizyah barracks.
And at no time am I aware of any directive or action that was taken directly by the United States that could be described as an assassination attempt. I know that some have accused the Reagan administration, and indeed some journalists have accused me personally of trying to arrange for the assassination of Gaddafi. Those accusations are false and without merit.
[David Yallop, Author] The only building they hit inside the Azizyah barracks where Gaddafi was, which is a huge area, I mean they are talking something about the size of St. James' park [58 acres], only one building was hit, it was a two-story building which was Gaddafi's private residence.
There is no doubt in my mind it was a contract, it was a target to hit one floor on that.
[Howard Teicher, U.S. National Security Council, Senior Director 1985-1987] At no time did any document call for action that could be defined as an assassination attempt against the life of Colonel Gaddafi. Not that many people in the United States would have been unhappy to see Col. Gaddafi leave the scene but at no time did our policy direct that that be a tactic or strategy that we sought to implement.
[David Yallop] I established that Reagan who is on American TV at 7:00 in the evening, eastern standard time, to explain the attack that had just occurred at 2:00 in the morning over Libya had to have his autocue changed, because initially it was justifying the killing of Gaddafi, and of course, that hadn't happened so then it had to be wiped off the autocue.
[Narrator] A cluster bomb casing.
The stenciled warranty where to return if defective in manufacture.
Bomblets.
The wing wheel of an F-11.
The pilots' helmets left behind as if the whooping pilots had thrown them off after a wild pucking ride.
The only thing missing that was not made of metal, the 15-month-old girl that died in the ruins, Muammar Gaddafi's adopted daughter.
[President Ronald Reagan] I have no illusion that tonight's action will ring down the curtain on Gaddafi's reign of terror but this mission, violent though it was, can bring closer a safer and more secure world for decent men and women. We will persevere.
[Vincent Cannistraro, CIA head of Lockerbie Investigation] The policy basically was to confront the Libyans and it did lead to military confrontation with the Libyans.
[Oswald Le Winter, CIA 1968-85] What is that famous saying about bringing the fox to be in charge of the chicken coop? You know, for Vincent Cannistraro to be put in charge of investigating Lockerbie would be funny if it weren't an obscenity.
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