Comments on: Two Experts Cast Doubt On Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi’s “Suicide” http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/13/two-experts-cast-doubt-on-ibn-al-shaykh-al-libis-suicide/ Author & journalist Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:55:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Al-Libi Was Rendered Through Diego Garcia « Ten Percent http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/13/two-experts-cast-doubt-on-ibn-al-shaykh-al-libis-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-38859 Al-Libi Was Rendered Through Diego Garcia « Ten Percent Sun, 31 May 2009 22:09:39 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2880#comment-38859 [...] dead men tell no tales, while it is possible al-Libi died without ‘help’, I think the probabilities point to a hit to protect the guilty in the US & UK governments. Expenses are the least of these [...] [...] dead men tell no tales, while it is possible al-Libi died without ‘help’, I think the probabilities point to a hit to protect the guilty in the US & UK governments. Expenses are the least of these [...]

]]> By: Dick Cheney - Tortured Evidence « The Ruthless Truth blog http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/13/two-experts-cast-doubt-on-ibn-al-shaykh-al-libis-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-38371 Dick Cheney - Tortured Evidence « The Ruthless Truth blog Wed, 20 May 2009 01:41:13 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2880#comment-38371 [...] was much better suited to forcing a prisoner to state something that was not true - prisoners like Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi (who coincidentally appears to have been suicided recently in prison in Libya) and Abu Zubaydah who [...] [...] was much better suited to forcing a prisoner to state something that was not true – prisoners like Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi (who coincidentally appears to have been suicided recently in prison in Libya) and Abu Zubaydah who [...]

]]> By: Lawrence Wilkerson Nails Cheney On Use Of Torture To Invade Iraq by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/13/two-experts-cast-doubt-on-ibn-al-shaykh-al-libis-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-37968 Lawrence Wilkerson Nails Cheney On Use Of Torture To Invade Iraq by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad Fri, 15 May 2009 11:04:42 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2880#comment-37968 [...] in two previous articles, The “Suicide” Of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi: Why The Media Silence? and Two Experts Cast Doubt On Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi’s “Suicide”, this is highly unlikely, and it is far more probable that Colonel Gaddafi had him killed because [...] [...] in two previous articles, The “Suicide” Of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi: Why The Media Silence? and Two Experts Cast Doubt On Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi’s “Suicide”, this is highly unlikely, and it is far more probable that Colonel Gaddafi had him killed because [...]

]]> By: Jeff Kaye http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/13/two-experts-cast-doubt-on-ibn-al-shaykh-al-libis-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-37868 Jeff Kaye Wed, 13 May 2009 22:08:39 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2880#comment-37868 Newsweek's report that al-Libi “had recently been identified by defense lawyers in the US as a prime potential witness in any upcoming trials of top terror suspects, either in revamped military commissions or in US federal courts" is HUGE. This gives possible motive for what is looking more and more like a political murder. Add to this the initial effort to get "intermediaries" to talk with al-Libi, and this makes even more sense. After all, what were they going to talk about? I wonder if Human Rights Watch was really only coincidentally there. Another human rights group admits trying to make contact, as I reported in my Firedoglake story yesterday, picking up on the original reporting at UK Telegraph, Clive Stafford Smith, said, ""Reprieve has been exploring tentative contacts with al Libi, and his death may have been a result of the pressure to allow him to speak openly about his torture." You've been doing a superlative job, Andy, on this story as so many others. I think the al-Libi story will turn out to be of the highest importance. Great work! Newsweek’s report that al-Libi “had recently been identified by defense lawyers in the US as a prime potential witness in any upcoming trials of top terror suspects, either in revamped military commissions or in US federal courts” is HUGE. This gives possible motive for what is looking more and more like a political murder.

Add to this the initial effort to get “intermediaries” to talk with al-Libi, and this makes even more sense. After all, what were they going to talk about? I wonder if Human Rights Watch was really only coincidentally there. Another human rights group admits trying to make contact, as I reported in my Firedoglake story yesterday, picking up on the original reporting at UK Telegraph, Clive Stafford Smith, said, “”Reprieve has been exploring tentative contacts with al Libi, and his death may have been a result of the pressure to allow him to speak openly about his torture.”

You’ve been doing a superlative job, Andy, on this story as so many others. I think the al-Libi story will turn out to be of the highest importance. Great work!

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