BP confirms lobbying UK ahead of Lockerbie bomber
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The London-based petroleum giant said it had voiced concerns that the slow pace of negotiations risked impeding an offshore drilling deal with Moammar Gadhafi's North African country.

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, was released from a Scottish prison in August because a doctor said he was dying of cancer."BP told the U.K. government that we were concerned about the slow progress that was being made in concluding a Prisoner Transfer Agreement with Libya," BP said in a statement. "We were aware that this could have a negative impact on U.K. commercial interests, including the ratification by the Libyan government of BP's exploration agreement."

News...Could Libya buy BP shares
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It is a deal that could reshape the oil giant's future, but a leading Libyan oil executive has said he will recommend that the country's sovereign wealth fund buys a stake in BP, who has hit financial woes since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Lockerbie bomber documents to be released David Cameron
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DAVID CAMERON will order the release of secret Government documents disclosing BP's role in the release of the Lockerbie bomber. When the confidential memos and letters are published, it would lead to a complete inquiry into the alleged role of BP in the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

Nat Rothschild and Saif Gaddafi
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Nat, who is the co-chairman of the hedge fund Atticus Capital, has been linked to the son of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi. In 2009, Saif threw his 37th birthday party at the Splendid Hotel in Becici, Montenegro.

Did Sir Mark Allen help BP secure Lockerbie bombers release
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U.S. law-enforcement and congressional officials tell The Daily Beast they are convinced the retired MI6 spy—Sir Mark Allen, now a senior adviser to BP in London—played a key behind-the-scenes role in freeing the Pan Am 103 bomber, Abdel Baset al Megrahi, who was released from a Scottish jail last summer and allowed to return home to Libya.

Ex spy BPs Lawrence Arabia
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Last updated at 3:48 AM on 6th September 2009
He is the modern Lawrence of Arabia who used his relationship with Colonel Gaddafi to help to secure a £200,000-a-year job with BP.

The career of ex-MI6 agent Sir Mark Allen, the driving force behind the suspected ‘deal’ to return Abdelbaset Al Megrahi to Libya, reads like an espionage novel, taking in Middle East spy schools, falconry and secret meetings in Pall Mall gentlemen’s clubs.

Our investigation has discovered how Sir Mark, 59 – who resigned from MI6 to join BP in 2004 – used the contacts made during a life in the shadows to build a new career in business.

BP political meddling Libya old habits
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BP (BP), which has taken responsibility for causing the worst oil spill in U.S. history, may be in hot water again. Media reports say the company lobbied the British government for the release of Libyan Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi as it was seeking oil exploration rights in the African nation.

Both BP and the British government deny that a link exists, but suspicions remain because the oil companies have never been shy about meddling in politics. An infamous example: BP helped instigate the 1953 overthrow of Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister.

Tony Blair special adviser dictator Gaddafis son
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The social web that connects the rich and powerfulSaif Gaddafi sits at the centre of a remarkable social web that has ensnared both Tony Blair and Lord Mandelson.
The men are bound together by their interests in Libyan business and their friendship with the multi-billionaire financiers of the Rothschild family.

Lockerbie desert deals and who knows who
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The only man convicted in connection with the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing over Scotland, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, was released last year on compassionate grounds. He is terminally ill with prostate cancer.

He returned home, personally escorted by Saif Gaddafi, son of Libya's leader Colonel Gadaffi, to a hero's welcome in August 2009.

International Politics Lockerbie and BP
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If David Cameron really wants to know the truth about the deal with Libya, the man who knows everything is standing right beside him, writes Channel 4 News correspondent Julian Rush:

Right from the moment secret talks began between the British government and the Libyans, the name of one senior diplomat keeps cropping up.

In 2003 Britain and the US began secret talks to persuade Colonel Gaddafi to abandon his plans to acquire nuclear weapons. Condoleezza Rice, then US National Security Advisor, headed the American team, Sir Nigel Sheinwald was Britain's man.

Those talks ended with Tony Blair famously meeting Colonel Gaddafi in his desert tent in March 2004 - with Sir Nigel at his side. Sir Nigel had been the diplomat who'd chaired a series of meetings in London with the Libyans to seal the deal.

Sir Nigel went on to draft the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was eventually signed in Tripoli in May 2007, in the so-called "deal in the desert".

That MOU paved the way for the Prisoner Transfer Agreement at the centre of the allegations by US senators of BP lobbying. On the same day, Blair and Sir Nigel travelled to the Libyan city of Sirt to watch BP boss Tony Hayward sign a preliminary agreement for an oil and gas exploration deal worth some $900m.

Talk to Libyan ministers and diplomats and they'll speak of the "Nigel and Tony" double act.

Sir Nigel Sheinwald is now the British Ambassador in Washington.

The Rothschild Octopus
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-Nathan Philip Rothschild (1971)
Nathan

Young Nathan is the son of Jacob Rothschild, from whom he inherited innumerable managers, agents, and an influence over the vital political, economic, media and military institutions all over the world, including even the Butrint archaeological site in Albania...

The companies and corporations “RIT Capital”, “Atticus Capital”, “JNR Limited”, “NM Rothschild”, “Vanco”, “Trigranit”, “British Petroleum”, Rio Tinto, are only a part of the resources which are at the disposal of the new king in his crusade for the east. To achieve this he has at his service not only the western nomenclature in the EU, NATO, Great Britain, but also numerous financial and political operatives all over Europe and Asia (Soros, Berezovski, Djukanovic, the Mitals...).

White Knights or Libya who wants BP
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Shokri Ghanem, chairman of Libya's national oil company, has expressed an interest, describing BP shares as "good value for bargain hunters".

Libya says they love BP Tony Hayward
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Tony Hayward, its chief executive, is now expected to fly to Russia for talks, after the country demanded clarity on how the leak will affect the TNK-BP joint venture.

“We want to see how this situation will affect the overall strategy of BP and how it may affect these joint ventures in Russia. We want to have some guarantees it will continue to work,” said Yuri Fedotov, the Russian ambassador to the UK. Meanwhile, Libya lent its support to BP, after Shokri Ghanem, of the National Oil Corporation, said he was “happy” with its partnership.