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Bengtsson has produced many featured articles, but is best known for his coverage of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus and his coining of "ghost town" to describe Famagusta in 1974.<ref>[http://www.inhostage.com/html.html Featured articles by Jan-Olof Bengtsson]</ref> | Bengtsson has produced many featured articles, but is best known for his coverage of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus and his coining of "ghost town" to describe Famagusta in 1974.<ref>[http://www.inhostage.com/html.html Featured articles by Jan-Olof Bengtsson]</ref> | ||
| − | In Sweden's newspaper, ''iDAG'',<ref>[http://www.svd.se/idag Website of Swedish newspaper ''iDAG'']</ref> Bengtsson wrote a series of three articles in March 1990 about UN Commissioner for Namibia, [[Bernt Carlsson]], who died when [[Pan Am Flight 103]] was sabotaged over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. The articles alleged that [[Bernt Carlsson|Commissioner Carlsson]]'s arm had been twisted by the diamond mining giant [[De Beers]] into making a stopover in London for a secret meeting and into joining the doomed flight, rather than taking as he had intended a Sabena flight direct from Brussels to New York | + | In Sweden's newspaper, ''iDAG'',<ref>[http://www.svd.se/idag Website of Swedish newspaper ''iDAG'']</ref> Bengtsson wrote a series of three articles in March 1990 about UN Commissioner for Namibia, [[Bernt Carlsson]], who died when [[Pan Am Flight 103]] was sabotaged over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. The articles alleged that [[Bernt Carlsson|Commissioner Carlsson]]'s arm had been twisted by the diamond mining giant [[De Beers]] into making a stopover in London for a secret meeting and into joining the doomed flight, rather than taking as he had intended a Sabena flight direct from Brussels to New York. |
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| + | These ''iDAG'' articles subsequently formed the basis of one of the alternative theories into the [[Lockerbie Bombing]].<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4689149700934&l=0b52de0fed "Lockerbie: Bernt Carlsson's secret meeting in London"]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:46, 30 July 2013
Jan-Olof Bengtsson is the political editor of the Swedish newspaper Kvällsposten in Malmö.
Accredited
Bengtsson born April 30, 1952 is accredited to the International Press Centre by the Danish ministry of foreign affairs.[1] He is a political editor of the Swedish daily Kvällsposten, Malmö, Sweden.
Featured articles
Bengtsson has produced many featured articles, but is best known for his coverage of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus and his coining of "ghost town" to describe Famagusta in 1974.[2]
In Sweden's newspaper, iDAG,[3] Bengtsson wrote a series of three articles in March 1990 about UN Commissioner for Namibia, Bernt Carlsson, who died when Pan Am Flight 103 was sabotaged over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. The articles alleged that Commissioner Carlsson's arm had been twisted by the diamond mining giant De Beers into making a stopover in London for a secret meeting and into joining the doomed flight, rather than taking as he had intended a Sabena flight direct from Brussels to New York.
These iDAG articles subsequently formed the basis of one of the alternative theories into the Lockerbie Bombing.[4]
References
See also
External links
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