Khaled Jaafar
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| Born | Khaled Nazir Jaafar 1 May 1968 |
| Died | 21 December 1988 (Age 20) |
| Nationality | American |
Khaled Jaafar was a Lebanese-American student who died on 21 December 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing all 259 people on board and another 11 on the ground.[1]
Suspect
On Sunday 7 May 1989, The Charlotte Observer reported:
Within days, investigators were fairly certain the explosion was caused by a bomb. On 29 December 1988, the first reports linking Khaled Jaafar to the bomb began to surface.
The Washington Times, quoting a "source close to the family", said the family believed terrorists may have learned of Khaled Jaafar`s flight plans and planted the bomb in his suitcase. It added that Jaafar`s mother lives in Damascus and is a first-cousin of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.
The Washington Times never contacted his father Nazir Jaafar, who says he has no idea who the "source close to the family" might be. He also said he and his ex-wife have been divorced for 20 years, that she had little contact with their son and that she is not a relative of the Syrian president.[2]
Unwitting drug mule
On Wednesday 27 June 2001, John Ashton and Ian Ferguson wrote:
“The alternative version becomes murkier still when it comes to how Jibril’s men got the bomb on to flight 103. Two PFLP-GC insiders and many western intelligence sources claim it was planted in the luggage of Khaled Jaafar, a Lebanese-American mule in a heroin trafficking operation. The whistle-blowing spooks say elements within the CIA were allowing Middle Eastern dealers to ship drugs to America in return for help in locating and releasing US hostages. In allowing the suitcases containing heroin to bypass security procedures, the CIA handed the dealers’ terrorist associates a failsafe means of getting the bomb on the plane.”[3]
Employed by US military
On 9 June 2016, Ludwig De Braeckeleer produced documentary evidence showing:
Khaled Jaafar was neither a terrorist nor a drug smuggler. The Lockerbie investigators knew very early on that he was living a double life. His employer was the US armed forces.[4]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:South Africa Minister Denies Knowing Of Lockerbie Bomb | Abstract | 12 November 1994 | David Tucker | Having confirmed that South African foreign minister Pik Botha and his 22-strong party had been booked on Pan Am Flight 103 but switched flights after arriving early in London from Johannesburg, spokesman Roland Darroll said: "The minister is flattered by the allegation of near-omniscience." |
