Israel and the US talk as if they’ve won a victory, but the reality is that world opinion has turned decisively against the Israeli regime, says RAMZY BAROUD
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My mum’s house was struck by Pan Am flight 103 after it was blasted out of the sky – she was lucky to escape alive
KATE RAMSDEN recalls a day of disaster in Lockerbie 30 years ago
Pan Am Flight 103, 21 December 1988
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TODAY, the shortest day, is the 30th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over the Border’s town of Lockerbie.
This has particular and personal resonance for me as I grew up in Lockerbie and have family there.
At the time of the disaster, my mum, Ella Ramsden, lived in the house I grew up in, in Park Place.
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