VOL. XLI

No. 05

2-February-1998

LIBYA

French Magistrate Concludes Libya Responsible For UTA Airliner Bombing

The French magistrate in charge of investigating terrorism, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, hasconcluded that Libya's secret service is responsible for the bombing of a French UTAairliner that crashed in the Sahara Desert on 19 September 1989 killing 170 people whileenroute between Brazzaville, Congo, and Paris. In his report, which has been turned overto the French General Prosecutor, Judge...