Presentations Mon April 30

Lisie

On the 21st of December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 was flying 31,000 feet

above Lockerbie, Scotland, en route from London to New York, when the plane

exploded and killed all 259 people on board along with 11 on the ground. A hole in

the side of the jet allowed the wind to rip the plane apart and caused it to plummet

to the ground (Rodney). On the ground in Lockerbie "the whole sky lit up and it was

raining fire,” (Keith). Mr. Carnaham, a Lockerbie resident recounted what he saw

when the debris of the plane hailed down on Lockerbie. When the plane crashed,

bodies and debris were scattered over 15 miles, and bodies were found the next

day on roofs, scattered on lawns and even hanging from trees. One was found lying

across the doorstep of a Lockerbie resident that discovered it when she walked out

her door and tripped over it (Keith). "There was barely a mark on him. But from the

way he was lying, like a rag doll, you knew all his limbs were broken,” Robin Devlin

said (Emerson, Duffy)

Libya was behind the crash, acting through a man named Abdelbaset Ali

Mohmed Al Megrahi. After the crash, many investigators had hypotheses before

all the evidence was gathered, that Iran, Palestine and even Syria had caused the

disaster. But after much evidence was put together, Libya became the main focus,

especially Megrahi. Megrahi was arrested and charged with the bombing of Pan

Am flight 103, but the Libyan Intelligence Services were the driving force of the

operation. Much evidence was gathered against Libya as well as against Megrahi,

but all the blame was placed on Megrahi. Megrahi did not act alone, though. He had

the Libyan Intelligence Services behind him and one known companion at his side

helping with the operation.

Minh
My presentation will be about the fighting tactics, tunnels, and traps that the Vietcong used in the battle. There will be sections about traps, tunnels, and tactics. In each section, there will be descriptions of the section, why they are effective...  There will be pictures of traps and tunnel system, the use of each traps, each part of the tunnels. There will be overall tactics in fighting of the Vietcong used, what they do to earn the trust of the peasant.