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A major source of information in this article is from a Libyan expat living in Germany named Musbah Eter, who at one point straight out says (apparently on vide
by curtis 11y ago
A major source of information in this article is from a Libyan expat living in Germany named Musbah Eter, who at one point straight out says (apparently on video, but in Arabic) that he was directly involved in the La Belle disco bombing, and furthermore that it was a mistake and he regrets it.
Eter is maybe the most interesting person in the whole article. This following paragraph introduces him and explains some of his motives.
> A few years later, after Germany reunited, a Berlin prosecutor named Detlev Mehlis accessed files revealing that the Stasi had been tracking the La Belle terrorists before and after the attacks. Mehlis identified one of the key perpetrators: Musbah Eter, a baby-faced Libyan operative who had been posted in East Berlin. But Eter had fled the country. Then, one day in 1996, Eter walked into the German Embassy in Malta and turned himself in. Before leaving Berlin, he had fallen in love with a German woman and fathered a daughter, and now he was looking for a way back to Germany, even if it meant serving time in prison. Mehlis flew to Malta to debrief Eter. They met for beers at a Holiday Inn, and Eter gave a full confession. In 2001, he was convicted of the La Belle bombing, along with three associates.