In '' Manipulations Africaines '' ( '' African Manipulations '' ) , published in February 2001 , Péan investigated the sabotage of UTA Flight 772 . He alleged that evidence pointed to Iran and Syria ( acting through the Hezbollah movement ) , but that due to political context ( notably the Gulf War ) , France and the United States tried to put the blame on Libya . He accuses judge Jean-Louis Bruguière of deliberately neglecting proof of Lebanon , Syria and Iran being involved to pursue only the Libyan trail . He also accused Thomas Thurman , a Federal Bureau of Investigation explosives expert , of fabricating false evidence against Libya in both the Pan Am Flight 103 and UTA Flight 772 sabotages
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Pierre Péan