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Govt did not cause Lockerbie: Libyan Minister
Libya's Foreign Ministry says the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was a tragedy but was not caused by the Libyan Government.
Yesterday, Libya accepted responsibility for what it calls "the actions of its officials" in the bombing of the Pan Am jumbo jet over Lockerbie in Scotland, which killed 270 people. That clears the way for compensation to families of the victims and the lifting of United Nations sanctions imposed on Libya after the bombing. But Libya's Foreign Minister, Abdul Al Rahman Shalgam, says it is not true the Libyan Government was behind the attack. He says the Government wants to cooperate with the US to find out the truth. "It's a tragedy," he said. "No-one cannot express his sympathy with such families. We want to go together to discover the reality of that story, who was behind that tragedy. We will discover him because it's [for] the benefit of Libyans and the families of the victims."
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-08-17 |
