|
Scotland denies media reports of Lockerbie bomber release
[Maghrebia] Scottish officials on Wednesday (August 12th) denied media reports that terminally-ill Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi would definitely be returned to Libya by the start of Ramadan next Friday, international press reported. The Scottish government decision regarding al-Megrahi's deportation to Libya will reportedly be announced next week. Al-Megrahi, who is serving a minimum term of 27 years in a Scottish prison for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over the village of Lockerbie, was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. Libya requested his release on compassionate grounds.Posted by: Fred 2009-08-14 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=276549 |