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| Britain |
| Gordon Brown in new storm over freed Lockerbie bomber |
| 2009-08-23 |
| Gordon Brown faced fresh questions tonight after it emerged that he discussed with Colonel Gaddafi detailed conditions for the Lockerbie bomber's return nearly six weeks ago, while senior Labour figures warned of an economic backlash from angry Americans "costing our country dear". Downing Street released the text of a cordial letter sent to the Libyan leader on the day that Abdulbaset al-Megrahi was released, asking that the event be kept low key because a "high-profile" ceremony would distress his victims and their families. But critically the letter also refers to a meeting between the two leaders six weeks earlier at the G8 summit in Italy, adding that "when we met [there] I stressed that, should the Scottish executive decide that Megrahi can return to Libya, this should be a purely private family occasion" rather than a public celebration. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Obama should take back the DVDs. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-08-23 22:40 |
| #5 Partly true, the methods never change, but the named thugs do. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-08-23 14:54 |
| #4 "To us has been given the privilege of being the first western nation in the last two decades to have the determination and the fortitude to say" 'So far and no further.' We may be a small country, but we are a determined people who have beeen called upon to play a role of worldwide signficance. We Rhodesians have rejected the doctrinaire philosopy of appeasement and surrender. The decision which we have taken today is a refusal by Rhodesians to sell their birthright. We have struck a blow for the preservation of justice, civilization, and Christiananity - and in the spirit of this belief we have thus assumed our sovereign independence. God Bless you all." Ian Smith declares his historic rebellion against the British Government and declares a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), 11 November 1965. Sanctions then began by Great Britain and the west and now we have Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe. Some things, they simply do not change. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-23 11:53 |
| #3 There is no lie as elegantly expressed as spoken by a British politician in a self righteous denial. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-08-23 09:34 |
| #2 His victims are beyond distress. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2009-08-23 09:22 |
| #1 blood for oil |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-08-23 09:11 |