Also, the NTC said Monday the convict of the notorious December 1988 bombing of a plane over Lockerbie of Scotland was not to be put on trial again as the case is already closed.Despite Britain's recent requests for assistance from the new Libyan authorities to re-open the Lockerbie investigation, Mohammed al-Allaqi, chief of justice and human rights issues of the NTC, told a press conference in Tripoli that, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the main convict of Lockerbie bombing, was already tried, convicted and punished, and he was released with the consent of the British government on humanitarian basis.
So the issue may not be tried twice, that is the basic rule of justice, said al-Allaqi.
The 'issue' was 'tried' by a tribunal created post facto out of thin air. The trial was a farce and not everyone responsible was tried in the first place. Gaddafi then bribed Scotland and threatened Britain with new terror attacks to force the release of Al-Megrahi.
| And Britain and Scotland eagerly went along, for the sake of Libyan oil. This is the second time the question has been asked and answered. Nice of the rebels to phrase it so politely, when the Islamists among them would never turn a brother Muslim over to unbelievers under any circumstances anyway. |
The West has forgiven the Taliban so why shouldn't the West forgive the Gaddafi regime elements who perpetrated Lockerbie.
The Libyans know that they won't share in the terrorist's fate even if they don't hand them over.
Provocative weakness has global consequences.