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Britain
Libyan agent moved out of solitary cell
2005-02-27
LONDON — A former Libyan intelligence agent, jailed for the December 1988 bombing of a US airliner over Lockerbie in southwest Scotland, has been moved out of solitary confinement into another prison. Abdel Basset Ali Al Megrahi is serving a minimum 27-year prison term for his part in the downing of New York-bound Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people. Placed in solitary confinement at Barlinnie prison in Glasgow since his conviction in January 2001, the 52-year-old was moved to Greenock Prison in Inverclyde where he will be allowed to mix with fellow prisoners, a Scottish Prison Service official said on Thursday.
Don't start reading War and Peace, don't buy whole life insurance, and don't get manuevered into the shower where the security cams can't see.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  I lost a co-worker on Pan Am 103. He was returning from a business trip. He was a good guy who loved and supported a wife and two pre-teen kids. He was a hard worker with a lot of potential. The church was packed for his funeral and the line for the reception afterwards extended around the block. For almost a decade after he died, I passed by a little memorial to him every morning on the way into my office. I also passed by it every time I left the office to go on a business trip. I hope Abdel Basset Ali Al Megrahi's future is extremely painful.
Posted by: Tom   2005-02-27 9:16:09 PM  

#1  How hard would it be to get put in the same cell with this bloke? I wonder how many of the survivors of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing would be will to do 'just enough' to get put near him. I wonder if there is a courtyard in the prison that is over looked by a nice tall building?

I wonder how long his funeral will take?
Posted by: Jame Retief   2005-02-27 7:51:58 AM  

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