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| In UK, new row over al-Megrahis return to Libya |
| 2010-02-21 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Scottish opposition parties have demanded the full publication of the medical evidence that declared the Lockerbie bomber terminally-ill, effectively paving the way for his controversial release. "The public deserve to know exactly what the evidence said and I urge the justice secretary to release the medical evidence in full immediately," the DPA News Agency quoted Labor's Justice Spokesman Richard Baker as saying Saturday. He doesn't appear to be dead yet, does he? The release of Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the sole man convicted of the 1988 Pan Am airliner bombing that killed 270 people, sparked allegations of a clandestine deal between London and Libya over lucrative oil exploration contracts. The only word wrong in that sentence is 'clandestine' ... The Lockerbie bomber, who maintains his innocence, was freed on compassionate grounds six months ago, although in August, medical advisors had given the cancer-stricken 57-year-old only three months to live. Sounds like that old Henny Youngman joke... The Labor Party and the Tories have again lashed out at the decision to return Megrahi to Libya on August 20, 2009, where he received a hero's welcome, and called it a grave error. "The decision to release Megrahi was a grave error of judgment. Kenny MacAskill should have properly weighed the seriousness of Megrahi's crime and long sentence against his compassion for the victims of the Lockerbie bombing," Labor leader Iain Gray said Friday. Libya has denied that Megrahi was a Tripoli agent, while a new BBC show earlier this year cast doubt on the evidence that condemned him, saying there were flaws in the key evidence. |
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