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The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over the weekend the only Lockerbie-related stories in the UK press have related to US Senator Chuck Schumer's letter to Gordon Brown calling on the Prime Minister to demand Abdelbaset Megrahi's return from Tripoli to prison in Scotland because he has survived longer that three months since his release. What is vaguely surprising is the respectful tone of the accounts that I have seen. None of them...
The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
[This is the headline over an article by Chief Reporter Lucy Adams on The Herald 's new Scotland Now blog. It reads as follows:] A man is dying in Libya. 270 people have already died in the most horrendous circumstances. Their relatives are seeking answers. Officials in Westminster and the Crown Office are still arguing about what information should or should not be shared with the public and politicians...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is apparently still alive Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the families of American victims of the Lockerbie bombing have reignited a row over the medical advice that allowed him to be freed early from his 27-year sentence. Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds from prison...
Alter Ego (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Despite protestations from the SNP Government in Edinburgh about the quality of the advice they received concerning Mr Al Megrahi’s medical condition he would still appear to be alive and well, living in Libya. Having depended so heavily on the evidence that he should be released on compassionate grounds, as he had less than three months [...]
The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sen Charles Schumer said Thursday that the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber should be transferred back to a Scottish prison. Schumer (D-NY) said the terminally ill Libyan bomber released last summer has lived longer than the three months upon which his release was contingent. (...) “The bottom line is Megrahi should have never been released in the first place, but it would be even more outrageous if...
Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It was only 90 days ago that we were told that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi had only three months to live. Well he lives and breathes today. Officials in Libya last week confirmed that Megrahi had been discharged from Tripoli Medical Centre. Colonel Gaddafi’s regime has publicly declared its hope that “a miracle from God” [...]
Maghreb Confidential (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Tripoli has strengthened its security ties with Croatia. On Nov. 12, Libyan secretary of state for foreign affairs Mohamed Siala attended the signing of an agreement with the Croatian Mine Action Center (CROMAC) which will help to train mine and bomb disposal personnel in Libya. (...) [179mots]
The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
This is becoming embarrassing – for Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill. His problem is that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, is, at time of writing, still defiantly alive in Libya, when he was supposed to be dead by now. When MacAskill released Megrahi in the teeth of world opinion, it was under the humanitarian convention whereby prisoners with less than three...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
EDINBURGH -- Do not believe that Scotland was united behind Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's decision to grant "compassionate" release to the terminally ill convicted Pan Am 103 bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi in August. When al-Megrahi flew home to a hero's welcome in Libya, Member of Scottish Parliament Richard Baker recalls "universal outrage" among Scots at the sight of Scotland's...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Geneva/Tripoli - Two Swiss businessmen detained in Libya since the summer of 2008 are terrified of leaving their country's embassy in Tripoli, a newspaper Friday quoted the wife of one as saying. Speaking to the Swiss daily Le Matin after Libyan Fo...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
KOLLAM: The Kerala Pravasi Welfare Organisation (KPWO) has called for the intervention of the Union government for the safe return of 237 Indians who are allegedly kept confined by a construction company in Tripoli, Libya. At a press ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Two Swiss businessmen arrested in Libya amid a spat with Switzerland involving leader Moammar Gadhafi's son, are to go on trial on accusations of tax evasion and violating residency laws, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
Maghreb Confidential (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The nerves of the French construction giant Vinci are being tested as Christmas approaches. According to our sources, Libya will choose the group that is to build the first metro line in Tripoli between early December and the month of January. (...) [195mots]
The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
[This is the headline over a report in today's edition of The Times . It reads in part:] Three months after he was released on compassionate grounds by the Scottish government, the Lockerbie bomber continues to defy predictions about the likely course of his illness. When, on August 20, Kenny MacAskill, the Justice Secretary announced that Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, 57, was suffering from terminal...
Black Horizon (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- From within Libya's most secure jail a new challenge to al Qaeda is emerging. Leaders of one of the world's most effective jihadist organizations, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), have written a new "code" for jihad. The LIFG says it now views the armed struggle it waged against Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime for two decades as illegal under Islamic law. The...
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