I remember it. ...And wasn’t one of the bombers returned to Libya as a humanitarian because he was supposedly at death’s door? Then went on to live for many years afterwards as essentially a free man? Or was that a bomber involved in a different incident?
“”And wasn’t one of the bombers returned to Libya as a humanitarian because he was supposedly at death’s door? Then went on to live for many years afterwards as essentially a free man? Or was that a bomber involved in a different incident?””
You’re having the same trouble I am - trying to remember exact details.. I do recall the report that you spoke about.
This one I had a better memory of. From Wikipedia’s page about the PanAm 103/Lockerbie bombing:
” In 2001, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer, was jailed for life after being found guilty of 270 counts of murder in connection with the bombing. In August 2009, he was released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died in May 2012 as the only person to be convicted for the attack.”
They should have kept him in prison, as the sentence dictated.
And wasn’t one of the bombers returned to Libya as a humanitarian because he was supposedly at death’s door?
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In my perverted scheme of things. he would have been infected with AIDS or some other (fill in the blanks)_____ thing.
Then released.
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya, and an alleged Libyan intelligence officer) was convicted on 31 January 2001 by a special Scottish Court in the Netherlands for the bomb attack on Pan Am Flight 103 on 21 December 1988 over Lockerbie. After he was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, he was released from prison on compassionate grounds on 20 August 2009, having served 8½ years of a life sentence. His release was authorised by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill. The decision attracted significant news coverage, engendering widespread celebration in Libya, a largely hostile reaction in the United States and a more equally divided reaction in Britain.[1]
His prolonged survival, exceeding the approximate three months suggested in August 2009, generated much controversy.[2] In Libya, he was released from hospital and later lived at his family’s villa. His death was announced on 20 May 2012.[3][4]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_of_Abdelbaset_al-Megrahi