He has awfully good color in his cheeks for someone who's almost dead.
Posted on 08/20/2009 10:19:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Relatives of those who died in the bombing of a US plane over Lockerbie voiced anger as the man convicted of the attack was welcomed home in Libya.
Crowds in Tripoli greeted Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, after he was freed from prison on compassionate grounds. The son of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi called his release a courageous step by Scotland and Britain. But there was angry reaction from families of those killed in the bombing and from US President Barack Obama. Most of the 270 people who died when Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over Lockerbie in 1988 were Americans. Mr Obama said Megrahi's release, eight years into his life sentence, was "a mistake".
He said his administration had told the Libyan government that Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, should not receive a hero's welcome and should be placed under house arrest. Hundreds of people, nonetheless, turned out to meet Megrahi's plane as it landed in Tripoli, many waving flags.
Megrahi, who had changed from tracksuit he wore to leave Greenock prison in Scotland into a dark suit, was met by Col Gaddafi's son. "I would like to thank the Scottish government for its courageous decision and understanding of a special human situation," Seif al-Islam Gaddafi was quoted as saying. There was a considerable amount of new evidence to show that he was innocent, he is reported to have added. Megrahi was then taken to his family home where his wife, Aisha, said she was "overjoyed".
"It is a great moment, which we have been waiting for for nine years," she said. "The house is full to bursting, everyone who loves Abdelbaset is with us." 'An insult'
But relatives of those who died voiced growing anger and outrage at the decision to release him.
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We’ll be lucky if he isn’t given a medal.
OK, so the bomber supposedly has terminal cancer and 3 months to live.
Anyone for a dead pool?
I’ll take March, 2022.
If he lives, he’s free. Doctors get it wrong.
In a civilized society, someone would have taken him out as he walked through the prison gate.
He has awfully good color in his cheeks for someone who's almost dead.
It’s about time a Scot with a richness of experiences reached a better conclusion than an American who has not lived that life.
/sarcasm
How is that Scottish law working for you now Arlen Specter you POS!
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