Posted on 08/21/2010 12:47:56 PM PDT by NoLibZone
LONDON -- Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbasset al Megrahi returned to a hero’s welcome in Libya a year ago today.
He’d been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 1988 terror act against Pan Am flight 103, which left 270 people dead, most of them Americans.
He was released by the Scottish government last year on what was called “compassionate grounds.” He has terminal cancer and it was claimed he had three months to live.
He’s still alive.
“This is a man who showed absolutely no compassion to anyone,” wife of a Lockerbie victim Stephanie Bernstein told Fox News, “What about compassion for people so cruelly murdered that night?”
Also “alive” are questions surrounding Megrahi’s release. It’s been claimed it was engineered to pave the way for trade deals between the U.K. and Libya, including an exploration and drilling contract with energy giant BP, already in the investigators’ spotlight for its Gulf oil spill. BP denies it argued for Megrahi's release.
And there are questions about the medical basis for Scotland’s decision. The doctor who made that three-month prognosis now says he’s not sure.
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who have been raising these issues and more, say they’re not giving up.
“We want it to be known that our desire for answers is as strong as ever,” New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez declared. “Our resolve is deep and our determination won’t fade.”
And President Obama’s counter-terrorism advisor expressed the administration’s displeasure:
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You mean......those Muslims lied?
Everyone who had a say in approving the release of this murderer deserves to be hanged.
This no doubt helps Obama; think this man lies and it would never show up per stress lines on lie detector. He is that good; practiced (his whole life is a lie, actually) and no doubt, sees himself as a 'double agent' for Allah. . .and Alynsky. So he can lie to anyone; without having to take an extra breath.
While on a different level altogether; this makes me think of Elizabeth Edwards. Am wondering, 'how' she is doing. . .
Is the doctor in question even an oncologist????
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