Posted on 07/03/2011 2:42:30 PM PDT by Nachum
US President Barack Obama had made a secret deal with Libyan rebel leaders to capture the freed Lockerbie bomber from Libya and return him to face justice in the US, the Mail on Sunday reported yesterday. The British daily quoted senior congressional sources in Washington as saying that Mr Obama had told the Libyan rebels through intermediaries that a condition of Washington's continued support was that they must hand over Abdelbaset al-Megrahi to US special forces if they enter Tripoli. The mission would involve Megrahi being flown to a neutral Arab country by US special forces and on to the
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That is the right thing to do. Capture al Magrahi and bring him here for trial. That is precisely why I do not believe this news story that Obama ordered it.He is not accustomed to doing the right thing.
To become the “death to America” czar
“.....condition of Washington’s continued support ........”
This is nothing but a backdoor attempt to justify further extending U.S. involvement.
A political feather for his hat will be timed accordingly.
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