Topic: Lockerbie

US senator from NJ solicits help from insiders with info on Lockerbie bomber's releaseA U.S. senator from New Jersey is hoping someone with information about the release of the convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber will talk.Robert Menendez is asking whistle-blowers to ...
Obama welcomes additional information on release of Lockerbie bomberPresident Barack Obama says he welcomes any additional information about what led to the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and send him home to Libya.The Obama administration has asked ...
British PM to meet with US senators about Lockerbie bomber's release from prisonBritish Prime Minister David Cameron plans to meet with four U.S. senators during his visit to the United States to discuss their concerns about the release of the only man ...

Clinton renews US concerns over Lockerbie case

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday renewed American concerns over the Lockerbie affair in talks with her British counterpart William Hague, officials said.Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of the 1988 bombing of a US Pan Am jumbo jet ...
Senators call on Britain to probe release of Lockerbie bomber, who has outlived prognosisFour U.S. senators are calling on Britain to investigate the circumstances of last year's release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie airliner bombing.Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was released from ...

Releasing Lockerbie bomber was 'wrong': US

The White House said Monday that Scotland made " the wrong decision" by releasing the convicted Lockerbie bomber, but declined to comment on charges that British oil interests played a role. "The motivation for the British is a question for the British," ...
Disgruntled Obama calls Lockerbie bomber's elaborate Libyan homecoming 'highly objectionable'President Barack Obama on Friday called the elaborate Libyan homecoming for the freed Lockerbie bomber " "Obama commented before departing the White House for a weekend at Camp David, Md.Asked after issuing a ...
White House calls Lockerbie bomber's elaborate homecoming 'outrageous and disgusting'White House is condemning the elaborate homecoming the freed Lockerbie bomber received in Libya.Spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday that the images of a jubilant, flag-waving crowd greeting Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in Tripoli were ...

US Senators: Keep Lockerbie bomber in prison

Seven US Senators have called on Scotland Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to keep the Lockerbie bomber behind bars amid prospects the cancer-stricken Libyan agent may be freed early. "We believe he should remain in Scotland to complete his sentence in prison. "Democratic ...
US transfers Libyan compensation money to families of American victims of Lockerbie bombingThe U.S. said Sunday it has begun transferring more than $500 million in Libyan compensation money to the families of American victims of the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing over ...