Topic: Mohmet Al-Megrahi
The United States on Friday slammed the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi from a Scottish prison one year ago as "unfortunate, inappropriate and wrong.""Today is the one-year anniversary of the unfortunate, inappropriate and wrong decision by the Scottish ...
Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday he did not believe the Scottish government's decision to release the Lockerbie bomber had been influenced by any lobbying by BP.Keen to prevent the row overshadowing his maiden US visit, Cameron took a U-turn ...
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi wore body armour under his clothing when he left a Scottish jail to protect him from critics of his early release, a minister said on Tuesday.Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill revealed the details while defending ...
A lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi on Wednesday denied a report that he had died, two months after being freed from a Scottish jail.. he's alive and I know that for a fact," Scottish lawyer Tony Kelly told ...
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi is to receive a cool reception when he stops briefly in Canada next week to refuel his jet en route home from the United Nations, an official said Thursday.Kadhafi is scheduled to make a routine refueling stopover ...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday denied any " double-dealing" over the Lockerbie bomber, insisting his release had been entirely a matter for the Scottish government. "There was no conspiracy, no cover-up, no double-dealing, no deal on oil, no attempt to influence Scottish ...
Libya had assured Scotland that it would give a " low key" reception home to the Lockerbie bomber before his release, the minister who decided to free him said Monday.Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill lamented that Libya had welcomed Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi ...
Scotland's justice minister will announce Thursday whether the ailing Lockerbie bomber is to be freed, in the face of intense US pressure to keep him behind bars, officials said.Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill will unveil his decision at a press conference ...
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi is abandoning his appeal against conviction, his lawyers said Friday, following reports he is set to be freed on compassionate grounds.Lawyers for the former Libyan agent, jailed for 27 years over the 1988 atrocity, made ...
Families of victims of the Lockerbie disaster reacted with a mixture of anger and compassion Thursday to reports that the convicted bomber would be freed from a British jail next week as he is dying.Former Libyan agent Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi ...