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WikiLeaks: UK Advised Libya on How to Free Lockerbie Bomber

LONDON -- The British government secretly advised Libya on how to secure the early release of Lockerbie plane bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, according to leaked diplomatic papers from the U.S. Embassy in London. The documents also suggest that Prince Andrew, the fourth in line to the throne, played a...

Cables: Libya Threatened UK Over Lockerbie Bomber

LONDON (Dec. 8) -- Libya threatened "harsh" and "immediate" consequences for U.K. commercial interests and British diplomats if Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi died in prison, according to a new batch of U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks. The papers shed new light on the August 2009 release of...

BP's Tony Hayward Refuses to Testify on Lockerbie Bomber

WASHINGTON (Aug. 26) -- Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward has refused a request by U.S. senators to testify next month about BP's role in the release of the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. In a letter this week signed by Hayward and obtained by The Associated Press, Hayward told Sen. Robert...

Bride and Groom Met Via Pan Am 103 Bombing

(Aug. 20) -- Sometimes, out of the darkness comes a burst of light. A New Jersey couple who met at a memorial service honoring the lives of loved ones killed in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 will be wed a year after the man responsible for the attack was freed from prison and allowed to return to his...

UK Warns Libya Against Celebrating Bomber's Release

(Aug. 20) -- Britain has warned Libya not to stage any celebrations to mark the anniversary today of the release of the Lockerbie bomber, saying to do so would be "tasteless, offensive and deeply insensitive." So far today, Libya appeared to be keeping quiet about the anniversary. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was freed from...

Background on Lockerbie bomber

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi (, ; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan citizen, alleged former intelligence officer, former head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines and former director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, the capital of Libya.

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