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Report: Lockerbie Bomber 'Blackmailed' Gadhafi

LONDON -- The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing had blackmailed Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi into securing his release by threatening to expose his role in the attack, the former Libyan justice minister was quoted as saying Sunday. The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Mustafa Abdel-Jalil as saying that Abdel Baset...

British Government Accused of Appeasing Gadhafi

LONDON -- Britain's close relationship with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has come under attack from U.S. officials, human rights campaigners and victims of the Lockerbie bombing after the North African dictator ordered a brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters. Louis Susman, the U.S. ambassador in London,...

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...

Suspect in UK Plots Is Linked to Cargo Bomb Terrorists

LONDON (Nov. 3) -- A member of the terrorist group blamed for last week's failed cargo bomb plot was arrested in England earlier this year on suspicion of planning attacks in Britain, a top official revealed today. Although the arrest of that suspect -- identified by the Daily Mail as a former British Airways computer...

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...

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Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi Dead: Timeline Of Lockerbie Case

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi died on Sunday, after two appeals against his conviction for the Lockerbie bombings and more than a decade of tense political wrangling over the case.

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05/24/12 The Lockerbie atrocity: To his grave Source: The Economist THAT Abdelbaset al-Megrahi lived for as long as he did was an embarrassment.
05/22/12 Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi is laid to rest... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK The Lockerbie bomber was buried in a Tripoli cemetery yesterday as the row over the case â and his release from jail â raged on.
05/21/12 Lockerbie bomber Al-Megrahi is laid to rest in private... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK Family and close friends of the late Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi today took part in his 'very private' family funeral in Tripoli.
05/20/12 Twists in the Lockerbie bombing case Source: ABC News - Australia There have been numerous legal and diplomatic twists since the 1988 plane bombing over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, for which only Libya's Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi was convicted.
05/20/12 Senator decries convicted Lockerbie bomber's death in... Source: CBS - WDBJ 7 - Roanoke VA Senator Charles Schumer on Sunday criticized the Scottish government for allowing convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Bassett al-Megrahi to die a free man in what he said "smelled of a deal for oil."

Background on Lockerbie

Lockerbie ( or Locarbaidh) is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately from Glasgow, and from the English border.

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