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Lockerbie Families Raise New Questions Over Bomber

LONDON (Aug. 15) -- Activists and relatives of those killed in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing raised new questions Sunday about the medical advice that led to the release on compassionate grounds of the only man ever convicted for the deaths. Doctors claimed Abdel Baset al-Megrahi had only three months to live when he was...

Al-Megrahi Controversy Ramps Up: A Guide to 'Compassionate Release'

(Aug. 6) -- Claiming he was at death's door, convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was freed from prison last summer, eight years into his decades-long prison sentence, to die at home. But he's not dead yet -- and new information suggests that al-Megrahi, who lives back in his native Libya, might not meet the...

Background on al megrahi

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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