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Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber who has terminal prostate cancer, has been returned to Libya after being freed from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds.
Jailed in 2001 for his part in the atrocity which killed 270 lives in 1988, al-Megrahi is said to have only three months to live, and his release has created a storm of protest even though there are many who believe that he was only the scapegoat for the bombing of the Pan-Am jet.
Commonsense prevailed when Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill pointed out that, while no compassion was shown by al-Megrahi to those on board the flight, that alone was not a reason to deny it to him and his family in his final days.
But what a shame that compassion for this man was met with his triumphant return to Libya!
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Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber who has terminal prostate cancer, has been returned to Libya after being freed from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds.
Jailed in 2001 for his part in the atrocity which killed 270 lives in 1988, al-Megrahi is said to have only three months to live, and his release has created a storm of protest even though there are many who believe that he was only the scapegoat for the bombing of the Pan-Am jet.
Commonsense prevailed when Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill pointed out that, while no compassion was shown by al-Megrahi to those on board the flight, that alone was not a reason to deny it to him and his family in his final days.
But what a shame that compassion for this man was met with his triumphant return to Libya!
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