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Lockerbie Bomber has Died

  • 20-05-2012 1:40pm
    #1
    RobitTV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭


    Reports coming in he has died - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18137896

    This is the guy that has caused diplomatic rows across the Atlantic for many years and killed hundreds of innocent people. :mad:

    All I can say is, adios!


Comments

  • #2
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    The bastard took his time.


  • #3
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Wonder if the scottish government still think it was the right decision to release him ?


  • #4
    argosy2006
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,210 ✭✭✭argosy2006


    realies wrote: »
    Wonder if the scottish government still think it was the right decision to release him ?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7LDYTfxLfY
    Actual footage of him asking to be release, can understand why they wanted rid in fairness


  • #5
    bwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 630 ✭✭✭bwatson


    realies wrote: »
    Wonder if the scottish government still think it was the right decision to release him ?

    It riled up those who walk the corridors of Whitehall.

    I'd say that for the SNP that alone made it a good decision.


  • #6
    Jaafa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,621 ✭✭✭Jaafa


    There is no doubt the former Libyan government was involved in the bombing, however I don't think they got the right man. As most who have followed the case will know there is a considerable amount of evidence from very reputable sources showing a miscarriage of justice had taken place, and that the evidence against al-Megrahi was severely lacking.

    It's a tragedy and a shame so much time was wasted on al-Megrahi when it could have been better spent finding the real bomber. Many of the victims families also have doubts as to the evidence provided.

    I hope Mr.Gauci is enjoying his millions in Australia.


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  • #7
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    bwatson wrote: »
    It riled up those who walk the corridors of Whitehall.

    I'd say that for the SNP that alone made it a good decision.

    Might have annoyed somebody in Whitehall, but certainly not the Labour government of the time.
    Sir Gus found that the previous government did "all it could" to advise Libya on how best to obtain freedom for the Lockerbie bomber.
    One Foreign Office document released by Sir Gus said: "Facilitating direct contact between the Libyans and the Scottish Executive is a key part of our game plan on Megrahi."
    Another paper from the department said: "We now need to go further and work actively but discreetly to ensure that Megrahi is transferred back to Libya under the PTA, or failing that released on compassionate grounds." The bomber was sent home to Libya in August 2009 following medical advice that he would die from cancer within three months. He is still alive.
    While Sir Gus said he had found nothing in the paperwork which contradicted statements made at the time by ministers, Mr Cameron told MPs it was also clear they had not given a "full picture" of the government's position.
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-did-all-it-could-to-secure-release-of-megrahi-2207437.html


  • #8
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    The whole issue of the Megrahi release stinks.
    BP acknowledged in a statement at the time that it "did bring to the attention of the UK government in late 2007 our concerns about the slow progress in concluding a prisoner-transfer agreement with Libya. Like many others, we were aware that delay might have negative consequences for UK commercial interests, including ratification of BP's exploration agreement".

    http://www.independent.co.uk
    Lord Mandelson met Colonel Gaddafi's son at a Corfu villa only a week before the announcement that the perpetrator of the Lockerbie bombing could be released from prison, the Financial Times has learnt.

    Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, widely seen as the Libyan leader's most likely successor, was a fellow guest of the Rothschild family at its Greek property a fortnight ago in a wider annual gathering of powerful friends.

    www.ft.com


  • #9
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,286 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    It was the right decision to release him and it was the wrong decision of him to give up his appeal (pressure from the Scottish Government?).

    This whole episode stinks and has really tainted the Scottish legal system


  • #10
    thecommietommy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 564 ✭✭✭thecommietommy


    Good riddance to very bad rubbish.


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