Posted on 09/04/2009 6:56:42 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
Many people around the world, not just the relatives of the victims of the 270 people killed when Abdel Baset al-Megrahi blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over a Scottish town, are still furious about his release from a Scottish prison and the warm greetings extended to him when he arrived in Libya.
The TV cameras showed the gala reception, Qaddafi hugging Megrahi, and Megrahi kissing the Libyan despot. Libya's leader then praised his "friend" British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the British government on Thursday for what he called their "courage" in allowing Megrahi's release.
"To my friends in Scotland ... I praise their courage for having proved their independence in decision-making despite the unacceptable and unreasonable measures that they faced," Qaddafi told crowds waving Scottish flags and throwing flower petals. "Nevertheless, they took this courageously right and humanitarian decision."
Earlier this week many of the documents associated with the negotiations to free the terrorists were released to the public and they seemed to indicate that he was released to help close a BP oil deal....
Today Jack Straw has reignited the row over the release of the Lockerbie bomber by admitting for the first time that trade and oil were an essential part of the Government’s decision to include him in a prisoner transfer deal with Libya:
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
If true...spineless.
D’oh! My one year old twins knew this the minute the story came out that he was going to be released!
And Obama approved it
Keeping fellow muslims happy in all 57 states.
Even my dog knew it.
I hope this brings the liberal whacko govt down, hopefully replaced by a conservative one.
If BP (British Petroleum) Is involved in this outrage, then we in the US should take a serious look at the impact that their breakthrough 7 mile deep off-US shore gulf oil find will do to the US tax coffers.
An eye-for-an-eye kind of an agreement, doncha’ know!
Scumbags!
Like we didn’t know that?
How involved was Obama in the oil deal?
A new definition of getting off Scot-free. Thanks for nothing Scotland!
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