Posted on 08/24/2009 10:06:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The uproar in Britain over the release of the only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing gathered momentum on Monday, with critics saying at an emergency session of the Scottish Parliament that the Scottish justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill, had brought shame on Scotland and jeopardized its relations with the United States.
The fury in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, echoed indignation in the United States from President Obama; the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III; prominent senators; and relatives of those who died on Pan Am Flight 103 when it exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988, killing 270 people, including 189 Americans. The release has developed into the most abrasive issue between Britain and the United States in years, and, opposition critics said in Edinburgh, one that could damage Scotland’s tourism and investment from the United States.
Annabel Goldie, of the opposition Conservatives, said the minority government of Alex Salmond, Scotland’s first minister, could have spared the country the opprobrium by transferring the prisoner, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, to a safe house or a hospice in Scotland, where he could have received care for the terminal cancer that Mr. MacAskill cited in freeing him. Mr. Megrahi, 57, a former Libyan intelligence agent, was flown to Libya from a Scottish prison on Thursday. The compassion cited by Mr. MacAskill in justifying his decision could have been better served by keeping him in Scotland, Ms. Goldie said, than by having “a convicted terrorist being feted as a hero in Libya to a backdrop of waving Saltires,” Scotland’s blue-and-white flag.
Mr. MacAskill sought to fend off the attacks, saying Mr. Megrahi’s release was approved solely because of his illness and not because of
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I’m sure the New York Times was just thrilled by the release.
Not to mention Obama’s mentors, “spiritual” advisers, and closest confidants.
As vile as this is, there is a certain amount of black humor involved here. Did Obama really think the Libyans would NOT celebrate the homecoming of this killer?? Really, they thought that?? Heh!
As vile as this is, there is a certain amount of black humor involved here. Did Obama really think the Libyans would NOT celebrate the homecoming of this killer?? Really, they thought that?? Heh!
AAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!! F’ING DOUBLE POST!!!
I blame Obama!! :-)
I'm sure King Wee Wee fully approves.
He was released because BP needs reserve replacement.
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