Posted on 08/15/2008 7:39:50 PM PDT by kellynla
Despite 189 American lives lost in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, the U.S. settled all lawsuits against Libya for terrorist killings and restored diplomatic relations with the country today – with reparations to be paid to Libya.
President Ronald Reagan ordered air strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi on April 15, 1986, after Libyan terrorists planted 6 pounds of plastic explosives packed with shrapnel on the dance floor of La Belle discotheque in Berlin, killing three people – including two U.S. soldiers – and maiming 200 others.
Libyan President Col. Moammar Gadhafi (Courtesy: Sky News)
Two years later, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded in a terrorist attack by a Libyan intelligence agent. The blast killed 268 people from 21 countries, including 189 Americans. U.S. families filed 26 lawsuits against Libya for the 1988 bombing of the plane en route to New York from London.
The Bush administration began to consider restoring a relationship with the country in 2003 after Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi promised to end production of weapons of mass destruction, halt terrorist activities and reimburse U.S. families of victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and other terrorist bombings. Following its pledge, U.N., U.S. and European sanctions were lifted, Libya was taken off the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism and the country was granted membership in the U.N. Security Council.
An agreement required Libya to complete $2.7 billion in payments it had said it would provide to the families of victims. According to Associated Press reports, a senior Libyan government official claims there were also three lawsuits filed on behalf of Libyan citizens in response to Reagan's air strikes – attacks that Libya says killed 41 of its people and Gadhafi's adopted daughter.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
Pay the sheetheads in Plutonium, sent air express..
It is always a tragedy when innocents are killed, but they were killed on both sides. This act of reparation is indeed outrageous. Does Bush have to sign off on this or is it out of his control?
She's not the only one.
One heck of a slippery slope here.
Does anyone else besides me, realize that we are not serious about prosecuting the war?
Who else has their hand out ... that’s okay, President Obama will gladly pay them all.
UFB!
Thanks, Dubya, you are holding a true course for your legacy.
Whatever happened to “millions for defense, but not a penny for tribute”?
That’s we got to Libya in the first place in 1805.
For the first time since 1998, I am ashamed to be an American.
That America hating black theologist isn’t going to win, regardless of the loose cannons at FR.
This WND article is light on substantive information, and heavy on emotional reaction.
I find it difficult to comment upon something so incomplete, yet seems the author stirred up the emotions perhaps she intended to.
I’d like to know much more detail about the agreements involved, at least as much as the understandable sentiments of Mrs. Cohen.
1986 North African Bombing Competition PING!
No wonder, NO ONE in the world respects the US anymore!
Sheesh!
“Does anyone else besides me, realize that we are not serious about prosecuting the war?”
We’re not at war — our enemy is. How can Muslim immigration be justified when we are in mortal conflict with Islam?
This is SICKENING! No one owes Libya JACK.
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