Posted on 01/06/2010 1:25:01 PM PST by OldDeckHand
Nearly five months after his controversial release from a Scottish prison, the Lockerbie bomber has outlived his prognosis—enraging the loved ones of his victims on Pan Am Flight 103.
Never mind the Underpants Bomber, who failed to blow up a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas Day and will now feel the full force of the American criminal justice system. The Lockerbie Bomber, who was successful, is alive and living quietly at home in Libya—nearly five months after his so-called “compassionate release” from a Scottish prison.
Fifty-seven-year-old terrorist Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi—handed a life sentence after being found guilty in the Dec. 21, 1988 murders of 259 passengers and crew on Pan Am Flight 103, plus another 11 people on the ground—was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer by unnamed Scottish doctors who erroneously predicted he’d be dead by now.
And the loved ones of those who perished in the crash are livid about it.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Why the CIA hasn't already put two in al Megrahi's chest and one in his head, speaks to how feckless they've become.
He may live long enough to plan the bombing of another plane.
And he will laugh in the face of Britain and America as he is actually dying.
I remember that when I read about the release, something I read made me suspicious of a fix, a quid pro quo.
Now, it’s confirmed. Prostate cancer usually has a very slow progression, I understand.
Man... I sure didn’t see this coming. /s
You made me chuckle.
Actually, your response made me chuckle.
Take care...
I'm not surprised. We've been had again.
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