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Lockerbie bomber drops appeal
Agence France-Presse ^ | August 18, 2009

Posted on 08/18/2009 7:09:22 AM PDT by george76

AILING Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi has formally dropped his appeal, as Scots ministers wrangle over whether to let him return home to die in Libya.

lawyers for the former Libyan agent - who has terminal prostate cancer - said he was "very weak, he is suffering from severe pain and he is in distress".

"His absolute priority is to die surrounded by his family."

Megrahi, the only person convicted over the murder of 270 people

The court approval for dropping his appeal removes one hurdle for him to be transferred

(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: almegrahi; globaljihad; libya; lockerbie; megrahi; wot
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1 posted on 08/18/2009 7:09:23 AM PDT by george76
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“His absolute priority is to die surrounded by his family.”

My priority to the POS would be quite a different death. I would play “we are family” as background noise.


3 posted on 08/18/2009 7:12:33 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: george76

I say let him suffer a long, excruciating death in prison...but that’s just me.


4 posted on 08/18/2009 7:12:42 AM PDT by ChrisInAR (The Tenth Amendment is still the Supreme Law of the Land, folks -- start enforcing it for a CHANGE!)
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Let the sob rot in hell...


5 posted on 08/18/2009 7:15:17 AM PDT by el_texicano (Liberals, Socialist, DemocRATS, all touchy, feely, mind numbed robots, useless idiots all!!!)
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To: george76
His absolute priority is to die surrounded by his family."

The same way he let his victims die, natch.../sarcasm

6 posted on 08/18/2009 7:17:42 AM PDT by Red Boots
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To: Red Boots

I am sure that the 270 people killed over Lockerbie would liked to have spent their last days with their families, but the Jihadist did not give them a choice, and he does not deserve a choice either,


7 posted on 08/18/2009 7:24:33 AM PDT by tessalu (Obama should not ever fool us again.)
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To: george76

no mercy for terrorists. let him rot in prison


8 posted on 08/18/2009 7:32:23 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: george76
he is suffering from severe pain and he is in distress

Let's put him through explosive decompression, concussion, 300 mph air blasts, freezing temperatures, and sudden impact with the ground, and maybe he'll start to understand.

9 posted on 08/18/2009 7:37:33 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
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"His absolute priority is to die surrounded by his family."

My family (and everyone with my surname) can trace their ancestry back to the area of Lockerbie, Scotland. I would hope that when this pus-filled scumbag dies, that he is surrounded by MY family.

10 posted on 08/18/2009 7:37:47 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: ChrisInAR

Stomach cancer might be more fair. Throwing him burning out of a plane at 30000 feet might also work. Heck throw his family too if that’s what he wants.


11 posted on 08/18/2009 7:37:51 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Stomach cancer might be more fair. Throwing him burning out of a plane at 30000 feet might also work. Heck throw his family too if that’s what he wants.


12 posted on 08/18/2009 7:37:54 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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I never understood why one guy was made the Patsy in the Lockerbie bombing. Colonel Kadafi knew what was being planned.
13 posted on 08/18/2009 7:41:53 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: george76

Lest we forget. Excellent documentary. I remember the priest being interviewed years ago when I live in the UK. He has suffered enormous emotional pain and has battled alcoholism since that day. There is a wonderful and moving memorial in Lockerbie for the victims. What struck me so hard when I visited it....was how YOUNG most of those who died were.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_USFvnaSSU&feature=PlayList&p=C2D59F48C91F8E30&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=41


14 posted on 08/18/2009 7:44:33 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama: The Prevaricating Provocateur.)
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"His absolute priority is to die surrounded by his family."

As I'm sure those on Pan Am 103 would have liked to do as well rather than suddenly being thrown out into the freezing night air at 10,000 feet over Scotland when the jet they were riding in was torn apart from a hole blown in the plane by his bomb, their broken bodies and body parts, Christmas gift (It was Christmas time), luggage. and flaming jet fuel raining down on a small town in Scotland.

Some died still strapped in their seats with one section of the fuselage with 60 bodies still strapped in it miraculously landed between two houses in Lockerbie with out either home being damaged.

Also, the 11 people killed on the ground, when one of the plane's wings slammed into their homes, had probably assumed they'd have a peaceful death surrounded by family as well.

I'd say - shove him out of a plane at 10,000 feet & let fate take its course.

15 posted on 08/18/2009 7:44:48 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: tessalu

I agree 100 %. Only you said it better.


16 posted on 08/18/2009 7:45:32 AM PDT by Red Boots
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To: paul51

Precisely. Let’s make sure these terrorist scum know that once we catch them, they never see the light of day.


17 posted on 08/18/2009 7:47:58 AM PDT by Sir Clancelot
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One wonders too if his family would give him a cheering farewell for having bombed all those infidels.

Wouldn’t it improve his chances with “Allah” if the Scots simply withdrew all treatment? Then they can say he was martyred after all.


18 posted on 08/18/2009 7:53:22 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (When did it become the Democrat You-Shut-Up-And-Listen-To-Me Tour?)
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He wants family?

Ship him off to the Manson Family.

(.....oh, wait, they're in the slammer, too).

Leni

19 posted on 08/18/2009 7:54:00 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Work Harder! Millions On Welfare Depend on You!)
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To: george76

Perhaps his pain and suffering are being worsened by Britain’s National Health Service policies as ordinary Britons have a far higher death rate from prostate cancer.


20 posted on 08/18/2009 7:56:42 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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