Posted on 08/22/2009 12:15:47 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The international furore over the release of the Lockerbie bomber deepened today after he was seen embracing Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi.
In scenes that will provoke outrage among victims' families and the U.S. government, TV footage showed Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi meeting Gaddafi in Tripoli.
It came as Gordon Brown faced fresh pressure after shocking claims by Libya that the release of the bomber was linked explicity to trade deals benefiting Britain.
Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam said Megrahi's case was discussed at every meeting between the then Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Libyan leader.
But the Foreign Office strongly denied any link between the boosting of UK business interests and the freeing of the man convicted of Britain's worst terrorist atrocity.
A spokesman insisted: 'No deal has been made between the UK Government and Libya in relation to Megrahi and any commercial interests.'
The growing sense of unease in Downing Street intensified today after Col Gaddafi praised 'my friend' Gordon Brown and the British Government for their part in securing Megrahi's freedom.
'To my friends in Scotland, the Scottish National Party, and Scottish prime minister, and the foreign secretary, I praise their courage for having proved their independence in decision making despite the unacceptable and unreasonable measures that they faced. Nevertheless they took this courageously right and humanitarian decision,' he said.
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Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was stupid to accept freedom from his Scottish jail. The end will come with much more discomfort to him than had he stayed in jail.
What leads you to that conclusion? Is he really terminally ill? If so, he will die a free man with family and friends around him rather than in a Scottish jail. Ghadaffi will see to it that he gets world class medical care.
Same cut of cloth as odumbo
US President Barack Obama, right,and Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi pictured during the G8/G5 summit in L'Aquila, Italy Thursday July 9, 2009.
August 22: Libyan leader Muammar Al-Qaddafi hugs the Lockerbie bomber as he returns to Tripoli, Libya, on Thursday.
Pictures are worth a thousand words.
Does this mean that Ghadaffi will arrange for the Lockerbie murderer to go to Havana for some of that world-class Cuban health care?
He will probably fly them in from France.
Howard Dean’s a doctor, isn’t he? Why don’t we send Dr. Dean to treat the murderer.
How about Dr Kevorkian?
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