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  • Moussa Koussa removed from EU sanctions list: UK (Architect of Lockerbie Bombing)

    04/14/2011 10:41:08 AM PDT · by keat · 4 replies
    Reuters ^ | Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:59am EDT | Matt Falloon
    Koussa fled Libya to Britain on March 30, seeking refuge after quitting Gaddafi's government, reportedly to show his support for the Libyan rebel uprising and to protest against attacks by Gaddafi's forces on civilians. He was questioned by Scottish police over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, but has not been under any travel restrictions. In a statement issued Thursday, Britain's Treasury said Koussa had been deleted from the EU financial sanctions list, removing a freeze on his assets. "We have done that -- it sends a powerful signal to other potential defectors that, if they are currently on a list, they...
  • Libya asks for Lockerbie bomber to be freed [He’s released]

    07/25/2009 11:12:37 PM PDT · by Cindy · 31 replies · 1,647+ views
    (REUTERS) via YNETNEWS.com ^ | Published: 07.25.09, 19:37 / Israel News | n/a
    Libyan authorities made the application on behalf of Abdel Basset al Megrahi, who was sentenced to life for blowing up a Pan Am airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.