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  • Lockerbie Bomber: Lord Mandelson Faces New Questions Over Libya Links (Trade for Oil, Gas)

    08/22/2009 1:45:25 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 12 replies · 817+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 22 Aug 2009 | Andrew Alderson, Patrick Hennessy and Colin Freeman
    Lord Mandelson faced fresh questions over his links to Libya last night following the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber.The Business Secretary denied that the Government had done a deal to free Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, who was convicted of the 1988 terrorist atrocity that claimed 270 lives. However, his claims were contradicted by Saif Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan leader, in a conversation with Megrahi as the pair flew home from Glasgow. In a transcript obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Gaddafi tells Megrahi: “You were on the table in all commercial, oil and gas agreements that...