Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. LII
No 34
24-Aug-2009
LIBYA
Megrahi Freed On Compassionate Grounds
'Abd al-Bassit al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, was freed from prison and returned to Tripoli shortly after the decision, announced by the Scottish Justice Secretary on 20 August, to release him on compassionate grounds. Mr Megrahi, who has always denied responsibility for the bombing, has terminal prostate cancer and is believed to have...
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