VOL. XLI

No. 30

27-July-1998

LIBYA

US And UK Consider Trial At The Hague

Reports surfaced last week that the US and the UK are studying thepossibility of bringing the two Libyans accused of the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing to trialin a third country. The London daily The Guardian on 21 July said US and UKofficials are to issue a statement in a matter of days announcing their agreement to atrial in The Hague. In response to the report, the UK emphasized that it has not acceptedany such arrangement,...