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WikiLeaks: UK Advised Libya on How to Free Lockerbie Bomber
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON -- The British government secretly advised Libya on how to secure the early release of Lockerbie plane bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, according to leaked diplomatic papers from the U.S. Embassy in London. The documents also suggest that Prince Andrew, the fourth in line to the throne, played a behind-the-scenes role in obtaining the former Libyan intelligence officer's freedom. One diplomatic dispatch, obtained by the WikiLeaks website and published today in the British newspaper The Telegraph, states that within a week of Megrahi being diagnosed with "inoperable and ...
Cables: Libya Threatened UK Over Lockerbie Bomber
By Theunis Bates - AOL News
LONDON (Dec. 8) -- Libya threatened "harsh" and "immediate" consequences for U.K. commercial interests and British diplomats if Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi died in prison, according to a new batch of U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks. The papers shed new light on the August 2009 release of al-Megrahi from a Scottish prison, a move that strained relations between Britain and Washington. Scotland's autonomous government has insisted that it allowed al-Megrahi to return to Libya on compassionate grounds after he was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. He is still ...
BP's Tony Hayward Refuses to Testify on Lockerbie Bomber
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 26) -- Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward has refused a request by U.S. senators to testify next month about BP's role in the release of the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. In a letter this week signed by Hayward and obtained by The Associated Press, Hayward told Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., that he is focused on ensuring a "smooth and successful leadership change" at the company and will be unable to testify. The committee is looking into whether the British-based oil company had sought Abdel Baset al-Megrahi's release to help get a $900 ...
Bride and Groom Met Via Pan Am 103 Bombing
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- Sometimes, out of the darkness comes a burst of light. A New Jersey couple who met at a memorial service honoring the lives of loved ones killed in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 will be wed a year after the man responsible for the attack was freed from prison and allowed to return to his homeland. Sonia Stratis, 28, and Chris Tedeschi, 33, held the rehearsal dinner for this weekend's wedding on Friday, a year to the day that convicted bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was freed from a Scottish prison and returned to Libya. Al- Megrahi was released for ...
UK Warns Libya Against Celebrating Bomber's Release
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- Britain has warned Libya not to stage any celebrations to mark the anniversary today of the release of the Lockerbie bomber, saying to do so would be "tasteless, offensive and deeply insensitive." So far today, Libya appeared to be keeping quiet about the anniversary. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was freed from prison in Scotland on Aug. 20, 2009, on compassionate grounds after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and doctors said he had only three months to live. Recent reports have said he could live as long as seven more years. His arrival at the Tripoli airport last year was ...
Lockerbie Bomber: Medical Prognosis Questioned; U.K.-U.S. Tensions Flare
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- It is almost exactly one year to the day that convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was released from a Scottish prison on the grounds that he had only three months to live. But as new information casts doubt on that medical assessment, transatlantic tensions over this politically charged case have flared. The bomber's release was already a source of strain between the U.S. and the U.K. when British Prime Minister David Cameron visited President Obama in Washington last month. At that time, the main question on the table was whether London-based oil giant BP had unduly ...
Al-Megrahi Controversy Ramps Up: A Guide to 'Compassionate Release'
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Aug. 6) -- Claiming he was at death's door, convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was freed from prison last summer, eight years into his decades-long prison sentence, to die at home. But he's not dead yet -- and new information suggests that al-Megrahi, who lives back in his native Libya, might not meet the grounds for the "compassionate release" he was granted. What was al-Megrahi's apparent illness? The Lockerbie bomber, 58, is suffering from prostate cancer. He was diagnosed in 2008 and informed the judge responsible for his release that he had fewer than three months to ...
British PM David Cameron, Obama Talk BP, Lockerbie Bomber and Beer
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyOn Tuesday, recently elected British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for his first White House tete-a-tete with President Barack Obama. While such potentially divisive topics as the BP oil spill and the Lockerbie bomber were on tap, the two leaders spent much of their joint press conference reaffirming the "special relationship" between their respective countries. Obama said the two countries saw "eye to eye on virtually every issue" while Cameron referred to it not just as a "special relationship" but an "essential one." Showing a keen understanding that ...
Cameron Rebuffs US, Says No New Inquiry on Bomber
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (July 20) -- Drawn into an old disaster, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday he would not order a fresh investigation into why a convicted bomber was set free or whether BP had a role in it. President Barack Obama stood by his new peer but said that "all the facts" must come out. In declaring his position - to potentially make public more information from an earlier investigation of the man's release, but not start a new one- Cameron politely but roundly rebuffed the U.S. government in his first White House visit. Obama sought a diplomatic tone in response, saying ...
British PM Meets Obama: The Key Talking Points
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (July 20) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron makes his first official U.S. visit today. Behind closed doors, he and President Barack Obama are expected to engage in blunt, tough talks on everything from the BP oil leak to the war in Afghanistan. Here are the key talking points that will dominate this trans-Atlantic summit: The Lockerbie Bomber The ongoing oil-for-terrorism scandal is sure to be high on the Cameron-Obama agenda. There are allegations that BP lobbied the U.K. government to free a Libyan intelligence agent convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103, so it could secure ...
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