Inconsistent messages from the West
AJE: Al-Megrahi return to Libya riles UK
Britain has described celebrations in Libya upon the return of the man convicted of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie in Scotland as being "deeply distressing".
"Obviously the sight of a mass murderer getting a hero's welcome in Tripoli is deeply upsetting, deeply distressing," David Miliband, Britain's foreign minister, said on Friday.
-The UK Government released him.
-Al-Megrahi claims innocence. Who is to say that the celebrators don't think the same?
-His release was in fact a legal maneouvre meant to keep evidence hidden
-Don't you think the family of the victims would rather hear evidence than some limey bastard whining about a foreign prisoner's compatriots celebrating his realease in the air of supposed innocence?
'Political motivations'
"It would have revealed a lot of new information. But a lot of parties were not keen for it to go ahead because it would have shown new evidence which would probably reflect that al-Megrahi was not the culprit or at least not the main culprit."
Britain has described celebrations in Libya upon the return of the man convicted of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie in Scotland as being "deeply distressing".
"Obviously the sight of a mass murderer getting a hero's welcome in Tripoli is deeply upsetting, deeply distressing," David Miliband, Britain's foreign minister, said on Friday.
-The UK Government released him.
-Al-Megrahi claims innocence. Who is to say that the celebrators don't think the same?
-His release was in fact a legal maneouvre meant to keep evidence hidden
-Don't you think the family of the victims would rather hear evidence than some limey bastard whining about a foreign prisoner's compatriots celebrating his realease in the air of supposed innocence?
'Political motivations'
"It would have revealed a lot of new information. But a lot of parties were not keen for it to go ahead because it would have shown new evidence which would probably reflect that al-Megrahi was not the culprit or at least not the main culprit."