This murderer of 270 people, mostly Americans, has been released on ‘compassionate’ grounds because he has cancer. In a world with no moral leadership, and certainly none from American so-called leadership, the death of right and wrong marches on.
Victims’ Families Decry Release of Lockerbie Bomber
The families of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing decried the decision to release the Libyan terrorist convicted of killing 270 people, calling it one of the most “heartbreaking” injustices the world has ever seen.
Scotland’s justice minister announced Thursday that Abdel Baset al-Megrahi — the sole person convicted in the December 1988 midair bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 — will be freed from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said the former Libyan secret service agent, who was serving a life sentence, has terminal prostrate cancer and is allowed to die in his homeland — despite protests from the U.S. and victims’ families.
The private jet of Libya’s leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi, collected al-Megrahi at Glasgow Airport after his release Thursday.
Sure, because Qaddafi, of course, had absolutely nothing to do with that atrocity.
One victim’s mother believes this is all about oil for Obama.
Maslowski’s daughter, who was returning home for Christmas, was an assistant vice president and trader in the international fixed income department for Drexel Burnham Lambert, based in London. Maslowski and his wife, Norma, recounted speaking with their daughter hours before her flight, recalling that she told them about a job interview she had lined up as a financial commentator for NBC News.
“She was a loving daughter, with so much ahead of her,” he said.
Prior to al-Megrahi’s release, Cohen and Maslowski said that Qaddafi would feel vindicated if the terrorist were allowed to return to Libya — and that the U.S. and other countries would have done little to intervene because of oil interests in the Middle East.
Libya’s relations with the West have changed since al-Megrahi’s conviction. Qaddafi, who owns the largest oil reserve in Africa, reconciled with the U.S. and its allies following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He renounced terrorism and voluntarily dismantled Libya’s secret program to develop nuclear weapons — earning commitments from Britain and the United States to work together to contain the threat of international terrorism.
President Obama shook hands with Qaddafi in July as they posed for pictures ahead of a G-8 summit dinner hosted by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. The diplomatic gesture was aimed at reaching out to controversial world leaders in an effort to improve the United States’ standing around the world, which Obama says was damaged by former President Bush’s unilateral diplomacy.
“This is all about oil,” Cohen said, adding that she believes Qaddafi, who lobbied for al-Megrahi’s return, had a direct role in plotting the bombing.
I would boycott drinking Scotch in protest of this occurrence except that I can’t stand the stuff and don’t drink it. Maybe we could hold a seance and raise up the ghost of William, Duke of Cumberland so that he can lay waste to the Scottish countryside like he did after Culloden in 1745.
This is why liberal politicians and those who worship political correctness should never be elected, or be voted into government. They cannot, nor are able, to make tough decisions. They are morally weak and do not have the intestinal fortitude to make a stand against mass murderers. These “statis” socialist are more dangerous to the public than are the enemy itself. This incident just emboldens the islamic murderers… Thanks Scotland, or should I say The United Islamic Kingdom (formally The United Kingdom). You should be real proud… pitiful!!
That is a disgusting story of the controllers.