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Scotland Defies US, Releases Lockerbie Bomber

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(Newser) – The only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, has been released on compassionate grounds and will return to Libya, reports the BBC. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was sentenced to life for the murder of 270 people, but he is suffering from prostate cancer and is said to have only months to live. The Scottish regional government's decision to free Megrahi comes despite opposition from Hillary Clinton and seven US senators.

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Alan_Harrington
Aug 20, 09 8:07 AM CDT
he was serving a life sentence for killing 270 people, so what if he has cancer. why does he get to go home and die in piece? he didn't give those other people the chance to do that. i thought that a life sentence ment that you were going to die in jail. Reply
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Newser001
Aug 20, 09 12:43 PM CDT
There's been wide speculation, Megrahi isn't the guy. There's ties to Iranian's and others... I just don't know what to think or say or do... He has an estimated 3 months to live - He's no threat nor hero to anyone... I feel for the survivors, the families left behind. Megrahi maybe a political pawn for all we know - That's why I believe the Scott's released him. On another thought - Vengeance is a crude means of righting the wrong - An act of kindness is thought provoking and perhaps life changing. It was not my decision to make, but I'm sure the Scott's had one (or more). I visited Lockerbie and payed my condolences weeks after 9/11.
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Timinator2K
Aug 20, 09 8:07 AM CDT
A mass murdering terrorist dying of natural causes...that's inhumane. He should have been executed long ago. Reply
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DJM420
Aug 20, 09 8:14 AM CDT
you will notice im not totally 'liberal'....i'm SOOOOO pro-death penalty its insane...thumbs up!
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DJM420
Aug 20, 09 8:13 AM CDT
I BET THIS GUY GETS FREE HEALTHCARE Reply
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