bil

I for one am delighted to see the Yanks upset about the hero's welcome handed out by Lybia to that poor sod (no I can't spell his name either)

Hands up anyone who can name the country who a) gave Gerry Adams a hero's welcome when the IRA was murdering British citizens, and b) helped raise funds for the said terrorist organisation?

To paraphrase Shakespeare, "Let none say terrorism prosper, for if terrorism is sponsored by a big enogh country, then who dare call it terrorism?"

Mitzyboy

I suspect you are going to have some opposition here, but I have no problem with him being released as I dont think for a moment he was ever guilty. Neither do most of the UK victims families.

The Americans however clearly have a huge problem with it.

However, they had to get someone for it, and they did.

jdr

Matt has got a thread in the lounge going on this subject.

bil

Very true. I'm convinced that the yanks wanted a Lybian scapegoat. I just despise their willingness to support terrorism when it suits them.

I believe that there is a group of Scottish lawyers who are saying the Lybian's conviction was unsafe on a number of grounds.

Jaques2go

if he is guilty he is already trapped by his own karma which will out whether he is released or not................if he isnt guilty, then in the next life, i feel he will be compensated for what he has endured............its just the natural law of cause and effect..............

bil

Where please? I looked and couldn't find it.

bil

I'd prefer to see an in depth public investigation.

As if.

Fredbargate

What, more virgins, there's soon going to be a world shortage

bil

Where's the fun in 40 virgins?

I'd prefer a couple of dirty women any day.....

jdr

It`s now in take it outside, it started out in a thread about scots and the mods split it I think. ;-)
It`s called "the Lockerbie bomber is going home.

HBG

I hadn't realised that devolution meant that Scotland now has it's own justice system, but applaud the justice minister for his courage in taking on the mighty US.

Mind you, listening to Obama and Milliband condemn the decision, I thought I could see them both blush. I know it's not considered politically correct to mention oil, but Lybia seems to have rather a lot of it. isn't BP over there at the moment?

Fortaleza

What he doesn't know is that the virgins in question are Spotty American Geeks

bil

OK, thanks Jdr.

Don't you worry about all those howling for Magrahi's blood given that there are such doubts being expressed re the safety of his conviction?

Jerseygirl

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=626723

bil

That thread seems to have gomne a bit quiet since the hate mongers have had to consider that Magrahi may have been wrongly convicted.

If so, what a damn evil thing to do, to rob a man of the last ten years of his life just because the US wanted a Lybian scapegoat.