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| Lockerbie bomber's family leaves Scotland home | |
| 2007-09-01 | |
| The family of the Lockerbie bomber have moved out of their home in Scotland and may be preparing to leave the country, it was reported here Friday. The Daily Mail newspaper said that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi's wife and children, who live in a house on the outskirts of Glasgow, had their belongings loaded into a shipping container yesterday. The news has sparked renewed speculation that Al Megrahi may soon be transferred back to Libya. In May this year, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair struck a deal in Tripoli, which could lead to the former Libyan official being transferred back to his homeland, the paper said. Al Megrahi was convicted in 2001 of the Lockerbie bombing, 13 years after it happened. But Al Megrahi was recently given a fresh chance to clear his name. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission ruled last June that he could take his case to appeal judges for a second time. The deal struck by Blair, which could lead to Al Megrahi's transfer, triggered the first major row between the government and the Scottish National Party administration in Scotland. First Minister Alex Salmond said the deal covered "law, extradition and prisoner transfer," so could involve Al Megrahi. But he said neither the Scottish Parliament nor the Scottish Executive was consulted beforehand. It was claimed this ran counter to procedures which govern communications between London and devolved administrations, which require the government to involve the administrations as fully as possible.
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| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #1 Going home to Shitholestan? Didn't think so. Just finding another place to get a better Dole? Probably. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-09-01 14:21 |