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Britain
Insult to the dead
2003-11-17
Follow the link and check out the pictures of this "prison cell". It’s a hell of a lot nicer than most apartments I’ve lived in. Bastards, EFL:
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was sentenced to life in 2001 for his horrific attack, which blew up a packed Pan Am airliner over a tiny Scottish town. But although caged in one of Britain’s toughest jails, our exclusive pictures show the 51-year-old monster occupies a suite with facilities to rival a four-star hotel. They include his own kitchen and shower-room, a sitting room, office, and bedroom with en-suite toilet. His rooms are kitted out with a colour television, video recorder, stereo and personal computer. Prison bosses have even piped Arabic TV station Al-Jazeera—famed as the mouthpiece of terror chief Osama bin Laden—into his cell. Meanwhile, unlike other prisoners forced to barter their precious phonecards, Al Megrahi is allowed unlimited access to the telephone. Our astonishing photos were smuggled out of Glasgow’s Barlinnie prison by an insider disgusted at facilities laid on for the bomber. They show how floral curtains soften the lines of Al Megrahi’s barred windows—and framed art prints adorn the walls of his "cell". The sofa in his day room is big enough to seat three. His coffee table is littered with remote controls for his entertainment system. Fresh food and meat butchered in accordance with his Muslim faith is delivered for him to prepare himself. Other hot meals are delivered to his rooms. Intelligence officer Al Megrahi is also allowed to keep a private collection of videos, books and pictures. Visitors to his ground floor suite have included former South African president Nelson Mandela and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The statesmen visited to check the prisoner’s conditions and Mr Mandela discussed a campaign to move him to a prison in his own country.
Beyond belief.
Posted by:Steve

#6  I'd appreciate it if someone would please provide other corroborating links for this outrage. News of the World has a less than sterling reputation for accurate reporting.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-04-19 5:37:06 AM  

#5  Send him to Turkey. They have nice 4x4x4 cells, complete with at grate in the floor for body wastes. Let him stay there, eating the rotten Turkish prison food for a few years, then ask him how he liked his British cell.

The Brits should know better.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-11-17 2:32:26 PM  

#4  Morocco has nice prisons this time of year, or so I'm told.
Posted by: Seafarious   2003-11-17 1:50:07 PM  

#3  Looks like a hotel suit to me.
Posted by: Charles   2003-11-17 1:04:20 PM  

#2  "Mr Mandela discussed a campaign to move him to a prison in his own country."

-makes sense to me. This p.o.s. is the most overated leader on that side of the planet. He makes Jesse Jackoff look like a cub scout....
Posted by: Jarhead   2003-11-17 12:10:18 PM  

#1  Needs a fireplace, Saudi-style
Posted by: Frank G   2003-11-17 11:45:39 AM  

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