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| Megrahi says his Lockerbie role exaggerated, facts will emerge 'soon' |
| 2011-10-04 |
| [al-Arabiya] Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, said his role in the attack had been exaggerated and the truth about what really happened would emerge soon. Megrahi, released from a Scottish prison two years ago because he was suffering from terminal cancer, spoke to Rooters from a bed at his home in Tripoli. Looking frail and his breathing laboured, he said he had only a few months, at most, left to live. "The facts (about the Lockerbie bombing) will become clear one day and hopefully in the near future. In a few months from now, you will see new facts that will be announced," he told Rooters Television over the pinging of medical monitors around his bed. "The West exaggerated my name. Please leave me alone. I only have a few more days, weeks or months." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 "The West exaggerated my name. Please leave me alone. I only have a few more days, weeks or months." That's what you said YEARS ago. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2011-10-04 08:53 |
| #3 If his role was exaggerated then perhaps he should explain it all, so we can properly 'reward' both he and his co-conspirators. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-10-04 07:34 |
| #2 If what he saids is true and his role in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was exaggerated, surely that means he had a role? |
| Posted by: BernardZ 2011-10-04 06:21 |
| #1 "The West exaggerated my name. Please leave me alone. I only have a few more days, weeks or months." Nope. If you really are dying, I want whatever is left of your time to be spent wondering if some very well armed and highly motivated men are going to come through the window and hasten your time to commune with Allah. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2011-10-04 05:46 |