Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi on his sick bed at home in Tripoli, LibyaThe Scottish Justice Minister released Megrahi on compassionate grounds. He did not release him as part of a prisoner transfer agreement between the United Kingdom and Libya, writes Alan Cochrane.
Conspiracy theorists are having a field day — as well they might, given all the various ramifications of the case — over the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
However, amid all the scenarios surrounding this singular episode — some crackpot, some merely misguided — the single fact that many people appear to have great difficulty in accepting is Kenny MacAskill was not acting out a part in some great international game when he decided to release Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi.
The Scottish Justice Minister released Megrahi on compassionate grounds. Full stop. He did not release him as part of a prisoner transfer agreement between the United Kingdom and Libya. The two are entirely separate and distinct.
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I think it is more a case of the SNP being "duped" into making the decision they did, rather than there being any conspiracy.
Nothing to do with a trade agreement with Libya, then? Bullsh*t.
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Greene has added another piece to his original article.
IRONSIDE
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