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What I don't get - why has the US been 'OK' with Gaddafi who instigated a lot of terror in the past but find it difficult to deal with the one under orders? I do not think the guy should have been released either, but just wondering about the double standard.

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Ministers defend Megrahi release

The Scottish Government has again defended its decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid mounting criticism. Ref. Source 8

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Lockerbie: Will the Truth Ever Come Out?
By Paddy McGuffin

An estimated 600 pages of evidence, much of which may prove Megrahi's innocence, has been withheld from the public. The families of British victims of the bombing are understandably dismayed that, with the withdrawal of the appeal, the best chance to have the evidence exposed has faded. Ref. Source 5

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'No deals' linked to freed bomber

The son of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi insists no trade deals were linked to the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber. Ref. Source 7

Al-megrahi Ali Abdelbasset Bomber Lockerbie

I think he should have been kept in prison till he died. LEt them accept a body back. Now that they have released him his family is rejoicing and looking at the western world as a bunch of weaklings. Some of the decisions by countries governments of late makes me wonder what is going to happen in the next few years.

Lockerbie Bomber Abdelbasset Ali Al-megrahi

Lockerbie Part of a Bigger Story
By Eric Margolis

Libya's Moammar Khadaffy, once branded "the mad dog of the Middle East" by Ronald Reagan, is celebrating 40 years in power in spite of a score of attempts by western powers and his Arab "brothers" to kill him. Ref. Source 8

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Balls 'didn't want bomber freed'

Cabinet minister Ed Balls says that "none of us" wanted to see the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi released. Ref. Source 6

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Obama tackles UK PM on Lockerbie

US President Barack Obama voices his disappointment directly to UK PM Gordon Brown over the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Ref. Source 9