‘Terminal’ Lockerbie Bomber Appears at Pro-Gadhafi Rally 2 Years After Release
- Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:10am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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TRIPOLI, Libya (The Blaze/AP) — A Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am plane over the Scottish town of Lockerbie has attended a rally in Tripoli in support of Moammar Gadhafi, Libya’s state TV said.
The TV broadcast showed a man wearing a white turban and sitting in a wheelchair during Tuesday’s rally and identified him as Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber.
Al-Megrahi’s presence at the rally appeared to be another sign of defiance by the Gadhafi regime.
Gadhafi, locked in a civil war with Libyan rebels for the past five months, has rejected calls by the international community that he step down. Instead, he has threatened to attack targets in Europe unless NATO stops its four-month-old bombing campaign of regime-linked installations in Libya, under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians.
Al-Megrahi was convicted in the 1988 downing of the Pan Am plane that killed 270 people, most of them Americans, over Scotland. He was released from a Scottish prison in 2009 after being diagnosed with prostate cancer and was said to be terminally ill. Al-Megrahi returned to a hero’s welcome in Libya later that year.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague called al-Megrahi’s appearance “a further reminder that a great mistake was made” when al-Megrahi was freed two years ago and said it would intensify feelings of “anger and outrage” regarding his release, the BBC reported.
Britain, meanwhile, officially recognized Libya‘s main opposition group as the country’s legitimate government, and on Wednesday expelled all diplomats from Gadhafi’s regime.
Hague said Britain is unfreezing 91 million pounds ($150 million) of Libyan oil assets to help the rebels’ National Transitional Council, which the U.K. now recognizes as “the sole governmental authority in Libya.”
Hague said the council had been invited to send an ambassador to London, adding that “we will deal with the National Transitional Council on the same basis as other governments around the world.”
Gadhafi has ruled Libya for more than four decades.
In February, anti-government protests erupted in the country, inspired by uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world, but quickly escalated into civil war. However, the conflict has been deadlocked for months, with rebels controlling the east of the country in the west, and Gadhafi clinging to power in the remaining areas.
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Comments (72)
Gypsy123
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:06pmBunch of Liberal Scots let him out how dumb was that
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:21pmThat was sooo cool.Sticking up to and sticking it to the americans who want to dictate to the world what they can and can’t do.Many claim he‘s not guilty and i don’t trust any thing the americans say regarding alleged “terrorists”.And the american military is a vast terrorist network itself so it’s alot of the pot calling the kettle…
Report Post »uncleherbert
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:53pmHow much are they paying rose-ell=en, at least we know its position…
Report Post »west1890
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:34pmWhy don’t you do a liitle internet research and see the part Obummer and Clinton played in this guy being released?
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:36pmrose
Report Post »Not even a gold plated wheelchair for their hero. Shame on those crazy mooselimbs.
UncommonValor-CommonVirtue
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 6:11pmWest….. You have hit on a nail that needs more reporting. I recall that only a couple of weeks past before the official reports were surfacing linking official O’bummer staff correspondance o.k.’ing, favoring, or simply not opposing the release. That is a Friday night dump that has been long forgotton
Report Post »fluke996
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 7:57pmshoudn’t the doctors that said he just has “months” to live, have their medical licenses reviewed? At least make them take a refresher course for the sake of public safety.
Report Post »LeftyLieDetector
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 2:31amYes, Toyko-Rose.. Many claimed he wasn’t guilty. They were the same people who carried out the bombings, that even Gadaffi admitted to. Just admit that your fellow fascists f’ed up the whole situation and let a terrorist go free because they love their oil, their weapons deals and their terrorist/Arab-Muslim masters a little too much.
Report Post »LeftyLieDetector
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 2:52amTokyo Rose = ISLAMOFASCIST IDIOT
Report Post »REPUB1
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:56pmHEY EllA mat23: GOD is the GOD of the living Not GOD of the Dead
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:54pmoh my oh my I am sooo surprised in my best Goomer pile voice.. come on people we ALL know how that would play out it is NOT news
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:01pmIt’s reported he is a Christian…
Report Post »mattmo79
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:50pmAnyone paying attention to what is happening in England understands their government is completely out of control and one of the most corrupt on the planet. England is a perfect example of the direction the US political elitists are moving our great country.
Report Post »Roberto G. Vasquez
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:48pmThe muslim mass murderer of American women and children isn’t dying after all??? What a surprise!
Report Post »REPUB1
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:46pmif most of the dead were Americans then why did’nt we get the Bastard and give him a Shot in the arm????
Report Post »oneyejack
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:41pmIsaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good
Report Post »and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
Robert-CA
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:29pmJob well done Britain .
Report Post »How much you got for releasing him ?
Stoic one
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:49pmThey got OIL.
Is there a sniper in Tripoli that can take out the Lockerbie bomber out?
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:27pmNot as much oil as the americans got propping up murderous regimes in saudi arabia,kuwait, and for invading iraq and mass murdering the people [for military bases as well].The guy is innocent and a Christian you manipulated ignorant gulls!
Report Post »LeftyLieDetector
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 2:29amSure Toyko-Rose. This is why most Iraqis were begging us to take out Saddam (who murdered millions of Muslims) and why they want us to stay, so we can protect them (against your favorite Muslims). Your uneducated, ignorant and psychopant rants just get more humorous by the day. All any of these countries have to do is say “LEAVE” and we would leave. If we left there today, the whole Middle East would go up in flames, since we are dealing with your kind of terrorist savage and the lefty fascists who support them. Amen.
Report Post »Eric Von Zipper
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:27pmMy friends… Every single day that this Muslim pig lives is an insult to the 270 people he murdered, as well as their families, friends and loved ones…. European justice?… No such thing!…
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 1:29pmLong live the enlightened european secular democracies and scotland for sticking it to the dictatorial americans![and the european nanny state is a coming to the USA,you reactionarys!].
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:16pmStill articulating your distance from reality like a bedsheet covered lunatic in a cave.
Report Post »Nobody will take you seriously until the “animal gnawing on the shoulder” pretense of immediancy
is stretched out a bit more. Anyone can strew together expansive outbursts to form a wild snake handler style of literature. However, the pillow chewing and subsequent feather spitting reruns of the Kali cult scene in Gunga Din are not a response achieving tactic, in my opinion. Or even worthy of consideration by inhabitants of the blaze.
LeftyLieDetector
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 2:59amTokyo-Rose: Tell me all about how the EU has been propping up the terrorist state of Iran for all of these years, including their weapons caches and nuke programs. Go on and explain that one to me, since you an expert on secular societies and their true allies. I seem to recall the USA boycotting these thugs since 1980 and working hard to prevent them from getting nukes, which they would certainly share with their terrorist allies. The EU and their fascist-eurotrash allies (aka- The Left) are the biggest threat to the world at large. Amen.
Report Post »Fight for America
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:26pmDon’t we have a drone in the area that could “edit” what is wrong with this picture?
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:26pmShame on Scotland. This terrorist should be dead.
Got another idea. Let’s get out of the nation building process and mindset. Let’s concentrate on re-building the US.
Report Post »NativeCracker
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 4:45pmDismayed Vet, you’re right. Ron Paul couldn’t have said it better himself.
Report Post »LovingAmerica
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:01pmAnd by the way…. Why is Barack Hussein Obama supporting Libya – those who embrace this terrorist – with our honorable, brave military, our bombs/missles and billions of OUR dollars? Operating as a dictator, he has begun another war WITHOUT the approval of our Congress and the American people! Just whose side is Obama on anyway? I seem to remember that old saying, “If you’re not for us, you’re against us.” I do believe we have a member of The Muslim Brotherhood sitting in the Oval Office. I wonder if Obama considers Al-Megrahi a brother?
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:12pmNot exactly a brother…more like a kissin’ cousin.
Report Post »OneCitizenOfTheRepublic
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:32pmIt is long past time when we, the people demanded obedience to our constitution. Obama and congress continue on a daily basis to flout the highest laws of our land…and yet we as the ultimate power in our nation, continue to sit on our hands and do nothing about the violations.
If this be what American citizenship has become, we no longer deserve a life of free men in liberty. The gifts, opportunities, privileges, along with the duties, obligations, and responsibilities that were handed down to us by our forefathers have not been honored, nor respected.
Cowardice cannot be ignored any more than defiance of law. Our nation, a nation built upon respect for written laws that are to be applied equally to all citizens…has become a lawless nation, where the spirit of the law is no more honored than the letter of the law.
Repent America. Repent and be renewed to the call of duty and the return of our freedoms, liberty, and hopes that spring from opportunities secured by our nation’s written laws,and the political framework as it was created by our founding fathers.
Report Post »Deanna in Missouri
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 4:30pmDidn’t Britain just say that they see the rebels as the new government of Libya? They are worse then Gaddaffi is.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:57amKhadaffi is obama’s BFF (at least he was until he decided he likes the muslim brotherhood even better).
Report Post »Ovama and clinton both applauded this guy’s release until the public became outraged.
THIS IS YOUR PRESIDENT!
LovingAmerica
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:53amSend in the Navy Seal team – kill or capture. If he lives, take him to Guantanamo to rot like the terrorist that he is. Like Bin Ladin, he murdered in cold blood, hundreds of innocent men, women, children and babies. Go get him! If our “allies” cannot be trusted to bring him to justice, then we should do it.
Report Post »Deanna in Missouri
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:50amI think this idea of making all these countries just like us is a mistake. Leave them to their own demise. I for one think we need a little isolation from the rest of the world. Get out of the wars and stop giving money to countries that turn around and plan on killing us with that money. This guy I thought was supposed to be dead within 3 months of being released. He doesn’t look dead to me. He should of been put to death.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:41amAnother failed American attempt at appeasement.
We just don’t get it! We pretend to live in a world called “Its a small world after all”. The neat thing about that world it is filled only with beautiful little children of all races and nationalities who have no hate or contempt in their little hearts for anyone. They sing the same song and want the same things as you and me. Its a nice dream that I hope someday will be realized under the headship of the almighty God who created the Universe. Until then however, we live in a world with walls and on those walls men must patrol with guns or tyranny of epic proportions will ensue like the world has never seen before. Americans wake up and stop acting like little children before our enemies. Its as if you want to show them this is how to act so come and join the party. Thats works to some degree, but while at the party no doubt someone is going to bring up religion, politics, world view, morals and all bets are off. This guy should have been executed long ago for the murders of Pan Am flight. Why is he sitting enjoying himself like at a baseball game? Because we are weak thats why.
Report Post »tom
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:39amThe Obama administration allowed this guy to go free. Research the facts! Vote Obama out 2012.
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:39amGidafi with a rag tag little band of ragheads has whipped the western world. Do you think we should fear the rest of the muslim world?
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:38amSince we are at war or not at war with Libya…don’t you think this murdering goatlover would make a great target for one of the drones?
Report Post »A friend of mine lost his brother on that flight and 23 years later his brother is still dead.
I‘d say this animal’s time is long overdue.
mossbrain
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:38amKnights Templar-in hoc signo vinces. Start a chapter in your area to non violently fight Islamification.
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:33amI’m only suprised that others are suprised by this. It was all about oil, plain and simple. Now they act with revulsion, but I’m POed at the idiots that released this guy… and spit in America’s face. Or did we forget all this?
NoBama 2012
Report Post »Marci
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:44amHis release was purely political, and as someone else said, why the surprise? And our government and Britain recognizing the rebels as the valid government is a problem. Is Momar a problem? YES. But the rebels are even worse than HE is and will institute Sharia law. Gaddafi is also the only thing standing between them and the destruction of Isael. The better question is why people in this country are not demanding answers from Obama. Our “not war” in Libya is costing a lot of money.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:32amHey Scottland and US CIA I have one question for you perhaps you would be kind enought to answer…….Why is this guy still alive?…. and free.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:35amJust can’t wait to see the spin that Jay Carney puts on this one!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:36amNo kidding, he should have died of lead poisoning the day he got out.
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:23amWhen I have my own country, we will execute convicted terrorists.
Report Post »LOJ
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:18amGee, I thought Al Megrahi was on his last legs when he was released from Prison in Scotland!
Report Post »Ella
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:29pmHe may have been according to some doctors. Or some doctors may have lied on purpose to get him his freedaom. The fact is no human can predict when someone will die. That is in G-d’s hands.
Report Post »Ella
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 3:52pmIn addition, even if he was dying and did die within three months of his release that was no reason to free a murdereer. He could have died in jail and should have died in jail. Too bad they can‘t or won’t send him back.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:13amHAHAHAHAAA…..the religion of peace and tolerance gets away with yet another lie.
Haven’t we learned about Muslims yet? Seems that none can be trusted. You can tell because none of the outraged people are Muslims. The silence from the “Moderate Muslims” are deafining.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:14pmWhy would they be outraged if they believe he was framed?.their outrage[ the muslims who oppose our policies which benefitted us but hurt them] is legitimitaly on the americans and western colonialism which divided and propped up brutal regimes for western interests.No one lies like the americans .Your outrage is that the world doesn’t always go along with your scam .Though now the people are rising up against this 40 year dictatorship and we should for the first time start supporting muslim/arab people against their brutal[often american and western backed] dictators. The time is now to show we’re about human rights and not just self interests!
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 2:43pmrose
Report Post »all your posts are the same Outraged blah blah blah courage blah blah blah fighters blahblah enlightened blah blah reactionary blahblah propping up blah blah blah manipulated blah blah gulls blah blah ignorant blah blah noone likes Americans blah blah blah
Alucard
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 7:44pmTaqiyya is their game and jihad their duty. If you find yourself in a fair fight in war it means your tactics suck. Do not expect a fair fight with jihad. There is a reason they call it Istanbul and not Constantinople.
Report Post »LeftyLieDetector
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 3:04amToyko-Rose: Start telling me about all of these human rights in these Muslim countries. What rights are we supposed to protect over there, which they are allowing or what we don’t have here. 1, 2, 3… GO! Christians and Jews are being persecuted & killed in these countries for what reason? I thought Islam was so tolerant, right? Tell me. Also tell me about how Palestinians elected terrorists (Hamas) as their true leaders and how more Palestinians (as a percentage of population) want to wipe out Jews, than what was even recorded in Nazi Germany. Go on… I want to know what you think.
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