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Scotland chose wisely in showing mercy to terrorist
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| Contributor | Patrick |
| Last Edited | Patrick Aug 23, 2009 02:20am |
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| News Date | Saturday, August 22, 2009 08:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | If the doctors know of what they speak, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi is dead -- or as good as dead.
The former Libyan agent and convicted terrorist is in the final stages of a very aggressive form of prostate cancer. According to Scottish officials, the cancer hit nine out of 10 on the "Gleason score" of severity, meaning whether he spends the next three months in a Glasgow jail or a Libyan bedroom, his part in a tragedy that began 21 yeas ago and cost the lives of 270 innocent victims will soon be over.
Because of the scale of that tragedy and the evidence of the Libyan government's involvement in the attack, the controversy over Mr. al-Megrahi's role in it, his trial, his conviction and even the length of his imprisonment, cut short by the few months he has left to live, will unquestionably survive for years to come.
Many Britons -- including some relatives of those who died when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown from the sky into the town of Lockerbie, Scotland -- believe Mr. al-Megrahi was more a symbolic terrorist than a person responsible.
He was tied to the bombing only after a shopkeeper in Malta identified him as looking like the customer who bought clothes before the flight that were believed to be in the same bag as the bomb. Many believed that an appeal of Mr. al-Megrahi's conviction might have shed more light on a case they believe is far from settled. |
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