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Lockerbie Bomber Buried in Libya

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:22:58 CDT

The only man convicted in the 1988 bombing on Pan Am Flight 103 has been buried with little fanfare near the Libyan capital with just under 100 family members and passers-by in attendance. Today's quiet funeral in Tripoli stands in stark contrast to the hero's welcome Abdelbaset al-Megrahi received almost...

Lockerbie Bomber Megrahi Dead

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:33:22 CDT

Nearly three years after he was released on compassionate grounds to his homeland of Libya, convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has died, Reuters reports, citing a statement by Megrahi's brother. Initially given six months to live, Megrahi's health had deteriorated rapidly in recent days after a long battle with...

Lockerbie Bomber: I Can Prove I'm Innocent

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:01:15 CST

Stop if you've heard this one before: The Lockerbie bomber is on the verge of death ! "I am about to die and I ask now to be left in peace with my family," Abdel Baset al-Megrahi said in a newly published interview. Megrahi says he deserves to be left alone...

Lockerbie Bomber: My Role in Bombing 'Exaggerated'

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:27:55 CDT

From a bed at his Tripoli home, a frail-looking Abdel Basset al-Megrahi insisted to Reuters that his role in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was smaller than people think. "The West exaggerated my name. Please leave me alone. I only have a few more days, weeks, or months" to live, said...

Reporter Finds Lockerbie Bomber 'Close to Death'

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:33:12 CDT

Hours after Libya's rebel government refused to extradite the Lockerbie bomber, a CNN reporter found him —slipping in and out of a coma, barely alive, sustained only by an intravenous drip. Reporter Nic Robertson had come for an interview, and was stunned by the site of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi...

Lockerbie Bomber Kept Alive by Pricey Wonder Drug

Kevin Spak — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:09:05 CDT

How is Abdel Basset al-Megrahi still breathing? UK doctors gave the convicted Lockerbie bomber just three months to live when he was released two years ago, but Libyan doctors have kept him alive with a brand-new hormone-based cancer drug called Abiraterone , a medic in Tripoli tells the Daily Telegraph . Abiraterone...

'Dying' Lockerbie Bomber Spotted at Libya Rally

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:50:41 CDT

The Lockerbie bomber has been spotted at a rally for Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi two years after he was freed from a Scottish prison because he was supposedly on the brink of death. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi can be seen seated in a wheelchair on a broadcast of the rally aired by...

Libyan Defector: Gadhafi Ordered Lockerbie Bombing

Kevin Spak — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:03:30 CST

Libya’s ex-justice minister says that Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing—and that he can prove it. “I have proof that Gadhafi gave the order,” Mustafa Abdel-Jalil told a Swedish tabloid, according to the AP . “To hide it, he (Gadhafi) did everything in his power to get al-Megrahi back...

US Releases Terror Trainer, British Outraged

Kevin Spak — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:59:05 CST

Controversy erupted in Britain today, in the wake of a Guardian report that the US had quietly released Mohammed Junaid Babar—the jihadi whose terrorist training camp produced the mastermind behind London’s 2005 suicide bombings that killed 52—after just four and a half years in jail. Babar was sentenced...