Abdel Baset Al Megrahi Released

Doctor Says Lockerbie Bomber May Live For Years

AP | BEN McCONVILLE and JILL LAWLESS | Posted 10.19.2011

EDINBURGH, Scotland — A Libyan man convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing up a passenger jet could live for several more years, a leading ...

Congress Investigating BP's Role In Lockerbie Bomber Case

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Scotland's prognosis that the Lockerbie bomber had three months to live was not justified, medical experts told Congress on Wednesd...

Lockerbie Bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi Not Dead, Says Lawyer

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — The British lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi said Wednesday that his client was alive, contradicting a Sky News repor...

The Colonel, Human Rights and Lockerbie

Tom Porteous | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Porteous

The furor over al-Megrahi's release has only deepened the suspicions of deal making and compromise that have tainted the West's decade-long efforts to rehabilitate Libya.

The Scots and the Terrorist: He That Pities the Brute

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Heather Robinson

It seems pity is all too often reserved for people who commit acts of absolute, irrevocable evil. The worse the offense, the more automatic must be the mercy towards the perpetrator.

Lockerbie And Libya's Other Internal Wars: The Families' Pain

Heba Morayef | Posted 05.25.2011

Heba Morayef

How does a former pariah state deal with gross human rights abuses of the past? The UK, U.S. and Italy should encourage Libya to address the past, rather than allow all to be forgiven in the name of petrodollars.

Lockerbie Victims' Group Plans Next Move

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 05.25.2011

NEWARK, N.J. — Relatives of Americans killed when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, plan to converge on New York City in ...

The Lockerbie Trial: A Unique Moment in International Justice and Diplomacy

Cynthia P. Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Cynthia P. Schneider

The understandable outrage at the release of Megrahi should not overshadow the memory of the trial that brought him to justice.

Lockerbie Victims' Families: Terrorist Release Sickening

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 05.25.2011

HADDONFIELD, N.J. — Some stared at their televisions in disbelief. Others were too furious to process the news. More than two decades after a t...

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, Freed By Scotland On Compassionate Grounds

AP | BEN McCONVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, letting the Libyan go home to d...

Lockerbie Bomber To Be Released, Say Reports

AP | BEN McCONVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

EDINBURGH, Scotland — A decision has been reached in the case of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and will be announced Thursday, the Sco...