Abdel Baset Ali Al Megrahi

Ruinous Victories

Bruce Fein | Posted 12.25.2011

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Bruce Fein

Politicians are chronically myopic and generally ill-educated. Whenever they claim victory abroad, skepticism is justified. The latest case of Libya is no different.

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Andrea Stone

Lockerbie Widow: Libyan Defector Shouldn't Get Immunity

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Lockerbie Bombing, Libya Defector Prosecution, Libya Defector, Stephanie Bernstein Libya Defector, Stephanie Bernstein Moussa Koussa, Libya War, David Cameron Libya Defector, Megrahi Lockerbie, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie Moussa Koussa, Pan Am 103 Survivors, Muammar Gaddafi Lockerbie, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Stephanie Bernstein Lockerbie, Moussa Koussa Prosecution, Libya News, Libya Defector Moussa Koussa, David Cameron Moussa Koussa, Muammar Gaddafi, Pan Am 103, Libya Defector Koussa, Muammar Gaddafi Moussa Koussa, Lockerbie Survivors, Lockerbie Victims, Libya Lockerbie, Libya Protests, World News

WASHINGTON -- The wife of a Justice Department special agent killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 said she doesn’t believe officials in B...

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Jason Linkins

How To Make Gadhafi Look Good, By Various Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Libya Lobbying, Libya, Politics News, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Moammar Gadhafi, Richard Perle, The Monitor Group, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, The Livingston Group, Libya Protests, World News

As noted Tuesday, one of the more interesting things to contemplate as chaos continues to roil Libya and threaten the Gadhafi regime, is the extent to...

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Jason Linkins

A Spotlight On The Libya Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Libya, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Moammar Gadhafi, Richard Perle, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Libya Protests, Politics News

The U.S. lifted trade sanctions against Libya in 2004, but reinstated them in 2009. As you might imagine, that brief window led to a ton of influence peddling!

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As Libyans Die, a New Jersey Town Subsidizes Gadhafi

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Englewood, Englewood New Jersey, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Libyan Leader, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber Libya, Libya Protests, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Snipers are picking protesters off from rooftops in Tripoli. But in the city of Englewood, New Jersey the Libyan flag continues to fly high and proud. I see it every day right across my yard.

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CON GAMES: Gaddafi's Lockerbie Hoax

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Conniff

We kid ourselves that justice has been done. But what would the families of the Lockerbie dead say about what happened?

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Jason Linkins

Tea Party Slams Menendez For Hitting BP On Libyan Terrorist Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lockerbie, Tea Party Movement, Bp, Bp-Lockerbie-Bomber, Robert Menendez, Tea Party, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Eat the Press, Politics News

You know, typically, I wouldn't dream of suggesting that the Tea Party movement is a group of people who have taken their internalized anger at losing...

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Seriously Ill? Head for Libya

David Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scotland, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, World News
David Harris

Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, was suffering from fatal prostate cancer, the world was told, and had no more than three months to live. That was in August. Now, six months later, Megrahi is still alive.

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

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Lockerbie Bomber Missing: Al-Megrahi Can't Be Reached, Reports Times

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Megrahi Missing, Lockerbie Bomber, Prostate Cancer, Terrorism, Pan Am 103, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Megrahi Dead, World News

UK authorities do not know where convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi is. According to The Times, the Libyan national convicted of in...

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Libyans Picked the Wrong New York City Realtor to Try to Dupe

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Real Estate, Jason Haber, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, New York News
Vicky Ward

New York has a new hero in Jason Haber, who told the Libyan dictator's representatives that he would find them a lavish apartment only if they returned the Lockerbie bomber to Scotland.

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The Colonel, Human Rights and Lockerbie

Tom Porteous | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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President Obama, Gordon Brown, Deaths in Afghanistan and More British Deception Over Lockerbie

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Gordon Brown, Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Stephen Farrell, U.K., Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, World News
Vicky Ward

If applause is what Gordon Brown wants, he's not getting it. When, for the sake of his country, is the British Prime Minister going to do the decent thing -- and resign?

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The Scots and the Terrorist: He That Pities the Brute

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, Taken To Intensive Care

AP | KHALED EL-DEEB | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya denied reports Wednesday that the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was taken to intensive care after his ...

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Muammar Qadaffi -- The Great Survivor

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Britain, Ronald Reagan, France, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Lockerbie, Sdece, Pan Am 103, Scotland, Iran, Navy, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Vincennes, Benghazi, Politics News
Eric Margolis

Rather than the "mad dog" he was called by Reagan, Muammar Qaddafi is far better described as a cross between a cat with nine lives and a sly fox.

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Libya Celebrates Four Decades Of Muammar Gaddafi

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and BEN CURTIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya staged a lavish spectacle Tuesday, parading white-robed horsemen and gold-turbaned dancers as jets streaked overhead to c...

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UK Did Not Want To Hurt Ties With Libya: Official Documents

AP | PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — In the years leading up to Scotland's release of the Lockerbie bomber, Britain repeatedly stressed the importance of growing UK-Libyan ...

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Lockerbie Bomber In Hospital, Libya Says

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — A Libyan official said the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has been hospitalized and television footage showed him breat...

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The Truth About Lockerbie May Now Never Come Out Thanks to Gordon Brown's Thirst for Libyan Oil

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vicky Ward

Megrahi's release and hero's welcome in Libya, along with the leak of two letters from Britain's justice minister, have prompted calls for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stop evading the issue.

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Congressman: Gadhafi Won't Stay In Englewood (UPDATE)

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEWARK, N.J. — U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman said late Friday he's been given assurances from a representative of the Libyan government that Moammar G...

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Corzine, Menendez Say Gadhafi Not Welcome In Jersey

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEWARK, N.J. — Gov. Jon Corzine and New Jersey federal legislators joined an angry chorus of opposition Wednesday to Libyan leader Moammar Gadha...

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This Democrat Is Disappointed With His President and His Party

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida Recount, Bill Clinton, Illegal Torture, President Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Joe Wilson, George W. Bush, Health Care Reform, CIA Torture, Valerie Plame, Pan Am Flight 103, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Democrats not only own the White House, but also have an overwhelming majority in the House and a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Yet oddly they're still acting as if they're on the outside looking in.

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New Republic Editor Martin Peretz Blasts Someone For Something, Sort Of

Barrett Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The New Republic, Lockerbie Bomber Libya, Barack Obama, Martin Peretz, Sentence, Language, Grammar, Obama Megrahi, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Media News
Barrett Brown

Not that I'm bothered by Peretz's or anyone else's racism, which is directed only towards mere people. But why his perpetual assault on grammar? Grammar isn't an Arab, Marty. You're thinking of algebra.

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Why Britain Should Apologize for Releasing the Lockerbie Killer -- and Why it Won't

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vicky Ward

Imagine if Bernie Madoff were to have cancer and he were to be released like the Lockerbie killer? There would, no doubt, rightly be outrage in the streets.

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