The Colonel, Human Rights and Lockerbie
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 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.
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
Megrahi, looking frail in a wheelchair, received a standing ovation from a group of African MPs in the hospital where he is receiving care for cancer....
Heba Morayef | Posted 10.17.2009 | World
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.
AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
TRIPOLI, Libya — A Libyan official said the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has been hospitalized and television footage showed him breat...
guardian.co.uk | Severin Carrell, Scotland Correspondent | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
Gordon Brown is under renewed pressure to release details about the UK's dealings with Libya after Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son said there was an "ob...
Barrett Brown | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media
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.
AP | DANICA KIRKA | Posted 09.22.2009 | World
LONDON — Britain's leaders faced new pressure Saturday to explain any role they might have had in the release of the Lockerbie bomber after Liby...
BBC NEWS | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
A royal visit to Libya is being reconsidered after the welcome given to the Lockerbie bomber on his return to the country, the BBC understands....
AP/Al Jazeera English | TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
TRIPOLI, Libya — The only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing returned home Thursday to a cheering crowd after his release from a Scottish pr...
Tom Porteous | Posted 11.11.2009 | World