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Pan Am Flight 103

Specter of Forced Repatriation

Allan Gerson | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Pmoi, Camp Ashraf, Mek, Geneva Conventions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mojahedin-E-Khalq, Condoleezza Rice, Martin Indyk, Dell Dailey, Libya, Pan Am Flight 103, State Department, Mohammed Khatami, World News
Allan Gerson

The hunger strike of more than two dozen Iranian-Americans came to a close Thursday with the news that 36 Iranian dissidents forcibly taken by Iraqi forces had been allowed to return to their enclave north of Baghdad.

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My Lai and Lockerbie Reconsidered

Nick Turse | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie Bomber, My Lai, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi, World News
Nick Turse

A week ago, two convicted mass murderers leaped back into public consciousness as news coverage of their stories briefly intersected. One was freed from prison, the other expressed his contrition.

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This Democrat Is Disappointed With His President and His Party

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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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Another Reason for a Truth Commission

Byron Williams | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi, Politics News
Byron Williams

Don't the families of the victims of Iraq and the war on terror, and the nation as a whole, deserve a collective truth for the worst foreign policy blunder in our history?

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Lockerbie Bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi To Be Released, Say Reports

AP | BEN McCONVILLE | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bomber, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi Trial, Edinburgh, Scotland, Pan Am Flight 103, Crime, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi Released, Megrahi, Panam Bomber Released Abdel, World News

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

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Lockerbie Bomber Drops Second Appeal

AP | BEN McCONVILLE | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bombing, Scottish Prison, Lockerbie-Appeal, Scotland, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie-Bomb-Conviction, Cancer, Lockerbie Pan Am, Pan Am Flight 103, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Scotland, World News

EDINBURGH, Scotland — The sole man found guilty in the 1988 airplane bombing over Lockerbie is dropping his appeal against conviction, his lawye...

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Lockerbie Bombing: Families React To Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi's Possible Release

The Huffington Post | Susan Ryan | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

Read More: Terrorism, Scotland Bombing, Pan Am, Libyan Relations, Libyan Terrorist, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie Bombing, Lockerbie Scotland, Libya, Remember Lockerbie, 1988, Lockerbie Bomb Victims, Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi, Libya Bombing, 1988 Lockerbie, Lockerbie Release, World News

Emotions are running high among the families of the Lockerbie bomb victims over news that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi may be released early on compassio...

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Remembering Lockerbie (Audio Slideshow)

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.13.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Libya, Lockerbie Bombing, Pan Am Flight 103, Pan Am 103, Remembering Lockerbie, World News

The quiet Scottish town of Lockerbie was brought suddenly and shockingly to the world's attention on a wintry evening 20 years ago....

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Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, "Lockerbie Bomber" Of Pan Am Flight 103, To Be Set Free (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Libya, Terrorism, Pan Am Bombing, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi, Lockberbie Bomber, Pan Am Flight 103, Airplane Bombing, Lockerbie Bombing, Lockerbie Scotland, Muammar Gaddafi, Slideshow, New York News

After days of speculation, SkyNews is reporting that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, will be ...

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