Word: al-megrahi
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...statement released after Al-Megrahi departed Glasgow, the convicted bomber expressed sympathy for the relatives of the victims but reiterated his claims of innocence. "This horrible ordeal is not ended by my return to Libya. Perhaps the only liberation for me will be death...
...release drew criticism from U.S. President Barack Obama's spokesman and many of the American relatives of those on board the flight, as well as investigators who prepared the evidence that led to Al-Megrahi's conviction. However, some British relatives of the Lockerbie victims and the legal expert who helped design the trial that convicted Al-Megrahi expressed support for the decision...
...prepared statement, MacAskill said that compassion was "a defining characteristic of Scottish people" and that "the perpetuation of an atrocity cannot and should not be a basis for losing sight of who we are ... Mr. Al-Megrahi now faces a sentence imposed by a higher power. It's one that no court ... could revoke or overrule. It is terminal, final and irrevocable. He is going...
...Al-Megrahi was convicted in a specially convened Scottish court at Camp Zeist in The Netherlands in 2001. Prosecutors argued that he placed a bomb, hidden in boom box inside a suitcase, on a flight from Malta to Frankfurt, Germany. From there, the bomb was transferred onto the Pan Am plane that went first to London's Heathrow Airport and then took off for New York City. The bomb exploded as the plane flew over Scotland, causing it to crash on to the town of Lockerbie near the Scottish border. Another man - Al-Amin Khalifa Fahima - was also tried...
...Richard Marquise, who was the FBI special agent in charge of the U.S. investigation into the bombing, calls the release "very disappointing." In an unusual move, Marquise and his counterpart in Scotland, Stuart Henderson, the retired senior investigating officer for Lockerbie, had written to MacAskill to argue against Al-Megrahi's release, reiterating their belief that the evidence gathered against him was compelling. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and seven senators, including Edward Kennedy and John Kerry, also wrote protest letters to MacAskill. After MacAskill's announcement, the White House put out a statement saying it "deeply regrets" Al...