Word: al-megrahi
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...Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 killing 270 people. A New York law firm claimed the money would be offered in exchange for lifting sanctions and for the removal of Libya from the U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism. Libya has consistently denied involvement in the bombing, even after Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, a former member of the Libyan security organization, was found guilty in 2001. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Killing Fields Aid workers in Kisangani reported that Rwandan-backed rebels in eastern Congo have carried out mass executions in revenge for an uprising two weeks before. The bodies...
Dershowitz has devoted himself to protecting the civil liberties of even the most unsavory individuals, including Al-Megrahi...
...moth to a flame,” is the description given Dershowitz by The Washington Post’s Jonathan Yardley. This was in December, as Dershowitz plunged into the presidential election scandal representing voters in Palm Beach County, Florida—before he became involved in the Al-Megrahi case...
...Wall Street Journal editorial page, a strong conservative influence, scorned Dershowitz and questioned his patriotism for involving himself with the Al-Megrahi case...
...notes that because of disputed evidence in the case, the United Nations monitor for the trial as well as many family members of the victims questioned whether Al-Megrahi was really the bomber...