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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...
...Speaking to TIME from her home in New Jersey, Susan Cohen, whose daughter Theodora would have been 41 next month had she not died on that Pan Am flight, said she believed MacAskill's decision was the result of a behind-the-scenes deal with Libya and that Lockerbie relatives were "the neglected victims of terrorism." She said that "the last tiny shred of justice we had for the death of my daughter is gone. There isn't even a living person in prison to show there was a Lockerbie...
...Attended schools in the U.S. and Great Britain, where he learned English. Later received an engineering degree from Libya's Benghazi University...
...Appointed chief of security for Libyan Arab Airlines (LAA), which has offices in Malta, where he traveled frequently. Also served as director of Libya's Center for Strategic Studies, a position the FBI later claimed was a cover for his actual role as a member of the Libyan Intelligence Services...
...Remained under house arrest in Tripoli with his wife and children until 1999 while Muammar Gaddafi stonewalls international authorities by refusing to extradite him for trial. During this period, the U.N. Security Council imposes sanctions against Libya for refusing to hand the suspects over, and al-Megrahi is added to the FBI's Most Wanted List, which places a $4 million bounty on his head...