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...many Americans and Britons, Saif is best known for successfully negotiating the release from a Scottish jail of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. Convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Scotland - an attack which killed 270 people - al-Megrahi returned to a hero's welcome in Tripoli last August with Saif by his side. The move cemented Saif's standing among millions of ordinary Libyans. "After that, Saif could no longer be accused of being infected with Western values," says Noman Benotman, a former leader in the militant Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, or LIFG, who fought...
Last August's return of the Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, who was convicted of murdering 270 people (including 189 Americans) when a Pan Am jet exploded over Scotland in 1988, didn't help. A Scottish judge freed al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds, saying he was almost certain to die of cancer within three months. Saturday marked the six-month anniversary of al-Megrahi's homecoming, which unleashed huge rejoicing among Libyans and condemnation from Washington. A U.S. trade mission was slated for last November but was scrapped when White House officials intervened, saying the feelings over...
...short drive from the delegate's hotel, down a side street in a crowded neighborhood, al-Megrahi's sprawling house is now guarded around the clock by uniformed police. When I tried to pay a visit to the family over the weekend, three Libyan police officers outside the high, bolted gates blocked the way, ordering me to leave. U.S. companies hope they might have an easier time breaking down the barriers in Libya...
...that British detectives had made at least three trips to Libya to interview witnesses and potential suspects but that they had recently been blocked from returning to conclude their investigation. Also Monday, in an interview with Sky News, Gaddafi brushed aside questions about Lockerbie and the release of al-Megrahi, saying, "It is a matter of concern for the British, Scots, Americans. We are not really concerned about...
...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 the flight - says al-Megrahi's trial was "narrow in its scope, and it's right that we now look further." Although she's frustrated that it has taken so long for another review of the case, she's not worn out by the protracted search for justice. "You can never be too exhausted when searching for the murderers of your child," she says...