Word: megrahi
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...Born April 1, 1952 in the Libyan capitol of Tripoli. He and his family belong to the same tribe as one of Muammar Gaddafii's most trusted lieutenants. This connection was used to explain al-Megrahi's motive in the Lockerbie bombing, which prosecutors argued was retaliation for 1986 U.S. air strikes that killed one of Gaddafi's adopted children...
...shred of green plastic on a shirt recovered from the crash to a timing device obtained from an unexploded bomb built by Libyan-supported terrorists. The shirt is traced to a small store in Malta called Mary's House. Its owner, a man named Tony Gauci, identifies al-Megrahi in a police lineup. Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, another employee of the Libyan airline who worked with al-Megrahi in Malta, is also indicted...
...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...
...trial against Al-Megrahi and his co-conspirator begins at a former NATO military base in the Netherlands. More than 230 witnesses deliver what many considered to be circumstantial evidence. Three Scottish judges unanimously convict Al-Megrahi and sentence him to life in prison. His co-defendant, however, is acquitted and allowed to go free...
...Scottish court rules that al-Megrahi is entitled to a second appeal, saying he "may have suffered a miscarriage of justice." Among the court's troubling findings: prosecutors failed to tell the defense that Gauci, the Maltese shopkeeper, had seen a picture of Megrahi in a magazine before picking him out of the line...