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...fireworks exploded over Tripoli - almost all Western leaders stayed away - the controversy over al-Megrahi's release continued in the U.S. and Britain, where some victims' families and politicians say they suspect that Britain secretly traded al-Megrahi's freedom for big oil deals in energy-rich Libya. (See pictures of Lockerbie 20 years...
...Still, the fireworks blasted off in Tripoli on Sept. 1 with many world leaders - including Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy - absent. While many African and Arab leaders as well as Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez were there, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was the only Western European leader to attend. Britain's Prince Andrew, who is scheduled to hold trade talks with Gaddafi this week, also canceled. (See the top 10 Berlusconi-isms...
...Siala, further stoked the secret-deal theory on Sept. 1 when he suggested that the release would probably help Britain's prospects in the country. "This political problem is unstuck. At least we moved it away, and this will open good avenues for developing relations," he told reporters in Tripoli...
...Wednesday's conviction of Libyan intelligence operative Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi for the bombing of Pan Am 103 by insisting that sanctions will not be lifted until the Libyan government accepts responsibility for the attack and pays compensation to the families of the victims. The response from Tripoli, in the words of its foreign minister: "Never." Well, never say never - Libya's ambassador to London hinted Thursday that Tripoli may indeed be prepared to pay compensation once Megrahi has completed his appeal process. But accepting responsibility remained out of the question...
...even though the culprit has now been proved to have been an active-duty Libyan intelligence operative, there's still no certainty in the Western intelligence community over whether the original decision to attack Pan Am 103 originated in Tripoli, or whether Libyan intelligence was subcontracting on behalf of Iran or a Syrian-backed Palestinian group...