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Burying The “Lockerbie Bomber”—And The Truth

The death of Mr. Megrahi, who insisted that he was not guilty, foreclosed a fuller accounting of his role, and perhaps that of the Libyan government under Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, in the midair explosion of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed...Show More Summary

Burying the 'Lockerbie Bomber' - And the Truth

Lockerbie Bomber Buried in Libya

The only man convicted in the 1988 bombing on Pan Am Flight 103 has been buried with little fanfare near the Libyan capital with just under 100 family members and passers-by in attendance. Today's quiet funeral in Tripoli stands in stark contrast to the hero's welcome Abdelbaset al-Megrahi received almost...

Convicted Lockerbie bomber buried in Libya with little fanfare

The only man convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was buried Monday with little fanfare near the Libyan capital with just under 100 family members and passers-by in attendance.

Lockerbie Bomber (Finally) Dies

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, has finally died in Libya. We were told he was going to live six months after his release. He lived almost three years. Someone who sets off a bomb causing death should never, ever get out of prison. Al-Megrahi killed 270 people. Ed Morrissey says: In the end, Megrahi [...]

Lockerbie bomber Ali al-Megrahi proved how well-brought up people can still commit atrocities

I have written before about how people in public roles who seem perfectly human and reasonable can behave psychopathically in the right social and cultural context, and when the moment demands it. I would like to revisit this idea in the light of the death of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber. Coverage of his release, [...]

The death of the Lockerbie bomber: Did he get off too easy?

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person ever convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing, died of prostate cancer on Sunday, three years after Scottish authorities released him on "compassionate" grounds because doctors said he had just three months to live. Show More Summary

The Morning Wrap

Lockerbie Bomber: The only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died at 60, The New York Times reports. Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi had been living in Libya since 2009, when Scotlan...

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Convicted Lockerbie bomber dies

Obviously while sick, he wasn't quite as sick as everyone was led to believe when he was released in 2009 by the British government. Whether the release was a deal related to oil drilling rights for British companies or the sometimes debated issue of innocence is not yet clear. Show More Summary

Lockerbie bomber Al Megrahi freed by conniving politicians in squalid pursuit of a fast buck.

The death of Abdelbaset Al Megrahi in Libya should remind us of one of the most shameful episodes in modern British history. It has involved nothing less than the subverting of British justice for commercial gain. Megrahi was a convicted...Show More Summary

Death of Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi 'doesn't close the book'

NEW YORK -- The death of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has left some victims' relatives relieved and others raising questions about his guilt and whether others went unpunished. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence official died Sunday of c …

Lockerbie Bomber Dies in Tripoli

The only person convicted in the case of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland that killed 270 people has died aged 60 at his home in Libya, the BBC reported.

Lockerbie Bomber Dead at 60

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, a Libyan secret service officer who was convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, died on Sunday, according to the Washington Post. In 2009, al-Megrahi's...Show More Summary

White House: Megrahi death closes ‘unfortunate chapter’

The White House said Sunday that the death of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi closed "an unfortunate chapter" that opened when Scotland freed the former Libyan intelligence officer on humanitarian grounds in 2009. Show More Summary

Why I won't be celebrating the death of the Lockerbie Bomber

The little taxi bumped around the backstreets of Tripoli all morning. First we were sent one way and then the other. A cousin had a friend who lived in the right neighbourhood. But he sent us back to another taxi rank to ask directions. I was giving up hope of ever finding the Megrahi family [...]

Lockerbie Bomber Dies in Libya

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer and the only person ever convicted in the 2001 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, died today in his home in Tripoli. He succumbed to the prostate cancer that led Scottish authorities to release him on humanitarian grounds back ... More »

Lockerbie Bomber Dies

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the conviced bomber of Pan Am Flight 103, has died. The flight blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing a total of 270 individuals. Most were US citizens. al-Megrahi was released by the government of Scotland on “humanitarian grounds” in 2009 because he was believed to be near death from cancer. Yeah, right. [...]

Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya

Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence official who was sentenced to life in prison in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, has died, the Libyan government said on Sunday. He was 60. The bombing of the Dec. 21, 1988 Pan Am flight from New York to London as it flew over [...]