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So they have let the bomber go.

What a stupid country we have become.Soft touch to allcomers.
Released on the grounds of compassion.What about the feelings of the victims relatives.He should have served his time to the end.Justice should be seen to be done. >:(

I'm afraid I strongly disagree. The compassion shown is for his family - who have committed no crime.

What about the families of all his victims?

OIL

I don't believe he did it. Six months earlier the Americans shot down an Iranian passenger jet, and at the time they swore to get revenge.

There doesnt seem to be much evidence against Megrahe, and I dont think Nelson Mandela and Jim Swire (father of one of the victims) would have given this guy such public support had they been in any doubt of his innocence. I remember Jim Swire planting a fake bomb on a plane to prove how easy it was to do, and how slack security was.

Quote from: ACE on August 20, 2009, 16:09:27
OIL

Probably just 1 of the many reasons.

But having said that I didn't see any posts here when Ronnie Biggs was released on compassionate grounds  :-X

Quote from: 1066 on August 20, 2009, 17:45:23

Quote from: ACE on August 20, 2009, 16:09:27
OIL

Probably just 1 of the many reasons.

But having said that I didn't see any posts here when Ronnie Biggs was released on compassionate grounds  :-X

OIL IS THE ONLY REASON.  Yes I am shouting, just in case some of you don't want to understand.

Biggs? Now was he done for mass murder?
He robbed the government, just like they are robbing us with their living allowance claims

I don't know what to think  My sister lives in Lockerbie .now, although she was not there at the time of the plane crash ,and she has said that lot of people in Lockerbie  are not happy with his release .
Maybe more has gone on behind the closed  doors that we don't know about.
    June.

I don't  think that people should expect to take their vengence out on one single man.  I do not think that there is enough proof of his guilt.  

I had never heard before of this Iranian incident.    Just been reading about it.  Seem the Americans were in Iranian water and killed 248 Iranians and 38 other nationals on a charter flight.  They paid $61m compensation to Iran and $40m to the others.  Which appears to say that an Iranian is only worth 1/4.  Bet that was not popular in Iran.  Though I do not know why Iran had to pick on Lockabie.

It seems to be completely wrong that this Libyan has been held accountable.

i was never convinced this guy was guilty.

Digeroo, the Iranians or whoever didn't pick on Lockerbie that was just chance it could have been anywhere along the flight path. It was an American airline....best to avoid an American airline.

 It is Ok to murder 270 people. Just don`t  rob a train!!!!!. 

This is not an act of compassion.It is a sign of weakness.

Our government is weak.

No wonder this country is in the mess it is in. >:(

 I have to agree wholeheartedly with that statement.

I'm afraid we will have to wait and see what America decides we should do. Have to add now Ive just heard the news. It seems that the Scots have made their own decision.

Shirl.......I do not beleave for one moment that it was  the scots own decision. >:(

I can remember coming back from Scotland a couple of days after what happened at Lockerbie and you could still smell the burnt aviation fuel in the air, but for my sixpenn'eth it is this, I have an extended family living in the states, personally I don't give a toss about the bloke but to hear and be dictated to again by the American government and of all people one of the Kennedy's crawling out of his hole and putting his name on some petition presented to the Scottish Parliament, also Channel 4 giving the jock guy stick on C4 news tonight can you imagine if the decision had been to keep him in prison? C4 would have been throwing  the left wing towel all over the shop, we are up to our necks in Afghanistan been in the nuts in Iran just tabbing along on  the yanks arsehole, I think I will give my sister a ring ;)

OIL!!
I'm with Ace on this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/newsid_4678000/4678707.stm

Quote from: Mr Smith on August 20, 2009, 20:15:29
I can remember coming back from Scotland a couple of days after what happened at Lockerbie and you could still smell the burnt aviation fuel in the air, but for my sixpenn'eth it is this, I have an extended family living in the states, personally I don't give a toss about the bloke but to hear and be dictated to again by the American government and of all people one of the Kennedy's crawling out of his hole and putting his name on some petition presented to the Scottish Parliament, also Channel 4 giving the jock guy stick on C4 news tonight can you imagine if the decision had been to keep him in prison? C4 would have been throwing  the left wing towel all over the shop, we are up to our necks in Afghanistan been in the nuts in Iran just tabbing along on  the yanks arsehole, I think I will give my sister a ring ;)

I have to agree. I assume you mention Kennedy because of his Irish associations and the hypocrisy he shows toward terrorism.

For my part I believe there should be a system of compassionate release in the judicial system. I am not a hard liner. But the Scottish justice secretary stated that to him the issue of compassionate release is a black and white issue - compassion or not. This is a stupid statement to make when the entire judicial system relies on grey areas and the discretion of judges, barristers, the CPA and the police in matters of compassion and much more.

IMO Al Megrahi does not qualify for compassionate release because he is a mass murderer - the worst of the worst. It doesn't matter to me all the conspiracies about whether he is guilty or not. The fact is he was found guilty in a fair trial plus he has lost one appeal already and now chosen not to appeal again to get out of prison.

i agrre with betula the guy should die the country  where his victims died but i would have topped him if i had my choice  >:( >:(