by RAY FLEMING
THE National Health Service is not the only issue dividing American and British opinion at the moment. The probable release from Scottish prison of the Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is enraging some Americans who lost family in the bomb attack on Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988; opinion among affected British families is split, with some believing that al-Megrahi did not receive a fair trial before being convicted of planting the bomb and others being convinced of his guilt. It is difficult to unravel the many issues surrounding this case: they include Britain's considerable economic interest in building good relations with Libya, especially over BP's big investment there, and Col Gaddafi's growing emergence as an international statesman.
Economic and diplomatic issues surround the case of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing
20/08/2013 00:00
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