August 29
THE man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people said he would co-operate with a fresh public inquiry and provide documents he has.
Former Libyan agent Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of the bombing, told Scotland's Herald daily the victims' families deserved to know the truth about Pan Am flight 103, which crashed into the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988.
Scotland freed Megrahi, 57, last week on compassionate grounds after eight years in jail because he is dying of cancer.
His release, and his rapturous reception on his return to Tripoli, has dismayed the US Government which lost 189 citizens in the bombing.
"I support the issue of a public inquiry if it can be agreed," Megrahi told the newspaper.
"In my view, it is unfair to the victims' families that this has not been heard. It would help them to know the truth. As I said, the truth never dies.
"If the UK guaranteed it, I would be very supportive. I would want to help Dr Swire and the others with the documents I hold." Read more here ...
THE man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people said he would co-operate with a fresh public inquiry and provide documents he has.
Former Libyan agent Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of the bombing, told Scotland's Herald daily the victims' families deserved to know the truth about Pan Am flight 103, which crashed into the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988.
Scotland freed Megrahi, 57, last week on compassionate grounds after eight years in jail because he is dying of cancer.
His release, and his rapturous reception on his return to Tripoli, has dismayed the US Government which lost 189 citizens in the bombing.
"I support the issue of a public inquiry if it can be agreed," Megrahi told the newspaper.
"In my view, it is unfair to the victims' families that this has not been heard. It would help them to know the truth. As I said, the truth never dies.
"If the UK guaranteed it, I would be very supportive. I would want to help Dr Swire and the others with the documents I hold." Read more here ...
Posts
