Scotland (with at least the tacit approval of London, Gordon Brown’s denials [1] notwithstanding) released convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi [2], ostensibly on compassionate grounds and let him return to Libya. At the time, it was claimed, he had just six months [3] to live.
A year later, he’s doing fine [4], living in a luxury villa [5] in Tripoli.
And, a year after “compassionate grounds” turned out to be a heartless joke played on the relatives of those who died in Megrahi’s act of mass murder, the Obama Administration is asking Libya to –pretty please!– send Megrahi back [6] to a Scottish jail:
The Obama administration asked Friday that the only person convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 be returned to a Scottish prison.
John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, told reporters accompanying the vacationing leader that the U.S. has “expressed our strong conviction” to Scottish officials that Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi … should not remain free. The comments came on the first anniversary of Al-Megrahi’s release.
Brennan criticized what he termed the “unfortunate and inappropriate and wrong decision,” and added: “We’ve expressed our strong conviction that Al-Begrahi (sic) should serve out the remainder – the entirety – of his sentence in a Scottish prison.”
Oh, yeah. I’m sure Libyan dictator “Daffy” Qaddafi will get right on it.
Just as soon as he’s done laughing at us.
“Smart power [7]” strikes again.
(via American Thinker [8])
(Crossposted at Public Secrets [9])
The Obama administration [10] asked Friday that the only person convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 be returned to a Scottish prison.John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, told reporters accompanying the vacationing leader that the U.S. has “expressed our strong conviction” to Scottish officials that Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi (AHB’-dehl BAH’-seht AH’-lee ahl-meh-GRAH’-hee) should not remain free. The comments came on the first anniversary of Al-Megrahi’s release [10].
Brennan criticized what he termed the “unfortunate and inappropriate and wrong decision,” and added: “We’ve expressed our strong conviction that Al-Begrahi should serve out the remainder – the entirety – of his sentence in a Scottish prison.”