The Terrorists Have Won

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi arrives in Libya at Tripoli airport.
Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

Thousands Welcome Lockerbie Bomber In Libya -- MSNBC

Obama urges Gadhafi to put al-Megrahi under house arrest.

TRIPOLI, Libya - The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has returned home to Libya to die after Scotland released him from prison Thursday, a decision that outraged some relatives of the 270 people killed when the jetliner blew up over a Scottish town.

Thousands were on hand to greet terminally ill Abdel Baset al-Megrahi when his plane from Scotland touched down at a military airport in Tripoli. There was a festive atmosphere with some wearing t-shirts with al-Megrahi's picture. Others waved Libyan and Scottish flags while Libyan songs blared.

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More News On The Release Of The Lockerbie Bomber

‘Deal in the desert’ put Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi on path to freedom -- Times Online
Lockerbie bomber returns to hero's welcome and Scottish flag waving in Libya -- The Telegraph
Barack Obama leads condemnation of Scotland for freeing Lockerbie bomber -- The Telegraph
US powerless as Libyan bomber freed -- BBC
Barack Obama attacks decision to free Lockerbie bomber -- The Guardian
US Warns Libyans Not To Make Hero of Lockerbie Figure -- Voice of America
Lockerbie Bomber Freed From Prison on Compassionate Grounds -- FOX News
Lockerbie bomber release exposes US-British divide on justice -- Christian Science Monitor
Lockerbie bomber freed, returns to Libya to die -- Yahoo News.AP
Gordon Brown accused of double standards on Libya -- The Guardian
A Criminal Injustice -- Wall Street Journal opinion

My Comment: The message is now clear. We will trade with terrorists for oil. As for the families who lost their loved ones at Lockerbie .... the altitude from the U.K. Government and the courts is clear .... screw you. Our compassion is directed at the terrorists, and not you.

One final point .... I could not believe seeing British officials shake the hands of this mass murderer when he was leaving. The U.K. Government has sympathy for him .... but antipathy against its own law abiding citizen.

The U.K. is committing suicide.