[quote] Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote a letter to Colonel Gaddafi asking that Libya [b]"act with sensitivity"[/b] when the Lockerbie bomber returned home, Downing Street has said.
The letter was sent on Thursday, ahead of the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi from jail in Glasgow.
The Prime Minister made clear the decision to release the terminally-ill bomber on compassionate grounds was the Scottish Government's.
But he urged the Libyan leader to "act with sensitivity", said a Downing Street spokeswoman.
Megrahi, who has terminal prostate cancer, was met with a hero's welcome by people who met the flight at Tripoli.
He was earlier freed by Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill on compassionate grounds after serving seven years of his life sentence for 270 counts of murder.
The cancer-stricken 57-year-old had changed out of the white tracksuit he wore on his release from Glasgow's Greenock Prison into a smart dark suit when he exited the plane at Tripoli airport. Many of Megrahi's well-wishers were pictured waving the Scottish flag alongside the distinctive green Libyan flags.
Politicians also spoke out against the joyous greeting given to the convicted mass murderer, with Scottish parliamentarians particularly angry that the St Andrew's Cross was used to welcome Megrahi to Tripoli.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband refused to say whether he agreed with the Scottish Justice Secretary's decision but said he deplored the reception Megrahi received in Tripoli. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Obviously the sight of a mass murderer getting a hero's welcome in Tripoli is deeply upsetting, deeply distressing."
Kenny MacAskill's decision was met with anger on both sides of the Atlantic. US president Barack Obama also urged the Libyans to make sure he remained under house arrest once he was home, adding that the Americans believed the Scottish Government had made a "mistake". [/quote]
This is the dickhead we have running the place. A guy who believes a mass murderer deserves compassion and sensitivity.
Sauce: [url]http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149292214[/url]
The letter was basically asking them to not have a massive celebration when he got off the plane (which they did), which would be insensitive to the victims and their families. (hence 'act with sensitivity')
But why would they celebrate a mass murderers return anyway?
Because they hail him as a hero.
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
[QUOTE=Acezorz;16833559]Because they hail him as a hero.
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.[/QUOTE]
Freedom from tyranical Scotland, the scourge of the north
Why wouldn't he? For public relations, you really shouldn't celebrate a 'renowned murderer' because of the families that were affected.
thats racist
Yay, the response of a country run by world most stereotypically perfect dictator... [img]http://blogs.reuters.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/default.jpg[/img]
Also, I know Brown isn't great, but everyone seems to go out of their way to see him as hopeless these days, even when he's being sensible.
It wasn't Brown's decision to let him go either.
By "act with sensitivity" I think he was meaning to not be insensitive to relatives of the victims, rather than to be sensitive to Megrahi.
OP you're an idiot, here's a protip: Gordon Brown =/= the justice minister for Scotland.
[QUOTE=GeeBee;16833587]Freedom from tyranical Scotland, the scourge of the north[/QUOTE]
Except the Airline was American, and the majority of passengers were American, it was an attack against America, that just happened above Scotland
And Libya gave the guy a hero's welcome, not bad for a country who was receiving $400 Million in Aid from the US just 4 years prior to the bombing, dickheads
Could be wrong on that though but I'm sure 400 Million dollars transferred between Libya and the US in 1980
[QUOTE=markg06;16838187]OP you're an idiot, here's a protip: Gordon Brown =/= the justice minister for Scotland.[/QUOTE]
You're an idiot, OP is a sexy political thruthtalker who doesnt afriad of what anyone thinks. :)
The guy didn't actually do it anyway.
[QUOTE=tonzofgunz;16839701]You're an idiot, OP is a sexy political thruthtalker who doesnt afriad of what anyone thinks. :)[/QUOTE]
Too bad he's even proven that he can't read by not reading his own source which clearly states He was earlier freed by [b]Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill[/b] on compassionate grounds after serving seven years of his life sentence for 270 counts of murder.
[QUOTE=Moby-;16833492]This is the dickhead we have running the place. A guy who believes a mass murderer deserves compassion and sensitivity.
Sauce: [url]http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149292214[/url][/QUOTE]
fuk brown!11
For one thing this gentleman didn't kill all those people, but he could have been involved in it. This guy's just the fall guy for Gadaffi in this situation.
In any case, we aren't letting him go on compassion. I'd let him go because he's terminally ill and if he did take part in this he's a fanatic, there's little we can do to change that. Regardless if he killed all those people, keeping him in isn't helping other than to make the families of Lockerbie Bombings victims happy, but the dead don't give a damn. It's just that whole revenge bollocks that does nothing other than make the revenger feel better.
We're letting the old bugger go because Libya's opening their oil supplies to us, we wouldn't do this otherwise. Look at Ronnie Biggs.
[QUOTE=radioactive;16839741]The guy didn't actually do it anyway.[/QUOTE]
He was the only one convicted and the only concrete evidence against are the charred fragments of a suite the a tailor alleged he sold Megrahi, the rest was made up of witnesses.
His co-accused was acutied, though the evidence was tipped more against him; His dairy hinted that he may have obtained luggage IDs from the airport which worked at for use in getting the bomb on board the plane, but it was belived that there wasn't enough evidance to support such a claim.
[QUOTE=Chrisordie;16840470]He was the only one convicted and the only concrete evidence against are the charred fragments of a suite the a tailor alleged he sold Megrahi, the rest was made up of witnesses.
His co-accused was acutied, though the evidence was tipped more against him; His dairy hinted that he may have obtained luggage IDs from the airport which worked at for use in getting the bomb on board the plane, but it was belived that there wasn't enough evidance to support such a claim.[/QUOTE]
Good thing it was the CIA.
[QUOTE=radioactive;16840923]Good thing it was the CIA.[/QUOTE]
CIA Agents, Swiss Business men that sold him the Timers (but no action was take over them for their involvement), witnesses on another flight who saw him (even though he worked at the airport), the tailor who made the suite, Ex-Libyan intelligence members and more.
My above post was wrong, 8 Years prior to the bombing, not 4
[QUOTE=TheTalon;16838430]Except the Airline was American, and the majority of passengers were American, it was an attack against America, that just happened above Scotland
And Libya gave the guy a hero's welcome, not bad for a country who was receiving $400 Million in Aid from the US just 4 years prior to the bombing, dickheads
Could be wrong on that though but I'm sure 400 Million dollars transferred between Libya and the US in 1980[/QUOTE]
it was just a joke man, calm down.
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