“ The most puzzling aspect of this case has been the position of the British Government. While it had no legal locus in the case, it must have had a view. Yet from Gordon Brown and his ministers there has been a deafening silence. This will inevitably fuel the suspicion that they were happy to see al Megrahi released because it will improve British relations with oil- and gas-rich Libya without implicating the Government in the release of a convicted terrorist. Such a stance would be staggeringly cynical as well as utterly misguided. The nuances of the devolutionary settlement will not be appreciated across the Atlantic, where the message will be that the UK is a soft touch for terrorists.
Lockerbie bomber: an ill-conceived gesture - Telegraph
2 years ago
