Doctor: Lockerbie Bomber may Live for Years

MH · 08-21-11, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

A Libyan man convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing up a passenger jet could live for several more years, a leading cancer specialist said Friday - two years after the terminally ill bomber was freed on compassionate grounds because he was close to death.Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was released from a Scottish jail and flown back to Libya on Aug. 20, 2009 after prison doctors estimated he had only three months to live.

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So humane of Britain.

Tarrasque · 08-21-11, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MH

So humane of Britain.

There's no Britain involved.

The devolved parliament of Scotland was responsible, not Britain as a whole.

08-21-11, 04:08 AM

Look on the bright side, at least it stopped the embarassment of letting the appael against the conviction finaly go ahead.

Torplexed · 08-21-11, 01:02 PM

At the rate things are going he'll outlive the regime he worked for too. He'd better hope his health benefits are transferable to the Rebs.

STEED · 08-21-11, 02:59 PM

Stinking rat!

Jimbuna · 08-21-11, 03:21 PM

Old news....to us Brits anyway

Tchocky · 08-21-11, 04:58 PM

There's a whole raft of issues involved with that conviction.

TLAM Strike · 08-21-11, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

At the rate things are going he'll outlive the regime he worked for too. He'd better hope his health benefits are transferable to the Rebs.

I would hope the Rebels would turn him over to us but unfortunately in this case NY State does not have the death penalty.

08-21-11, 01:02 PM	#4
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	At the rate things are going he'll outlive the regime he worked for too. He'd better hope his health benefits are transferable to the Rebs. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

08-21-11, 02:59 PM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Stinking rat! __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-21-11, 03:21 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Old news....to us Brits anyway __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	There's a whole raft of issues involved with that conviction. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

08-21-11, 04:08 AM	#3
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Look on the bright side, at least it stopped the embarassment of letting the appael against the conviction finaly go ahead.