Megrahi a year later

Posted 20 Aug 2010 by Walaa Idris

Britain warning Libya against any visible celebrations to mark the first anniversary of the Lockerbie bomber’s release is mind boggling.

We released a convicted killer and in the process offended the victims’ families on both sides of the Atlantic, and now we are suggesting to the Libyans what they should not do in their own country!?

Medicine is mostly a guessing science, the patient describes a sensation and the doctor, by process of elimination, guesses what disease it might be, and good doctors deduct more correctly. Most medical miracles are simply wrong deductions or diagnosis. Megrahi was given three months to live but it turned out to be a wrong guess, an incorrect deduction, the possibility of that happening should have been taken into consideration before his release, regardless of what the specialists said.

As tasteless, offensive and deplorable a celebration will be, we in Britain have given up the right to tell the Libyans what they can or can not do in their own country with Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the day we set him free.

Besides, what will we do if they have a big celebration, bomb Tripoli, or cut all communications and dealings with Libya – who will lose with such an announcement?

2 comment(s)

David Morris

David Morris
20 Aug, 21:18

I agree. It was an incredibly foolish decision by the Scottish government to let him go.

He should have stayed in prison. By killing all those innocent people, he foreited the right to die with his family and friends nearby. Plenty of other people have died while in prison – why should he be the exception?

Also, the scottish government should know that predicting the lifespan of anyone – terminally ill or not – is not an exact science.

What I find interesting is that the United States Senators seem to feel that they can have some sort of influence. Yes, there were US citizens on the ill-fated PanAm plane, but that doesn’t mean they can tell Scotland what to do – or Britain as a whole.

Walaa

Walaa
21 Aug, 11:28

Not only foolish, but very short sighted, which makes you wonder if they thought it out correctly.

I never pay the Americans much mind they like to to through their weight around – its who they are, simples!

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