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This is a shame because al-Megrahi is likely innocent, having been fitted up by American intelligence who were desperate for a scapegoat.
This shows what money can do. The affluent American families carry a lot of weight through the American government.
I have to say, also, I always find it troubling to read the press repeating the lines about 270 victims for the thousandth time.
Rarely do we read the accurate perspective of the Lockerbie event.
The United States Navy carelessly shot down an Iranian airliner with 300 souls aboard as it observed the devastation of the Iran-Iraq War.
Those 300 never saw any justice. Their families never received compensation. And no apology was offered by Americans.
Lockerbie was absolutely clearly revenge.
The whole pattern of the two events explains the basis for the so-called War on Terror: America's saying, 'I can do to you, but you can't do to me.'
