Scottish Justice Secretary releashed Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person found guilty in the Pan Am flight bom that claim 200 people.On humantarian ground , Al Megrahi is terminal ill with prostate cancer . Believe has a few months life.
The terminal ill Al Megrahi with prostate cancer released , beside is Col. Gaddafi (son of Gaddafi) , receiving a hero welcome in Libya.
UK Justice Minister admit Al Megrahi release is one of the major factore to be considered in the oil trade with Libya.
Gordon Brown British PM under heat for alleged claims that Al Megrahi were releashed for Oil deal between BP and Libya , worth 500 million pounds.
PM British Gordon Brown initial sent 2 letter to lawyers saying 'not appropriate' to involve in claim for compensation of IRA bombing using Semtex supplied by Libya. Later made a U turn and establish a special team in Foreign office to deal with the claims.
Col Muammar Gaddafi's son has claimed that Gordon Brown played no role in negotiations over the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbasset al-Megrahi.
Mr Gaddafi criticised the Conservatives attacks on the Prime Minister's conduct as "immoral".
Letter's published by the Scottish executive last week revealed that Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell told a Libyan Government that Mr Brown did not want Megrahi to die in jail, but the Government insisted that the comments were not intended as support for the convicted terrorist's early release.
Megrahi was allowed to return home on "compassionate grounds" last month on the basis that terminal prostate cancer meant he had less than three months to live. The medical evidence that led to that conclusion has since been questioned, however.
Speaking to Sky News, Mr Gaddafi said the discussions over Megrahi's repatriation had been ''very, very technical'', he told Sky News.
Asked whether the Prime Minister involved himself in the release of Megrahi, Mr Gaddafi said: ''He didn't.''
He added: ''It couldn't be discussed at a high level. It is not something that should be discussed at a leadership level.''
Mr Brown has faced accusations that the British government was involved in the deliberations, with valuable oil and trade deals playing a factor.
But last week he insisted the final decision to free Megrahi had been taken by the Scottish executive alone, saying: ''There was no conspiracy, no cover-up, no double dealing, no deal on oil.''
Mr Gaddafi criticised British politicians making counter claims as ''disgusting''.
''They are trying to use this human tragedy for their own political agenda,'' he said.
''It's completely immoral to use this case to advance your own political agenda.''
Mr Gaddafi also said the authorities "didn't expect" the jubilant scenes in Tripoli which greeted the arrival of Megrahi after he was flown back home from the UK last month.
Crowds of people waving Libyan and Scottish flags were waiting to greet the Lockerbie bomber, sparking widespread anger both in Britain and the US.
He added that he thought Megrahi was ''no criminal'', saying: ''He is innocent. I believe 100% he is innocent.''
UK Justice Minister Straw admitted that release of Al Megrahi was a big part of the BP deal .
'See you in court' Saif Gaddafi tells IRA victims
Meanwhile Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-islam Gaddafi has made it clear Libya will resist demands from IRA victims for compensation, telling Sky News: "They (the victims' families have their lawyers, we have our lawyers."
Hours after Gordon Brown announced that he was setting up a dedicated Foreign Office team to assist victims of Semtex used by the IRA and supplied by Libya, the Libyan leader's son said the answer to any demand for compensation would be "No."
"Anyone can knock on our door. You go to the court. They have their lawyers. We have our lawyers," he said.Asked if his answer to the compensation demand would be "no" in the first instance, he replied: "Of course."
Lawyers representing victims' families have evidence the plastic explosives were used in a series of IRA bomb attacks, according to the Sunday Times newspaper.
They said Brown's main concern was to not to jeopardize Tripoli's growing trade ties and support for the war on terrorism, a charge his office strongly denied.
In two letters addressed to the victims' lawyer Jason McCue last year, released by the prime minister's office earlier on Sunday, Brown said he had not considered it "appropriate" to discuss claims for compensation over arms sent to the IRA. Which drew heat on Brown causing Brown to set up a special team in the Foreign office to deal with the request of compensation with Libya.Mr Gaddafi also said Mr Brown had not been involved in talks over the release of Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber who was released last month.
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