Lockerbie: Who bombed Pan Am 103?
CNN Tuesday 22nd May, 2012
Convicted Lockerbie Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi dies after cancer battle Some of the victims' families believe the Libyan was not responsible for the bombing He was freed from prison in Scotland in August, 2009 on compassionate grounds British PM David Cameron says al Megrahi should never have been released
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