Homecoming for Lockerbie bomber

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The Libyan man jailed in Scotland for blowing up a US airliner over Lockerbie in 1988 has arrived back in Libya after being set free.

The Scottish government released Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who is 57 and has terminal cancer, on compassionate grounds.

US President Barack Obama said the move was "a mistake", and some relatives of US victims reacted angrily.

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You — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 - 19:38

It's an interesting case... where even the families of the victims think him innocent. He may just have been a convenient scapegoat.

Or a cold blooded mass murderer.

In the court of Allah (swt) there will be no doubts and justice will be served whatever that is.

You — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 - 00:23

Yup. There seems to be a marked difference of views on him in Britain compared with in the US (some scepticism over his conviction Vs certainty of guilt).