Accused Lockerbie bomb maker Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi was booked into the Alexandria Adult Detention Center this evening.Some family members of the 270 people killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, say they plan to be in court Monday to watch the firstaccused of building the explosive device and are hoping to finally get answers on why the aircraft was targeted.
She noted Libya does not have an extradition treaty with the United States and said she was surprised to hear from U.S. Department of Justice officials on Sunday that Mas'ud was in U.S. custody and headed to America to face justice."This would not have happened without the top levels of the government and their commitment to bringing this individual to justice," Bernstein said.
Eleven residents of Lockerbie were killed by falling wreckage, according to a criminal affidavit filed by federal prosecutors in the case. All 259 people aboard the aircraft, including 190 Americans, were killed.Tom Stoddart Archive/Getty Images, FILE In 2001, Megrahi was convicted of his role in the bombing and sentenced to life in prison. However, he was released in 2009 because he had cancer and died in Libya in 2012.In 1996, families of those killed in the bombing sued the government of Libya for its role in the attack. Seven years later, Gadhafi agreed to settle the case for $2.7 billion.
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No black Santa Claus gig this year.
Trial in NY...get probation and community service
Just don't tell Biden he is captured.
He is still alive is a travesty.
Hey look, a black mass murderer.
“You’ll get a fair trial followed by a first class hanging.” - Judge Roy Bean
Why is this man still alive?
One old black man is all we get
Watching ABC news or going to an ABC website is like watching The View. A complete waste of time
Oh stop, he Dindu nuffin!
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