Lockerbie bomber: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi

[blueboyno1]

Two wrongs do not make a right .Who is next to be released if they are diagnosed with cancer TOBIN,SUTCLIFF.

Fact the man was convicted of the locherbie bombing
Fact he was sentenced to 27 years
Fact he contracted cancer
Fact he was relesed
because he had beeen given less than three months to live
Fact he is still alive
Fact his doctors now say he could last for ten years.

Do all the people who support Mckaskills decision to let him go not see anything wrong in this.
I keep asking and have not yet had any answers,only theories ,or excuses , where is the proof that he is innocent
It wisny him, it was a big boy who done it and ran away .

[ionnsaigh]

Two wrongs do not make a right .Who is next to be released if they are diagnosed with cancer TOBIN,SUTCLIFF.

The difference being - that both these men are guilty - the question mark over Ali - remains.

Do all the people who support Mckaskills decision to let him go not see anything wrong in this.

I really don't care who made the decision, that is not the point. The point is we showed compassion to a dying man. If your next door neighbour happens to get the same type of cancer - would you be saying - are you not dead yet ?

Thank God I'm not a relative of any of the murdered.

Or for that matter the accused ? Who has spent years in solitary confinement in a foreign land, contracting cancer along the way, with the screams of some - calling for his blood.

[blueboyno1]

Give over ionnsaigh,do you actually read what you write or do you just say the opposite from other posters.Yes both these men were found guilty AND so was megrahi. One of my friends are being buried this very day after dying with cancer and he was worth a million of this piece of excrement .His sentence was a joke from the start 27 years ,if the yanks had tried him he would have got 27 year for every life he took and would never have been allowed out no matter what.Compasson this country has to much of it and it jumps up and bites us on the @rse every time .Try selling compassion to the families of the three British soldiers recently murdered in Afghanistan by a treacherous reptile who they had taken into the midst and shown peace and compassion .People like him and megrahi are all of the same mind ,they are conditioned from birth to hate the infidel and they would never show compassion to us or anyone else .Hold out the hand of peace and friendship to people like that and they will rip it off and slap you across the face with it .Where is the question mark over magrahi only in the minds of people like you ionns ,not in the minds of the people who tried him and found him GUILTY.
Again i ask where is the proof of his innocence .

[LANDROVER ROGER]

I must say that I admire the statement made by the Scottish government stating that they were not prepared to go to America and stand in front of an enquiry in to alleged link or pressure from BP,like naughty school boys.

[blueboyno1]

I also admire that Landrover ,providing it is for the correct reasons and not having to answer awkward questions.

[SBpete]

people like you ionns

lets not get too hasty here.

BBno1, surely you can see that there is a huge amount of doubt surrounding this case?
John Pilger and Paul Foot (Private Eye) are both well respected investigative journalists and if they have their doubts then I'm inclined to listen. These guys have a track record of proving miscarriages of justice, and it wouldn't be the first time that a Government has hidden facts in the name of national interest.

[blueboyno1]

Let them prove it and i will be the first to hold my hands up .Until then he has been tried proven guilty and convicted.

Everyone has a right to their opinion ,but i am afraid private eye would not be one of my first choices to prove anything given the amount of complaints of telling lies that have been brought against them in the past .It is about as trustworthy as the News Of the World .

[Govangirl]

Or for that matter the accused ? Who has spent years in solitary confinement in a foreign land, contracting cancer along the way, with the screams of some - calling for his blood.

We're not talking here about some poor patsy, we're talking about a man with many previous links to terrorism. Those supporting the Scottish Government are accepting that they made an enormous mistake in convicting him. Either way, it stinks.

Ionns, do I feel for the relatives? Yes! Do I care in any way about the fate of Megrahi? A resounding NO!

[ionnsaigh]

[quote="blueboyno1"]Yes both these men were found guilty AND so was megrahi. One of my friends are being buried this very day after dying with cancer and he was worth a million of this piece of excrement [/quote ]

Yes all three were found guilty, then again so was Mandela, Gandhi, Christ and Wallace. By your own criteria, you take as being paramount, the judgment cast, regardless of guilt or innocence. If any of that four had cancer, would they be excrement also ?

[Govangirl]

Ionns, stop putting smily faces at the end of your posts, they're so smug! I'm interested in your naming of Christ there seeing as you have stated in the past you don't believe he exists. You'll be dredging up the case of Cock Robin next!

[ionnsaigh]

Ionns, stop putting smily faces at the end of your posts, they're so smug! I'm interested in your naming of Christ there seeing as you have stated in the past you don't believe he exists. You'll be dredging up the case of Cock Robin next!

No your wrong again girl. I have never stated that the historical figure of Christ didn't exist, as such I believe he remains in the same category as Wallace and Co.

[blueboyno1]

Ionnsaigh .

How can you possibly compare this man to the four you mentioned ,in fact some people would say how dare you .
This man is a convicted murderer who set out to plant a bomb which killed 270 people who he never even knew .People like you have this guy on a pedestal and think he was some sort of national hero.No matter what was wrong with him he should never have been released .
Like other threads on here you will never concede anything which causes many posters to just give up trying .Well i am giving up on this one ,but i am sure everyone who has read it will know exactly what i think of Abdelbastard Ali Mohamed Al Megrahi

BYEEEE

[easypeasy]

The motives of politicians for what they do is never straightforward. Compassion for a dying man looks like spin to me for trying to get Al Megrahi to agree to dropping his appeal. Why did MacAskill have to visit him to see for himself what state he was in. Is the prisons top medical officer not far better qualified to do this. MacAskill is forwarding the medical evidence to the USA Senate and stating that is sufficient evidence and there is no need for him to appear before the senate. Looks like double standards to me or a different agenda which MacAskill does not want to come out under questioning.

[Bitter End]

this link is still working --- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 2_02_2010/
It features Dr Jim Squire whose daughter was aboard the flight --he attended the trial and could not believe thst Megrahi was found guilty ! --makes interesting listening

[ionnsaigh]

Ionnsaigh .

How can you possibly compare this man to the four you mentioned ,in fact some people would say how dare you .

Only in that, they all stood trial on charges, that had some degree of political influence. I would have also included Bobby Sands in the category - however good manners prevailed.

Looks like double standards to me or a different agenda which MacAskill does not want to come out under questioning.

Good point, however who does the questioning ? it happened in Scotland, and as Roger said: why should our representatives be treated like naughty schoolkids:

People like you have this guy on a pedestal and think he was some sort of national hero.

The only thing I would put on a pedestal is justice, when there appears doubt over a legal decision, then this casts a long dark shadow on what I hold dear, fact. Ali is not included.

As Bitter End pointed out Dr Jim Squires, now there's a man, were one could easily understand,blinding hatred for Ali, ( catch my drift ) He Dr Jim - knows best.