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  • George KG Offline
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    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-63933837

    A Libyan man accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie 34 years ago is in United States custody, Scottish authorities have said.
    The US announced charges against Abu Agila Masud two years ago, alleging that he played a key role in the bombing on 21 December, 1988.
    The blast on board the Boeing 747 left 270 people dead.
    It is the deadliest terrorist incident to have taken place on British soil.
    All 259 passengers and crew on board the jumbo jet bound to New York from London died while another 11 people were killed in Lockerbie when wreckage destroyed their homes.
    Last month it was reported that Masud had been kidnapped by a militia group in Libya, leading to speculation that he was going to be handed over to the American authorities to stand trial.
    In 2001 Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of bombing Pan Am 103 after standing trial at a specially-convened Scottish court in the Netherlands.
    He was the only man to be convicted over the attack.

    A cousin of a heart surgeon with whom I used to work was on that flight.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      My older brother was booked on that flight, but his trip got canceled the day before.

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        Wow, Mark.

        A girl from my high school was on it.

        But much of upstate NY could say that - there was a big Syracuse University contingent on the flight.

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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