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Libya PM admits role in Lockerbie suspect’s transfer

The transfer of a former intelligence explosives expert to the US has prompted anger in Libya.

Al Jazeera · Dec 16, 2022

Libyan PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibah admits role in extraditing Lockerbie suspect Abu Agila Mas'ud to US

One of Libya's rival prime ministers has admitted his government was involved in the extradition of a former intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

ABC News · Dec 16, 2022

Libya PM admits role in extraditing Lockerbie suspect to U.S

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers admitted his government was involved in the extradition of a former Libyan intelligence agent to the U_S_ He says the extradition was lawful and his government was cooperating with an ’’international judicial framework to extradite accused citizens.”

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Libyan Accused of Lockerbie Bombing Charged in US Court

An alleged former Libyan intelligence agent accused of making the bomb that blew up a Pan Am jet over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, appeared in a US court Monday to face charges for the deadliest-ever terror attack in Britain. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir al-Marimi, who allegedly worked…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 13, 2022

Lockerbie bombing suspect appears in US court, will not face death penalty

More than three decades after a bomb brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone aboard, a former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the explosive appeared Monday in federal court, charged with an act of international terrorism.

France 24 · Dec 13, 2022

Lockerbie bomb suspect in US custody was ‘abducted from home’ by warlord

Mohammed Abouagela Masud accused by US of having set timer for bomb that destroyed the Boeing 747, killing 270 people in 1988

The Guardian - US · Dec 12, 2022

The Lockerbie bombing: Who? What? When?

Here is a timeline of main events since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which was back in the news this week with the capture of a Libyan intelligence operative suspected of making the bomb that killed 270 people:

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022

Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing to appear in US court

A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 is to appear in federal court in Washington to face charges

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Lockerbie 'bombmaker' taken into custody by US authorities

A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a Pan Am flight over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, has been taken into US custody.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 12, 2022

Lockerbie plane bombing: what happened and who is the third suspect?

The bombing of a Pan Am passenger jet in 1988 killed 270 and remains the deadliest terrorist attack ever carried out on British soil

The Guardian - AU · Dec 12, 2022