Canada Free Press | 16Aug2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26623
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi: Strange
days, indeed
A year has passed since Abdel Baset al-Megrahi -- responsible for 270
deaths -- returned to a hero’s welcome in Libya.
Said to have terminal prostate cancer, and hence released on
“compassionate grounds,” the Lockerbie bomber was to have died nine
months ago according to doctors. Instead al-Megrahi, who served but
eight years of a 27-year sentence, is still alive if not exactly well.
Given how warmly Libyan strongman Col. Gadhafi received him, he can
likely look forward to good medical care. Perhaps it will extend his
life or even heal him altogether; perhaps al-Megrahi, now 58, will
ultimately die of old age. Stranger things have happened; like, say,
the circumstances surrounding his outrageously untimely release from a
Scottish jail.
Sincerely,
Orest Slepokura
Strathmore, Alta
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/101056539.html#comments
[W.Z.
There is substantial evidence and many people agree that al-Megrahi was
not responsible for the airline crash.]