GADDAFI'S SON: VICTIMS OF LOCKERBIE ARE JUST GREEDY; Libyan's sick outburst over attack.Byline: BY MAGGIE BARRY THE son of President Gaddafi has caused outrage by calling Lockerbie families "greedy" for seeking compensation. In an astonishing outburst, Saif Al Islam Al Gaddafi said Libya took responsibility for the bombing atrocity only to rescue its oil industry, which was suffering international sanctions International sanctions are actions taken by countries against others for political reasons, either unilaterally or multilaterally. There are three types of sanctions.
Saif, the Libyan leader's second eldest son and probable heir, said of the Lockerbie relatives: "I think they were very greedy and they were trading with the blood of their sons and daughters. They were asking for more money and more money and more money and talking just about money. "Money, money, money! The Americans and British said you have to satisfy the families to lift the sanctions. We said we are responsible but it doesn't mean we did it." His words will horrify relatives of the victims of Britain's worst terrorist attack. Dr Jim Swire Dr Jim Swire was born in 1936 in Windsor in Berkshire. He was educated at Eton College and studied at Cambridge University. From Cambridge he was commissioned into the British army as an engineer specialising in munitions and explosives. , from Bromsgrove, Worcs, who lost his daughter Flora, said: "I don't regard the money as compensation. You can't compensate for people you love. "For the Libyans it was a business deal to recover their oil industry - and that's what happened." Gaddafi's comments come in a documentary about the bombing and trial. The Conspiracy Files: Lockerbie is on BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. 2 this Sunday. The accused LIBYANS Abdel Baset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi and Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah were finally tried in 1998. Al-Megrahi is in a Scottish prison, while Fhimah was acquitted. The atrocity PAN Am flight 103 from Frankfurt to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of via London blew up over Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, killing all 259 on board and 11 residents of the Scottish town. CAPTION(S): DESTRUCTION Officer passes the mangled nose cone; OIL BE OKAY Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi; SANCTIONS Gaddafi's son Saif |
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