September 9, 2009

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has made his first public appearance since receiving a hero’s welcome on his return to Libya.

The BBC’s Rana Jawad, in Tripoli, says a nurse wheeled Megrahi to a small stage in the lecture hall at the city’s medical centre.

He appeared to be frail, wearing a surgeon’s mask that covered most of his face and a colourful, sequined traditional skullcap, she says.

After he started coughing, he was immediately wheeled off the stage.

Our reporter says it seemed a carefully orchestrated event intended to send a signal to the Scottish, British and US governments.

Hey, let’s send a few more hundred billion taxpayer dollars to Africa.

Revolting! WTF kind of message are they trying to send?

I wonder Antara. If not for the free world sending food aid
to their dictatorships, they'd be SOL!