Muammar Gaddafi’s New York visit angers families of Lockerbie victims

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Source: Times Online

Families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing have expressed shock and outrage that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, is to visit New York, the destination of the doomed Pan Am Flight 103.

The UN has disclosed that Colonel Gaddafi, who is blamed for the bombing of the aircraft in 1988 and loss of 270 lives, will address the 192-nation General Assembly in New York.

The newly released UN schedule calls for Colonel Gaddafi to speak directly after President Obama on the opening day of the annual session on September 23, raising the prospect of a second encounter between the two.

The trip will be Colonel Gaddafi’s first visit to the US after decades of conflict between Washington and Tripoli and 11 years of UN sanctions on Libya. It follows his recent rehabilitation on the international scene, which culminated in a 40-minute meeting with Gordon Brown and a handshake with Mr Obama at the G8 summit in Italy this month.

Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6723899.ece

[RufusTFirefly]

1. Widely varying spelling of Libyan leader's name angers, confuses his own family members n/t

[virgogal]

2. I don't blame the survivors. I lost a delightful 20 year old

neighbor on that awful day.

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3. My condolences virgogal....

[RFKHumphreyObama]

4. I'm so sorry Virgogal

That terrorist act was a reprehensible act of evil that destroyed many families and lives

:hug: :hug:

[B3Nut]

5. Did he bring his entourage of attractive bodyguards with?

I don't know what to think of ol' Muammar anymore...he seems more than a half-a-bubble off plumb these days (same as he ever was, apparently) but his female bodyguards are quite the lookers. He's an interesting character, to be sure. Part evil, part barking mad, part....what? I can't figure it out. At least one cannot accuse him of being boring! At least it looks like he's willing to talk to other world leaders, so maybe he's mellowing in his old age. One can hope, anyway...

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[JonQ]

6. Did he ever apologize?

Officially.

Even so, isn't he a terrorist? Why are we inviting him in to our country.