Originally posted by NY Madman:
The families of the victims of Pan Am 103 do deserve money from the Libyan government. Libya has admitted their guilt. That's it so let these dirtbags pay. The families do deserve some type of remuneration and compensation for this willful and deliberate terrorist act. This should also not be going on for 15 years. That is not right. (more State Dept. meddling and foot dragging) Fuck France. They have a lot of business dealings all over North Africa. This is a self serving act on their part.
What Libya is trying to acomplish here is not to get the Lockerbie problem solved but to get the UN sanctions lifted. Libya has been a know cest pool for terrorism for ages, I am dumbfounded the Dubya did not pave that country before Iraq. 2.7 Billion dollars will be a drop in the bucket if the sanctions are lifted.
Before you slam your favorite country try and understand why, If the UN lifts the sanctions more moeny will flow into funding these shitheads and their activities. Do I think they deserve money perhaps, but not at the cost of more terrorism or to ease pressure on a country that is run by a madman...