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Gaddafi in Lockerbie family talks | Gaddafi in Lockerbie family talks |
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The Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, has spoken to some of the relatives of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. | |
In an upcoming interview with CNN television, Col Gaddafi said the meeting had been "friendly" and that he had offered his "condolences". | In an upcoming interview with CNN television, Col Gaddafi said the meeting had been "friendly" and that he had offered his "condolences". |
Libya has already formally accepted responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 and paid reparations. | Libya has already formally accepted responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 and paid reparations. |
Col Gaddafi told CNN that terrorism was "a common enemy to all of us". | |
'Cordial' | |
During the pre-recorded interview, he compared the Lockerbie bombing to the US bombing raid on Libya in 1986, which killed around 40 people including Col Gaddafi's adopted daughter, Hannah. | |
He [Col Gaddafi] said he was sorry for the loss Lisa GibsonLockerbie victim's relative | |
"Whether it is Lockerbie or whether it is the 1986 raid against Libya, we are all families... terror in all its forms is a common enemy to all of us," the Libyan leader said, in a publicly released excerpt. | "Whether it is Lockerbie or whether it is the 1986 raid against Libya, we are all families... terror in all its forms is a common enemy to all of us," the Libyan leader said, in a publicly released excerpt. |
One of the victim's relatives who met Col Gaddafi said "he was very friendly and cordial to us", the Associated Press reports. | |
Lisa Gibson, an attorney from Colorado whose brother died in the Pan Am attack, said the meeting took place on Wednesday at the Libyan mission to the UN. | |
"He [Col Gaddafi] said he was sorry for the loss, but we didn't go into any details," Ms Gibson was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. | |
"Honestly, I think he was touched by us being there," Ms Gibson said. | |
On Wednesday, Col Gaddafi's addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York - in what was his first appearance there. | |
Many senior figures within the US have been highly critical of the release and subsequent homecoming arranged by Libya for the convicted Pan Am bomber, Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi. | Many senior figures within the US have been highly critical of the release and subsequent homecoming arranged by Libya for the convicted Pan Am bomber, Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi. |
Meghrani, who has terminal prostate cancer, was freed from a Scottish prison last month on compassionate grounds. |