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Libya pays for terror
Libya pays for terror
It has taken 15 years, but Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's pariah regime is finally being forced to shell out some compensation for bombing a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people.
Gadhafi is now offering to pay $2.7 billion (U.S.) — as much as $10 million per victim — in a bid to regain standing in the international community. He wants an end to crippling United Nations, American and international sanctions, and Libya's removal from the list of terror-friendly states.
However his offer plays out, the Canadian government need be in n...
Libya pays for terror
It has taken 15 years, but Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's pariah regime is finally being forced to shell out some compensation for bombing a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people.
Gadhafi is now offering to pay $2.7 billion (U.S.) — as much as $10 million per victim — in a bid to regain standing in the international community. He wants an end to crippling United Nations, American and international sanctions, and Libya's removal from the list of terror-friendly states.
However his offer plays out, the Canadian government need be in n...
Posted by: Chad Boger
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