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12-09-2010, 10:13am
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Reports: Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi in coma, close to death.
Libyan behind 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing is on 'life support,' source says.
Reports: Lockerbie bomber in coma, near death - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40582934/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/)
The Libyan former intelligence agent convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is in a coma and close to death, according to reports Thursday.
Britain controversially released Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi on Aug. 20, 2009, sparking jubilation in Libya but roiling relations between London and Washington.
The U.K. government said it freed the 58-year-old on compassionate grounds because he was suffering from terminal prostate cancer.
Relatives told Britain's Sky News that al-Megrahi has been in a coma for about a week.
"He is on life support and has been for some days. Many people have been waiting for him to die," a source close to his family told the broadcaster. "That day is coming very soon. Every day, his loved ones expect it to be his last."
Britain's Daily Telegraph quoted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as saying al-Megrahi's health has "deteriorated badly." Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper said it appeared unlikely that the bomber would be alive to see the Dec. 21 anniversary of the 1988 attack on Pan Am Flight 103.
The release of al-Megrahi, the only man convicted in the bombing, fueled anger in the U.S. as 189 of the 270 victims were American.
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Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, seen here in August 2009, is the only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing.
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Reports: Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi in coma, close to death.
Libyan behind 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing is on 'life support,' source says.
Reports: Lockerbie bomber in coma, near death - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40582934/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/)
The Libyan former intelligence agent convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is in a coma and close to death, according to reports Thursday.
Britain controversially released Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi on Aug. 20, 2009, sparking jubilation in Libya but roiling relations between London and Washington.
The U.K. government said it freed the 58-year-old on compassionate grounds because he was suffering from terminal prostate cancer.
Relatives told Britain's Sky News that al-Megrahi has been in a coma for about a week.
"He is on life support and has been for some days. Many people have been waiting for him to die," a source close to his family told the broadcaster. "That day is coming very soon. Every day, his loved ones expect it to be his last."
Britain's Daily Telegraph quoted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as saying al-Megrahi's health has "deteriorated badly." Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper said it appeared unlikely that the bomber would be alive to see the Dec. 21 anniversary of the 1988 attack on Pan Am Flight 103.
The release of al-Megrahi, the only man convicted in the bombing, fueled anger in the U.S. as 189 of the 270 victims were American.
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Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, seen here in August 2009, is the only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing.
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