Release of Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi

Start Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Last Modified: Tuesday, May 5, 2020

End Date: Friday, December 31, 9999

Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
August 20, 2009


The United States is deeply disappointed by the decision of the Scottish Executive to release Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for his part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which took the lives of 270 persons, including 189 Americans. We have continued to communicate our long-standing position to UK government officials and Scottish authorities that Megrahi should serve out the entirety of his sentence in Scotland. Today, we remember those whose lives were lost on December 21, 1988 and we extend our deepest sympathies to the families who live each day with the loss of their loved ones due to this heinous crime.



PRN: 2009/845

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Washington, DC

Release of Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi

08/20/09

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