US Detains Libyan Suspect Accused of Lockerbie Plane Bombing
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Jueces de Escocia confirman culpabilidad de hombre que derribó Boeing 747 con 270 personas
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After a US and UK investigation, arrest warrants were issued for two Libyans in 1991.
Then British Prime Minister John Major and then US President Bill Clinton arrive for their joint news conference at the White House, April 4, 1995. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
At the time of the papers, the UK was urging for Libya to surrender the suspects for trial in the US or the UK, while Libya was calling for a “neutral” court to try the men.
The papers show that Britain thought Gaddafi would never hand over the bombing suspects.
A Foreign Office official, Richard Stagg, wrote to Major’s private secretary Roderic Lyne in November 1995: “We should like to try the two accused and secure convictions. But the likelihood of Gaddafi handing them over is negligible.”