abi agila masud was told in court what the charges against him are and that he could face life in prison if convicted. he s accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people when it blew up pan am flight 103, over lockerbie in 1988. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announced formal criminal charges against masud. why is it important that masud is brought to the us and tried in american court? from a policy standpoint, i think it s important to let it be known that if you attack americans, you are going to be brought to justice, even if it takes 30 years. when we learned in november of 1991, when we came to the determination that this was the libyans that carried out the attacks, my own personal view was that it was not enough just to go and seek to try the individual agents who were acting on behalf of libya. obviously, the intelligence service doesn t go off on its own and do these things.
103, over lockerbie in 1988. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announced formal criminal charges against masud. why is it important that masud is brought to the us and tried in american court? in an american court? from a policy standpoint, i think it s important to let it be known that if you attack americans, you are going to be brought to justice, even if it takes 30 years. when we learned in november of 1991, when we came to the determination that this was the libyans that carried out the attacks, my own personal view was that it was not enough just to go and seek to try the individual agents who were acting on behalf of libya. obviously the intelligence service doesn t go off on its own and do these things. so i felt we had to take direct action against libya and i felt that we should establish the precedent at that point that if you attack, if you engage in this kind of mass atrocity, terroristic
hundred and seventy people. the suspect, abi agila masud, is alleged to have been a member of the libyan intelligence service. he has been told he will not face the death penalty. 0ur north america editor sarah smith reports. abi agila masud was told in court what the charges agaisnt are and that he could face life in prison if convicted. he is accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people when it blew up pan am flight 103. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announced former criminal charges against abi agila masud. why is it important that abi agila masud is brought to the us and tried in american courts? from a policy standpoint, i think it s important to let it be known that if you attack americans, you are going to be brought to justice, even if it takes 30 years. when we learned in november of 1991, when we came
of making the bomb that destroyed a us passenger plane over lockerbie in southern scotland in 1988 has appeared in court. the explosion killed 270 people. abi agila masud is alleged to have been a member of libya s intelligence service. us prosecutors say he won t face the death penalty. our north america editor sarah smith has this report. abi agila masud was told in court what the charges against him are and that he could face life in prison if convicted. he s accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people when it blew up pan am flight 103, over lockerbie in 1988. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announced formal criminal charges against masud. why is it important that masud is brought to the us and tried in american court? from a policy standpoint, i think it s important to let it be known that if you attack americans, you are going to be brought to justice, even if it takes 30 years. when we learned in november of 1991, when we came to the determinatio
up pan am flight 103 over lockerbie in 1988. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announced former criminal charges against abi agila masud. why is it important that abi agila masud is brought to the us and tried in american courts? from a policy standpoint, i think it s important to let it be known that if you attack americans, you are going to be brought to justice, even if it takes 30 years. when we learned in november of 1991, when we came to the determination that this was the libyans that carried out the attacks, my own personal view was that it was not enough just to go and seek to try the individual agents who were acting on behalf of libya. obviously intelligent service doesn t go off on its own and do these things. so i felt we had to take direct action against libya and i felt that we should establish the precedent at that point that if you attack or engage in this kind of mass atrocity terroristic attack on the united states that you will be signing y