Lockerbie: release of bomber would be 'vile' says victim's mother

Aug. 12, 2009
Susan Cohen the mother of an American woman killed in the Lockerbie bomb has said the suggestions Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi could be released on compassionate grounds are "vile".
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