Sir Sean Connery leaps to Alex Salmond's defence

Aug. 25, 2009
Sir Sean Connery one of the doughtiest and most generous supporters of the SNP says it's not Alex Salmond who should carry the can for the freeing of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi but Tony Blair.
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