WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- Some families of the 270 victims of a downed Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland want the United States to lift remaining sanctions against Libya.
James Kreindler, who represented 120 of the families in the negotiations with Libya, said relatives of 230 victims had signed a recent letter to President Bush, urging sanctions be lifted, the New York Times said Wednesday.
Last summer, Libya agreed to pay $$@$!10 million for each of the 270 victims if all sanctions against it were lifted. So far, most families accepted a first payment of $$@$!4 million in September, when the United Nations ended its sanctions. But the deal for the remaining $$@$!6 million -- $$@$!4 million for the end of some economic sanctions and $$@$!2 million when the United States took Libya off the list of nations supporting terrorism -- expires on July 22.
To press their point, several families will visit Washington Thursday to meet with administration officials and congressional aides.
