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The Scottish government engaged Libya and the United Kingdom on the matter of releasing al-Megrahi.

Al-Megrahi's family says he is being kept alive with oxygen and a fluid drip, is falling in and out of a coma and has stopped eating.

MacAskill says London's failure to answer this question was one reason why he could not transfer Megrahi to a prison in Libya.

Two years on, a CNN journalist who visited him in Tripoli said al-Megrahi appeared to be "near death. "

However if Megrahi were granted release on compassionate grounds he would not have to drop his appeal for this to be granted.

After all, when Kusa was deputy director of the Libyan intelligence service in 1988, Megrahi had been one of his men.

On Tuesday, Megrahi dropped his appeal, which would have opened the door to a close examination of the evidence.

In pursuit of these goals, it was also right to release the Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi.

Mr Megrahi's crime was worse than that of any other prisoner in Britain.

It is time, he said, to lay to rest the "ridiculous" conspiracy theory that al-Megrahi is not dying of prostate cancer.

later, there was widespread speculation that the British government had agreed to free Megrahi to secure BP's access to Libyan oil.

Megrahi was released on the basis that he had three months to live, and then received a hero's welcome as he returned to Tripoli.

Megrahi was the only person convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie that killed 270 people.

Megrahi's release was always on the table, he said. Kusa's role in the release is unclear.

At a news briefing, State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said Libya's treatment of Megrahi will affect the U. S. -Libyan relationship.

Britain will be upset if Megrahi maintains a high profile and Gaddafi meets him in person.

For his part Megrahi has steadily maintained his innocence. He returned to Libya Thursday to a hero's welcome.

Under the terms of his release, al-Megrahi must live at his Tripoli home and provide monthly reports of his medical condition.

Since rebels advanced into Tripoli last week, calls have been made by U. S. politicians for al-Megrahi to be extradited.

The justice secretary, Jack Straw, yesterday questioned whether MacAskill should have visited Megrahi in jail before coming to a decision.

The Libyan, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, is said to be near death from cancer at his home in Tripoli.

Ambassador Rice said "virtually every American" has been offended by the reception Megrahi received in his homeland.

Gordon Brown has finally expressed, under duress, laconic "respect" for the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber.

Megrahi has terminal prostate cancer and officially was released by the Scottish goverment on compassionate grounds.

The Scottish authorities have again defended their decision to release Mr. Megrahi on compassionate grounds despite fierce criticism.

Fhimah was acquitted. Al-Megrahi remained in jail until August 2009, when he was released after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis.

The business secretary, Lord Mandelson, dismissed the suggestion that Megrahi's case was on the table during talks as "offensive" .

Part of the US anger is because Obama had also asked Libya not to award Megrahi a hero's welcome.

President Barack Obama called last week for Megrahi to be put under house arrest.

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Scottish court.

Dr Swire said Megrahi was now in a much more comfortable environment than he was in Greenock Prison.

The poll also found support for Scottish independence had fallen in the wake of the furore over Megrahi's release.

Two years later, Mr Megrahi was home and BP had its offshore drilling rights.

Speaking on the BBC, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband criticized Libya's handing of Megrahi's arrival.

One suspect was acquitted but another, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, was convicted and sentenced to 27 years in a Scottish jail.

The US told the Libyans it wants Megrahi to be held under house arrest.

His co-accused was acquitted; Mr Megrahi was sentenced to life, with a minimum term that was later set at 27 years.

There is no proof of explicit lobbying from London, however (and in the event Mr Megrahi was not transferred under the PTA).

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence agent, was convicted of planting the bomb.

The man, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was released from prison in Scotland two weeks ago on compassionate grounds.

Later that day Mr Brown grudgingly let it be known that he respected the decision to release Mr Megrahi.

Many Americans vociferously opposed sending Mr Megrahi back.

After an eight-month trial, al-Megrahi was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.

However, many British families believe Megrahi is innocent.

The Libyan leader himself visited Megrahi at his home on Saturday.

Dr Swire, who lives in Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds, was invited to Libya by Megrahi.

Speaking outside the Tripoli villa where al-Megrahi is living, his brother Abdel Nasser al-Megrahi spoke to reporters.

The quality of the medical advice is being questioned as Mr Megrahi's plans to write his memoirs are aired.

There are lingering questions about Mr Megrahi's role and those of other individuals and states.

On September 1st Edinburgh and London released hundreds of documents pertaining to Mr Megrahi.

There is, thus, no obvious benefit to sending Mr Megrahi home, and there is clearly a cost.

Certainly that is the way the Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi portrayed himself at his trial.

That was 19 months ago. Mr. Megrahi is in Tripoli, very much alive.

Megrahi was released from Greenock prison on compassionate grounds last year.