The Libyan National Security Council has announced its refusal to reopen Lockerbie case This has been settled between Libya and the United States since 2008, in response to Washington’s announcement of its intention to prosecute Abu Ajila Masoud al-Marimi, a suspect in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
And the Scottish judiciary announced on Sunday the presence of “Abu Ageila Masoud Al-Marimi” in the United States of America, in preparation for his trial, a month after announcing his disappearance and kidnapping in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, from part of an armed group, in news that surprised the Libyans.
Commenting on this, National Security Advisor Ibrahim Abu Shanaf, in a statement, expressed his amazement at the trial of “Abu Ageila Masoud Al-Marimi” in America in the Lockerbie case, which was resolved according to an agreement signed in June 2006, which provides that “after the payment of funds and compensation, it is not lawful to open new claims for acts committed by the two parties against the other before the date of the agreement.
He added that the United States under the agreement pledged to “provide sovereign and diplomatic immunity to Libya, and that the families of the victims will receive no compensation from the joint fund designated for that purpose only after this immunity is provided.” .”
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Abushanaf added that in August 2008, the US Congress approved the law n. kidnapping or any other judicial procedure”, in addition to In 2008, former US President George W. Bush issued a presidential decree establishing his country’s commitment to “end any future claims and close all cases opened by the families of the victims, whether before national or foreign courts”.
For his part, Abdel Moneim Al-Marimi, grandson of Abu Ajila, told Al-Arabiya that his family was surprised that he was handed over to the United States of America, noting that the family tried in vain to contact the authorities officers in Libya.
Interestingly, Abu Ageila, an intelligence apparatus official during the former regime era, was convicted of charges related to the fatal crash that killed 270 people, including 190 Americans during a flight between London and New York, and was charged in late 2020, charges in the United States of “his involvement”. extradite him for his trial.
His retrial in the United States of America raises fears inside Libya of reviving the Lockerbie case and seeking new financial compensation, which could put further pressure on the Libyan state, which is experiencing an acute political crisis and a state of instability.
The Lockerbie case is a sensitive political and criminal dossier for Libyans, most of whom refuse to reopen this dossier, which cost the state huge financial losses during Muammar Gaddafi’s government to compensate the families of the victims ($2, 7 billion), and strongly opposes the extradition of a Libyan national for trial abroad, as they believe in their country’s innocence. Of all the charges you are bringing forward in this case.
