
Showing posts with label agreement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label agreement. Show all posts
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Lockerbie bomber release
Thursday BP confirmed that it had lobbied the British government over a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya in late 2007. Before the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.
BP signed a $900 million exploration agreement with Libya in May 2007, the same month that Britain and Libya inked a memorandum of understanding that paved the way for al-Megrahi's release from a Scottish prison.BP insisted Thursday that it was not involved in the decision to free the bomber. Al-Megrahi's release outraged many relatives of the victims and led to calls in the U.S. for a boycott of Scottish goods.

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