From The Telegraph:
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, has
died, his brother has told Reuters.
Megrahi, 59, died at home after a long battle with cancer. His health had
deteriorated quickly, his brother Abdulhakim told Reuters on Sunday.
"He died an hour ago," Abdelhakim al-Megrahi said, putting the time
of death at shortly after 1.00 pm (1100 GMT).
Megrahi was convicted in 2001 of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 as it
flew to New York from London. All 259 people aboard the airliner were killed
and 11 others on the ground in the Scottish town of Lockerbie died from
falling wreckage.
The Libyan terrorist survived for almost three years after a doctor said he
had only months to live and he was released on "compassionate"
grounds from a Scottish prison.
And now that Satan finally has him on his backyard grill the fun can really begin.
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