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CNN’s Nic Robertson Finds Libyan Man Convicted Of PanAm 103 Lockerbie Bombing

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CNN’s Nic Robertson is an extremely well regarded reporter especially in areas of war and intense conflict. This weekend he reinforced his reputation by tracking down Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, also known as the convicted bomber of PanAm flight 103, who was found responsible for the deaths 270 individuals when the jetliner crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland. al-Megrahi was found in a coma, surrounded by family and in a lavish compound.

Two years ago, al-Megrahi had been giving a “compassionate” release from British prison and allowed to return to Libya; the convicted bomber had developed prostate cancer and was expected to only live another three months. Because he was still alive, some suggested that his medical ills were some sort of ruse, and that his release was inappropriate. In fact, the British government admitted in a report that it was a mistake to release the convicted bomber at all.

So in the past few weeks as the Gaddafi regime had been toppled by NATO supported rebels, many in the media openly wondered whatever became of al-Megrahi, many suggesting that the was actually quite healthy and probably had fled. So kudos to Robertson for actually tracking down the convicted bomber and finding him in a state that appears to be very near death.

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  • Anonymous

    There are no “extremely well-regarded reporters” working for CNN. They are all sappy, trendy lefties or frauds & shills who stage their video footage & photos, like Amanpour did in Bosnia.

  • http://twitter.com/awaronignorance beeryblog

    Obama Doctrine Emerging in New Libya; Cowbagger Diplomacy ‘Refudiated’

    The inevitable of Col. Muammar Gaddafi will have been a victory for this administra­tion and the operation will provide a template for how future such troubles must be handled. It will have the added benefit of serving as the final repudiation of Cowboy Diplomacy while formally introducing the long
    overdue Obama Doctrine. The accomplishment will have come without the support of a loyal opposition in America. Indeed, it will have come despite a bed wetting and back stabbing disloyal opposition.

    On the other side of things the Obama Administration appears to be growing something of an organic new doctrine. A doctrine that comes out of the terra firma of rational policy rather than a
    neoconservative or Randian petri dish …

    Article:
    http://beeryblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/obama-doctrine-emerging-in-new-libya-cowbagger-diplomacy-refudiated/

  • Anonymous

    Give it up for Nic Robertson and CNN. Are we sure al-Megrahi is in a coma? Sorry, something has made me cynical about this man.

  • Anonymous

    As in Egypt , the rebels in Libya may be worse than the status quo .

    “The anti-Gadhafi, anti-Western forces that NATO power has brought to apparent victory through an air war and not-so-secret deployment of special forces (so far costing U.S. taxpayers $1 billion) include jihadist forces the U.S. and NATO allies have been fighting for the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan”

       http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0811/west.php3#.Tlp0oAk-DUI.gmail

  • Anonymous

    “Two years ago, al-Megrahi had been giving a “compassionate” release from British prison and allowed to return to Libya; ”

    That guy needs some lead in his diet .

    Maybe those 270 people would have liked some compassion .

  • Anonymous

    MSNBC is mostly opinion, Fox is mostly lies.

    CNN is the only “news” outlet on cable.

  • Anonymous

    The Obama Doctrine is installing the Muslim Brotherhood all around .

    Our enemies no longer fear us . They laugh at us .

    Our allies no longer trust us .  Nice work , King Obama.

  • GoNavy

    Barry doctrine=take credit for anything good, blame everyone/anything for bad results.  Got it. 

     By the way you spelled Guardian wrong in your blog Einstein.

  • http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

    Yes, we’ve seen your brilliant and world-changing blog post spammed in several threads over the last week or so.

  • GoNavy

    “That guy needs some lead in his diet”

    Is that the same as HVLT?

  • http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

    MSNBC is mostly opinion DNC propaganda, Fox is mostly lies RNC propaganda.

  • Anonymous

    I truely hope that you dont believe that the removal of Saddam Hussein has brought anything less that the what you call the ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ to Iraqi….actually a newly created Iran on a much larger scale!

  • Jon Lovitz

    Acting !!!

  • Jon Lovitz

    Acting !!!

  • Anonymous

    Have you gotten you TP quota for the day?

  • Anonymous

    Is he on his annual farewell tour?

  • Anonymous

    CNN: “Nothing prepares me for what I see.”

    Really? You should have seen what he did to 270 people.  I don’t think “they” were prepared for what they saw.

  • Librablue

    They already pulled this phony illness stunt. It’s the same attitude. Al-Megrahi doesn’t look any more “frail” than Nic Robertson does. The clue is the 15 minutes they made Robertson wait while they set up the “scene” for him.

    The new government won’t change a damn thing.

  • http://www.storminsmorningjava.blogspot.com/ stormin1961

    fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me.

  • TruDat

    Why didn’t he pull the oxygen mask off?

  • fielding mellish

    Come on Nic put that pillow over his head. I think we should do everything possible to make sure he doesn’t die from cancer!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    O told everyone what he would do and he’s half way through, but it’s his legacy that scares Jimma Carter.
    Is that death sitting next to Al-megrahi ?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    O told everyone what he would do and he’s half way through, but it’s his legacy that scares Jimma Carter.
    Is that death sitting next to Al-megrahi ?

  • Librablue

    Malveaux just asked Nic Robertson if he is sure this is the real al-Megrahi and he said he knows it is because Scotland told him so. Didn’t they also tell him that al-Megrahi was going to die in three months? Talk about gullible!

  • L_Salazar

    Put a video camera on ole Abdel for a few hours and you would most likely see a different Abdel.

  • Anonymous

    Ladies and gentlemen, a text book example of the rationalizations that manifest from an active confirmation bias.

  • Dr

    keep sucking roger ailes dick stonepark

  • Anonymous

    You mean bypassing congressional approval to send in drones to bomb the heck out of a sovereign nation that was cracking down on it’s citizens by murdering them in the streets to quell a rebellion? – a dictator that was not a threat to the interest of America, except our oil interests. Working with NATO by suppling millions of dollars, funding the operations, and letting the French and British take the lead. Is it really any different than Bush? Except Bush did seek congressional approval and received bipartisan support.
    In your longwinded blog could you please explain WHY we were in Libya in the first place? and why you consider it an American victory?- Obama has no interest in spreading the ideals of democracy, he finds that to be an arrogant ‘American’ approach to foreign diplomacy as he has mentioned several times in his approach to the ME. The ‘Accomplishment’ as you claim was to bring down a dictator who was cruel. Oh that Obama move to the other nations in Africa with this same foreign diplomacy and rid it of despot rulers, then make his way to Hugo Chavez and finally take out the ‘Castros’ of Cuba maybe even take his defiance of cruelty to human dignity to China. But then you would have to call him a ‘cowboy’.

  • Anonymous

    When Nic was there, why didn’t he pull the plug?

  • Librablue

    On the contrary, Nic Robertson seemed quite sympathetic towards al-Megrahi.

  • Librablue

    Susan Cohen, the mother of Lockerbie 103 victim Theodora Cohen was on CNN earlier today speaking to Brooke Baldwin about Nic Robertson’s report on al-Megrahi. In my opinion, Baldwin was condescending and hostile towards Ms. Cohen. She tried to make Ms. Cohen look like a vindictive mother, but Ms. Cohen is an intelligent woman and could see through Baldwin’s intentions.  Ms. Cohen spoke her mind irrespective of what Baldwin tried to do. 

    I think it was totally inappropriate for her to ask Ms. Cohen what she would have done if she had been in the room with al-Meghrai. It was obvious that Baldwin was trying to get Ms. Cohen to say she would pull the oxygen, but Ms. Cohen didn’t fall for it.

    All in all a totally unprofessional nonobjective interview. CNN should send Baldwin back to the pit where they dug her up.

  • Jan

    This seems to be a hoax. Look at his black hair on the pillow!!!

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