A son of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi said Saturday that the U.K. government played a key role in the release from prison of the terminally sick Libyan agent convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi said he believed the Scottish government's decision Thursday permitting Abdel Basset al-Megrahi to return to Libya "on compassionate grounds" would further improve relations between the UK and the oil-rich North African nation.
"I would also like to personally thank our friends in the British government who played an important role in reaching this day, and I can assure them that the Libyan people will never forget the courageous stand of the British and Scottish governments,"
His latest comments raise further questions about the circumstances of Mr. al-Megrahi's release and appear to contradict the U.K. government's position that the decision to release Mr. al-Megrahi rested entirely with the Scottish government and its Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill.
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