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No plans to tie Libya aid to Lockerbie case

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01-09-2011 | 01:33

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AP reported Thursday that the Obama administration will continue to press Libyan rebels to review the case of the convicted Lockerbie bomber but ruled out making the transfer of frozen Gaddafi regime assets contingent on his return to prison. Getting the money to the opposition is a higher initial priority than handling the case of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the State Department said.

A former Libyan intelligence agent and the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, al-Megrahi was released from a prison two years ago and returned to a hero's welcome in Libya and is now reported near death.

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