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WikiLeaks: Britain secretly advised Libya how to secure release of Lockerbie bomber - Telegraph

WikiLeaks: Britain secretly advised Libya how to secure release of Lockerbie bomber - Telegraph: "A Foreign Office minister sent Libyan officials detailed legal advice on how to use Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s cancer diagnosis to ensure he was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds.

The Duke of York is also said to have played a behind-the-scenes role in encouraging the terrorist’s release.

The Libyans closely followed the advice which led to the controversial release of Megrahi – who was convicted of the murder of 270 passengers on Pan Am Flight 103 – within months of the Foreign Office’s secret intervention."

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