Paper: Cable shows UK briefed Libya on Lockerbie
A British minister briefed his Libyan counterpart on the procedure for securing the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi shortly following his 2008 cancer diagnosis, according to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable cited in The Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Middle East minister Bill Rammell wrote to his Libyan counterpart "outlining the procedure for obtaining compassionate release" only days after al-Megrahi was diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to the U.S. State Department memo quoted in the Telegraph. (AP)
