Fox News reports:Relatives of those who died in the Lockerbie bombing will protest outside the United Nations in New York when Libyan Colonel Muammar Qaddafi addresses the General Assembly.
Many are angry the Libyan leader has been granted a visa to attend the gathering just a few months after the only man convicted of the bombing, Abdel Baset al Megrahi, arrived in Tripoli to a boisterous welcome.
Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds by Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill, despite pressure from the U.S. State Department and senior members of Congress to keep him incarcerated in Scotland.
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, who was 17 when her father Frank boarded Pan Am flight 103, has helped to coordinate the rally, harnessing support from Libyan-American activists, former employees of Pan Am and a group representing the families of 9/11 victims.
"I can't believe it's been over 20 years and we're still talking about this," she told Sky News. "The problem is releasing the only man convicted of this crime has opened up everything again."
BBC News story here:Protesters have greeted Colonel Muammar Gaddafi on his arrival at the United Nations in New York.
Relatives of Lockerbie bombing victims were among those demonstrating against the Libyan leader, who was to address the general assembly.
Supporters of the formerly outcast North African leader also gathered outside the UN to welcome him.
The release of the Libyan man convicted of the 1988 attack over southern Scotland caused controversy in America.
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who is terminally ill, was freed on compassionate grounds by the Scottish government in August.
Meanwhile,
Donald Trump has rented his suburban NY estate to the Libyan leader, who has likewise been
officially welcomed to the United States by the Nation of Islam's Minister Louis Farrakhan. BP's reported role seems to have been forgotten, at least in the news media.
