Page 34 - Pan Am News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Up pan am flight 103 over lockerbie in 1988. two years ago, that then us attorney general, william barr, announced former criminal charges against abi agila masud. why is it important that abi agila masud is brought to the us and tried in american courts? from a policy standpoint, i think it's important to let it be known that if you attack americans, you are going to be brought to justice, even if it takes 30 years. when we learned in november of 1991, when we came to the determination that this was the libyans that carried out the attacks, my own personal view was that it was not enough just...

Hearings, . the libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a us passenger plane over lockerbie in southern scotland in 1988 has appeared in court. the explosion killed 270 people. abi agila masud is alleged to have been a member of libya's intelligence service. us prosecutors say he won't face the death penalty. our north america editor sarah smith has this report. abi agila masud was told in court what the charges against him are and that he could face life in prison if convicted. he's accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people when it blew up pan am flight 103, over lockerbi...

Position, if it is proven, to be able to again be involved in this kind of a scandal that is what people are very at here. suzanne lynch, thank you for giving us more decal on the story. and just to say that qatar have denied all allegations levelled against it as far as the story is concerned. more details on our website. the libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a us passenger plane over lockerbie, in southern scotland in 1988, has appeared in court. the explosion killed 270 people. abi agila masud is alleged to have been a member of libya's intelligence service. us prosecutor...

Waters of the pacific, the latest chapter of nasa's journey to the moon comes to a close. and, orion splashes down, bringing a return to the moon one small step closer. hello and welcome to the programme. days before the 34th anniversary of the lockerbie bombing, a libyan man accused by the united states of being the bomb maker, has been taken into us custody. 270 people died when a pan am flight exploded over dumfries and galloway just before christmas 1988. as our north america editor, sarah smith reports, the suspect is expected to appear in a us federal court on monday. just a few days bef...

It happened december 21, 1988. the jim jumbo jet was flying from london to new york. 259 people onboard and 11 on the ground were killed. cbs' christina ruffini in washington with more on the suspect. good evening. >> good evening, juku. the fact the suspected bomb maker is now in u.s. custody marks a major milestone in a prosecution that has been going on for decades. >> a quiet night in a scottish village shattered. >> reporter: this was the aftermath of the bomb stashed in the luggage compartment of pan am flight 103 four days from christmas. among the victims 35 students from syracuse univ...