Gaddafi's son: We'll resist IRA compensation bid
THE son of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi said today his country would resist demands from IRA victims for compensation.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said any compensation arising from alleged Libyan arms supplies to the terror group would be a matter for “the courts”, adding: “They (the victims’ families have their lawyers, we have our lawyers.”
He also said Gordon Brown had not been involved in talks over the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
And he condemned British politicians as “disgusting and immoral” for using the case of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi to make political capital.
Of the looming British attempts to extricate compensation, the Libyan leader’s son said: “Anyone can knock on our door. You go to the court. They have their lawyers. We have our lawyers.”
And when asked if his answer to the compensation demand would be “no” in the first instance, he replied: “Of course.”
Asked whether the Prime Minister involved himself in the release of Megrahi, Mr Gaddafi told Sky News: “He didn’t.”
Mr Brown has faced accusations that the British government was involved in the deliberations, with valuable oil and trade deals playing a factor.
Anyone can knock on our door. You go to the court. They have their lawyers. We have our lawyers.
But last week he insisted the final decision to free Megrahi had been taken by the Scottish Government alone, saying: “There was no conspiracy, no cover-up, no double dealing, no deal on oil.”
Mr Gaddafi criticised British politicians making counter claims as “disgusting”.
“They are trying to use this human tragedy for their own political agenda,” he said.
The Libyan, the only man to have been convicted for the Lockerbie bombing, is suffering from prostate cancer.