8 out of 10 Americans oppose Lockerbie bomber’s release
August 25th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANIWashington, Aug. 25 (ANI): A whopping 82 percent of Americans oppose Scotland’s justice minister’s decision to release the convicted Lockerbie bomber, a new poll has found.
Last week, Baset not only set Abdel Baset al-Megrahi free but also allowed him to return to Libya on so-called compassionate grounds.
Megrahi, who is terminally ill with prostate cancer, was the only person convicted in the 1988 airline bombing that killed 270 people.
According to a Rasmussen Reports’ survey, majorities across every demographic category strongly disagreed with the decision.
Just 10 percent agreed with the decision, Fox News reports.
Sixty-three percent of adults said they followed news reports about the Lockerbie bomber. The survey comes after a host of top U.S. officials have condemned the decision.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview Sunday he was “appalled” by the move.
FBI Director Robert Mueller sent a letter to Scotland’s Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill saying the release “gives comfort to terrorists” around the world.
The survey, taken Saturday and Sunday, was based on interviews with 1,000 adults. The poll had a margin of error of 3 percentage points. (ANI)
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