A doctor who said the man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 had only three months to live now says the Libyan could survive another 10 years, London’s Sunday Times reported. …
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Specialist Karol Sikora told the newspaper it was “embarrassing” that al-Megrahi, who has prostate cancer and received a hero’s welcome upon his return to Libya, had managed to outlive the prognosis.
The report is sure to re-ignite accusations that Scottish authorities bowed to pressure from Libya and the British government to release al-Megrahi, who American officials accuse of being an officer of the Libyan intelligence service.
“There is always a chance that he would live for 10 years … but it’s very unusual,” Sikora told the Times.
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