The Angel of Death Lives Also in Libya

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Ryan Haber
Kensington, MD

JeannieTomlin,

There are other legitimate reasons that the law might have been set aside. I do not know Scottish law, but I know most laws in most places contain provisions for unusual circumstances.

It is quite possible that Scottish law contains provisions that distinguish between (1) Scottish/UK criminals, (2) foreign nationals committing criminal acts in Scottish/UK territory, and (3) foreign operatives or agents apprehended in Scotland/UK. Such laws exist within the criminal and civil code of the US, so that an immigrant (legal or illegal) apprehended for the commission of a crime might (or might not) be deported after or instead of a punishment. But a natural US citizen cannot be deported for any reason, and a naturalized US citizen can only be deported if his citizenship is invalidated because of something he did that would have made him ineligible in the first place. Similarly, whereas an immigrant from an enemy state committing a crime in the US would be treated in the normal civilian process, an enemy soldier or intelligence operative caught in the US would not legally be entitled to a civilian trial, etc., either by our code or by the Geneva Conventions.

I don't know. Perhaps something like that exists in Scotland too.

It is possible, isn't it? I am not a Scottish lawyer or jurist or legislator. Are you, JeannieTomlin?

In any event, lawyers, jurists, and legislators are notoriously effective at finding and making legal loopholes to get people off, or legal snares to catch people with. They might have at least tried here, too, if they cared to.

But they cared for oil more, apparently.

And I cannot blame them. Look how we Americans go ballistic over $.20 on the gallon.

Rabbi,

You are quite right, not only in theory, but in fact. The release of this man had nothing to do with mercy, everything to do with OIL.

That would be oil, also spelled "British Petroleum," which has always governed UK policy in the Middle East, as was evident most recently in UK "interventions" in the Iranian elections, accompanied by out-and-out lies in the UK media.

Ain't no shame in their game. Never has been.

The world's largest oil company, BP has always supported mass murderers, started the chain of events that brought us to the Iran we have today. It is guilty of countless human rights violations, has gotten away with murder right here on US soil. (See Wikipedia.)

Lybian oil cried out to BP, and BP did hear.

Here are the facts. Read them, and weep.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6814974.ece

How he is received in his homeland is irrelevant. You are saying that the Scots should have ignored their own law. The authorities followed Scottish law which has been existence for more than a decade.

What you are saying is that this man should have been DENIED equal treatment under the law. WHY, sir?

Because of his relion?