ACCESSION NUMBER:385330
FILE ID:TXT401
DATE:03/30/95
TITLE:REWARD FOR LIBYAN TERRORISTS (03/30/95)
TEXT:*95033001.TXT
REWARD FOR LIBYAN TERRORISTS
(VOA Editorial) (350)
(Following is an editorial, broadcast by the Voice of America March 30,
expressing the policies of the U.S. government.)
The United States is offering a reward of up to four million dollars for
information leading to the apprehension of two suspects in the terrorist
bombing of Pan American flight 103. Two-hundred seventy men, women, and
children were killed when the plane went down over Lockerbie, Scotland, on
December 21, 1988.
The wanted suspects are Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi, a senior Libyan
intelligence officer, and Lamen Khallfa Fhimah, former manager of the
Libyan Arab airlines office in Malta. Authorities in the United States and
Britain have evidence linking the two men to the suitcase bomb that was
used in the Lockerbie bombing. Libyan agents are also being sought by the
French government in connection with the bombing of UTA flight 772 in 1989
-- which took the lives of 171 people.
Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi is approximately 173 centimeters tall and weighs
about 86 kilograms. His hair is black and curly, and he has dark brown
eyes and a light brown complexion. He is clean-shaven. Lamen Khalifa
Fhimah is approximately 170 centimeters in height, weighs about 86
kilograms, has curly black hair, a light brown mustache, and light brown
complexion. Both suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.
Individuals with information on these fugitives should contact the nearest
U.S. embassy or consulate, or write to:
HEROES
P.O. Box 96781
Washington, D.C. 20090
U.S.A.
The United States will ensure complete confidentiality to people who provide
information on past or future acts of terrorism. If appropriate, the
United States will relocate people and their families to the United States.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has placed the Lockerbie bombing
suspects on its list of "10 most-wanted fugitives." As FBI Assistant
1irector Robert Bryant put it, the United States "will follow them to the
ends of the world. We will never quit or leave this case. We are going to
stay with it until it is resolved."
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