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Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi - Two Years On 20 August 2011
From BBC NewsOn the second anniversary of the release of the Lockerbie bomber, the Scottish government claimed it had been "vindicated" over its controversial decision to free him.Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was released from Greenock prison in 2009 after being given three months to live. Two years on, the Scottish government said it stood by its decision.A spokesman said senior figures in the US, British and Scottish jurisdictions have agreed it was taken in good faith.Megrahi was jailed in 2001 for the Lockerbie atrocity which claimed 270 lives in 1988.The decision by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to release him sparked international condemnation from some relatives of victims and politicians, including US President Barack Obama - but also attracted high-profile support from figures such as Nelson Mandela.
A spokesman for the First Minister Alex Salmond said: "Two years of extensive scrutiny, under three jurisdictions, vindicates the position that the justice secretary released al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds and compassionate grounds alone."Regardless of people's views, they can have complete confidence that it was taken on the basis of Scots law, and without any consideration of the economic, political and diplomatic factors that the then UK government based its position on. "Whether people support or oppose the decision, it was made following the due process of Scots law, we stand by it, and al-Megrahi is dying of terminal prostate cancer."A leading cancer specialist had said that it was likely the convicted bomber was being kept alive by pills not available in the UK. Prof Kirby, of The Prostate Centre in London, said he believed Megrahi was "almost certainly" being kept alive by a hormone-based therapy called abiraterone.Meanwhile, the author helping Megrahi write his memoirs has told BBC Scotland that the convicted bomber wants the public to "know the truth" about the case.Speaking ahead of the second anniversary of his release, British journalist John Ashton, who worked as a researcher alongside Megrahi's legal team, said the Libyan wanted evidence which would have been heard during his appeal to finally be made public. Mr Ashton said: "His dream was always to overturn his conviction and to achieve freedom through that. "When he made the decision to go home and abandon his appeal he called me in and said that he wanted me to write a book because he wanted the public to the know the truth. "He wanted them to know the evidence that would have been heard during the appeal." Megrahi was recently seen on Libyan television attending a gathering in Tripoli
The author also echoed concerns raised by others that Megrahi may be attacked by or handed over to US forces in Libya. He added: "If we are to believe what we read then yes he is under threat because the rebels have promised to hand him over to the Americans, apparently, and the Americans have said they are going to take him back to America and try him there, which is ridiculous and illegal."Relatives of victims of the Lockerbie bombing are still looking for clarity and answers.Al-Megrahi was born 1 April 1952, Tripoli, Lybia. Time is not known. His chart is set for 12 noon.At first glance we can see a stellium in Aries of Sun, Mercury and Jupiter as part of a Grand Cross configuration with Chiron in Capricorn, Saturn-Neptune in Libra and Uranus (perhaps the Moon too) in Cancer. This is a difficult combination involving so many planets.
It will be an on-going struggle throughout his life to find a balance between the different energies. For instance: the Sun in Aries needs to express itself assertively, with confidence and independence. Here its expression is disrupted by conflict between the need to be a unique individual (Uranus) and the need to be dutyful and responsible (Saturn), having learnt from painful experience (Chiron). This energy makes for a lot of nervous tension and becomes more complicated with the involvement of Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune, which suggests naivity and confusion, perhaps delusion and deception around his communication and thought processes. However, they make flowing aspects (trine and sextile) to Pluto, which will give him a certain amount of mental determination and courage. It is the square from Pluto to Mars (Scorpio) and the quincunx to Venus (Pisces) that suggests a need to adjust the way in which he might ruthlessly excercise his power. It may be that he has been the subject of someone else's abuse (as in being kept prisoner), which would have invoked much anger in him. A lot depends on the time of birth here for accuracy but with all that fire and Mars in Scorpio, I don't think he would have been an easy target. Transiting Saturn in Libra is conjunct his natal Saturn and brings to a close a 59 yr cycle. Whatever happens, this is a time when al-Megrahi's life is likely to be more difficult and restricted. L.S.
al-Megrahi on his way home 20th August 2009
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