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WATCHING THE WORLD: Don't scapegoat oil

09/07/2009
By Eric Watkins
If the oil and gas industry has learned anything from Scotland's decision to release Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1998 Pan Am airline bombing, it should have learned the meaning of the word "scapegoat."That view clearly emerged when US Sen. Joe Lieberman urged an independent investigation of Scotland's decision to free the convicted Lockerbie bomber, expressing concern that British interest in Libyan oil may have played a role.In urging the investigation, Lieberman pointed to "shocking" suggestions by Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi, his son Saif, and the head of the British Libyan Business Council that the release was mixed with Britain's ...
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