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FIRST ENTRY AUG 25
AUG 26 · Day 2

Libyan cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70

Abdulbasset Al Megrahi was convicted of playing a key role in the bombing.

Al-Marimi has denied making the bomb and claims the confession is false.

The charges against Fhimah and Megrahi were first announced by Scotland and the United States in 1991.

AUG 25 · Day 1

Lockerbie bombing trial postponed

Jury selection was set to begin on a Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

A federal judge postponed the criminal trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, who is charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

Investigators allege Al-Marimi brought a suitcase containing a bomb to an airport in Malta and handed it off to co-conspirators for a flight to Frankfurt, Germany.

AUG 25 · Day 1

Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial delayed due to new evidence

The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland killed 270 people.

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is charged with making the bomb that downed the airplane.

Prosecutors allege Al-Marimi and others carried out the bombing at the direction of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

“If that’s what this is, then that’s a good thing, and this delay is worth it. ... It’s important to hear all the facts.”
KARA WEIPZ verbatim
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