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Facts

Also Known As Lockerbie bombing
Date December 21, 1988
Location Scotland

Did You Know?

  • Pan Am Airlines went bankrupt three years after Flight 103's expolsion.
  • President Gadhafi paid $2.7 billion compensation to family members of individuals killed in the bombing.
  • Only in 2004 did the United States resume direct diplomatic ties with Libya.

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Muammar al-Qaddafi
Muammar al-Qaddafi
Libyan statesman
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi
Libyan national

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