Gadaffi son resists IRA pay-out

[Heidi]

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 04:52 GMT, Monday, 7 September 2009 05:52 UK

The son of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has said his country will resist demands from the families of IRA victims for compensation.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said any claims for compensation based on Libya's supply of explosives to the IRA would be a matter for "the courts".

He told Sky News: "They have their lawyers, we have our lawyers."

On Sunday, the relatives welcomed Gordon Brown's "U-turn" on the government's support for compensation.

Mr Gaddafi's comments came hours after Mr Brown announced that he was setting up a dedicated Foreign Office team to assist the IRA families' victims.



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[katkat]

1. sauce for the goose

When is the U.S. forking out to the families of the Lebanese and Palestinians killed by weapons the U.S. supplies to the Israelis including the cluster bombs that it's against international law to use?

[wpelb]

2. Not sure I follow the logic here

I believe the Libyans already have paid families of American victims. This is an issue concerning British victims.

Did the U.S. supplies to the Israelis go through Britain?

[provis99]

3. its about the hypocrisy, fool.

the West expects other countries to pay compensation, even as the Western countries are doing the exact same thing.

[BunkerHill24]

4. Watch out! You are now listed as anti-semite.

[comtec]

5. Apple meet orange

a better analogy that would come off much less anti-semitic would be when will the US reimburse the families of the Iraqi and Afghanistan wedding parties that keep getting blown up?

Assuming they are real wedding parties.

[comtec]

6. Gee what a fucking SHOCK!

brown lets one of the lockerbie(?) guys loose, and POOF Lybia tell the west to go fuck itself.

And BTW.. you should just SEE the micky they are taking out of brown for this.

Hell will get very crisp and chilly before they let up on this idiot for this... as well as totally destroying what was left of the Labor party.

[provis99]

7. that "lockerbie" guy was innocent; even Margaret Thatcher admitted it.

Britain should be paying him compensation for keeping him locked up in prison as a scapegoat.