Terrorist victims finally receive justice from Libyan bombing
The families of the victims killed by the Libyan bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, from December 1988, are finally celebrating the restitution of justice from the Libyan government.
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) joined the victim’s families one month before the 20th anniversary of the fatal crash that killed 270, including 38 from New Jersey. On October 31, 2008, Libya was “freed from the family of terrorist nations,” Lautenberg said, when the final amounts owed to the families was deposited in an American bank account from the Libyan government. Kara Weipz, a family member who lost her 20-year old brother in the bombing, spoke about the “long fulfilled justice” that was due to the families. Although they do not forgive Libyan leader al-Gaddafi, Weipz said, the families are “free now to close this chapter in our nightmare.”
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