In comments made in a letter to the US State Department, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D – NY) demanded that the US withhold all foreign aid for the Libyan rebel council as well as freezing all of the Gadhafi assets they planned to make available.
Schumer insisted the move was necessary because the “new Libyan government continues to shield his convicted terrorist from justice,” referring to Abdulbaset Al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie Bomber who is said to be in failing health and near death. Megrahi has denied any role in the bombing.
The rebel movement announced over the weekend that they won’t allow any Libyan citizens to be deported, and that this included the comatose Megrahi. The comment sparked anger from a number of US officials.
But the Obama Administration insists that won’t allow the aid to be tied to Megrahi, insisting that the goal right now is to pump up the rebels-turned-government with international funds.
So they're already threatening to withold "foreign aid" from a country that doesn't even have a government yet. Yea they had this thing planned all the way. So Schumer gets to mug for the cameras and eventually the CIA will have it's way and whoever controls Libya will be on their payroll. Yea…like we didn't see that coming.
Megrahi is on his death bed. How could they send him to the U.S.?
US autorities are bloodthirsty. They want to put everybody in a cage. You eer notice the first thing they did in Iraq and Afghanistan was introduce no knock SWAT team style raids and build more prisons? We have 5% of the world's population and 25%, over a full quarter of the world's prisoners:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/americas/…
in the US. That will be our lasting legacy historically-they loved locking people up, or as Naitonal Geographic calls us–Prison Nation.
Imagine that!!! Shumer grandstanding, again. He's almost as bad as Palin and Bachmann and that putz Gingrich. They all make me so proud.
Why do US politicians feel the need to look like horse'a asses every chance they get. It's been proven by several researchers that this man and Gadaffi had nothing to do with the bombing. That someone, most likely a US someone paid the tailor to lie about his estimony, which was the only 'evidence' linking Al-Megrahi to the crime. That and the fact it happened not long after the US shot down an Iran passenger aircraft with 250 people doesn't make it hard to figure out who was behind it and not too difficult to assume why.
But even if Al-Megrahi was guilty, what part of comatose and near death don't these two geniuses understand? And what do they plan to do with him? The US and UK agreed he was under Scottish jurisdiction, he's already been tried and found guilty and as many suspect was given the early release because of his cancer after he agreed not to accuse Scotland officials of railroading him. These guys don't even care if he's guilty or not, or what they can or cannot learn from him. It's just a photo op for them to show they're out there fighting those terrorists. Rubes.
right that it wasn't almegrahi but it wasn't iran. this and the berlin disco bombing were mossad false flag ops to frame up libya/gaddhaffi.
Sure, cut off aid to the 'Rebels'- and drive them even further into the hands of their as-yet-unseen puppetmasters? Who or what organization is really behind that fiasco of a 'revolution'?
This whole issue of Megrahi is a dog that won't hunt- it's nothing more than political grandstanding. Why wasn't the USG all up in arms about getting their hands on him all these years when Gadhafi was in power? I haven't heard a thing about him in the news since he left Scotland.
"Sure, cut off aid to the 'Rebels'- and drive them even further into the hands of their as-yet-unseen puppetmasters?"
They're not gonna cut off anything. The US government just likes to use that as a threat to make other countries do what they want them to.
US govt. : DO what we say or we'll cut off the bribe money (foreign aid)
Other nation: We don't care, we don't want your money.
US Govt.: You better take our money or we'll put you in the axis of naughty and you'll be our next target!
Schumer is world class weasel,an old version and vile version of Anthony Weiner.
Libya has enough to pay their bills and no aid is needed as long as their money is not stolen by the West.
Well, they don't exactly need any outside assistance with Qaddafi's overseas loot now being handed to them, and the oil industry about to go back into business again. They've already made it clear that the countries that didn't support their war against Qaddafi, namely, Brazil, China and Russia, are going to be left out in the cold. It will be interesting to see how these countries respond diplomatically and legally to all of this.
Too bad chuck wont do that to Israel & the PA No Peace- No Aid! Simple
And Cantor can for get about tucking Israels Foreign Aid under the guise of DOD so it cant be messed with. Cantor you cant serve two masters
Chucky boy just does not get it. The USG cannot afford to give aid to the rebel government in Libya even if they deport the alleged lockerbie bomber. The USG is bankrupt. Were does Chucky plan to get that money to give to the rebel government? Does he plan to have Bernanke crank up the digital printing press, borrow it from China, or tax it from the poor American serfs? Chucky is a much bigger threat to the American people than an alleged comatose bomber who is on the edge of death.
Schmuck Schumer (D, Israel) needs a lesson in humility – this happened in 1988, the guy who spent years in prison is about to drop dead. GET. OVER. IT.
But I know he is from the "Never forgive, never forget" tribe, so I won't hold my breath.
Funny how they are rushing to lend Libya money…don't they have enough oil and gold so as to forgo that?
Feel like they are gonna get screwed as hard as the Iraqis. Hope not
When I step in dog shit, and look down at my shoe then smell the disgusting aroma, I think of "Chuck" Schumer