Jack Straw Says Oil Played A Big Part In Lockerbie Release
435 views · Published 5 September 2009 · 2:03 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Sky News · 2009 · News & Politics
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/. The Justice Secretary has reignited the row over the Lockerbie bomber by admitting trade and oil deals played a "very big part" in the way the Government dealt with him. Jack Straw has told the Daily Telegraph they were a major influence in his decision to include Abdelbaset Al Magrahi in a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya two years ago. Michelle Clifford reports.
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