to be fair they closed the airport of to media but some one recorded it from out side
they would have been shouted at if they banned those who supported him meeting him
you would see exactly the same thing here from a family of a released prisoner who was still guilty but where the family / supporters didn't agree with the conviction etc
whether or not he was guilty is not why he was released we don't keep dieing people in prison unless they are still a danger to us ( see ronnie biggs )
the media will hype it as its a story to make them money
i doubt you will see much from America or Britain in sanctions or anything else as the real scandal is both used this conviction to allow them to do trade deals with the country they supposedly believe caused the bombing ( i tend to think Iran is a more likely place the orders came from to make amends for the shooting down of one of their passenger planes by the Americans which of course the deaths there don't count as much as one it was a mistake and two they aren't Americans
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as to being soft on terrorism i think accusing Scotland of that is being silly they were always on a looser with this case as the British government always saw putting this under Scottish law as the get out clause so it couldn't be said we made the decision or acquit or later release him
but any one who thinks the British Minister of what ever party was in power wouldn't have done the same is not being truthful with themselves