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Documents Reveal Former U.K. Prime Minister Visited Gaddafi Prior to Release of Lockerbie Bomber

HeadlineSep 19, 2011

A spokesman has confirmed former British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Col. Muammar Gaddafi in Libya in the months before Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber, was freed from jail. According to documents uncovered by the Sunday Telegraph, Blair visited Gaddafi in June 2008 and April 2009, once using the then-leader of Libya’s jets and bringing along an American billionaire.

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