The abduction of a former Libyan intelligence operative accused of preparing the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 and his transfer into US custody raises concerns about a renewed willingness in Washington to flout international law to hunt alleged terrorist fugitives, The Guardian reported.
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Africa Intelligence website revealed that Washington is pressing to impose diplomat Kenneth Gluck as deputy head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), to replace Rezidon Zeninga, who will leave next January.
Member of the Tripoli-based High Council of State (HCS), Saad bin Shrada, confirmed that “handing over the Libyan national Abu Agila al-Mariami to U.S. may be a prelude to handing over others.”
Libyan Parliament Member, Jaballa al-Shaibani, said if the incident of handing over Abu-Agila al-Mariami to the United States passed without a serious and decisive stance from the concerned institutions (the Parliament – the Presidential Council – the Attorney General – the government) and the people of all sects, it will open the door for handing over other Libyan nationals.
The official Spokeswoman for the Libyan Presidential Council (LPC), Najwa Wahiba, called on the American authorities to return the citizen Abu Agila Masud al-Mariami, who was extradited from Libya to Washington over alleged involvement in Lockerbie bombing in 1988.
President of the Libyan Presidential Council (LPC), Mohamed al-Menfi, put forward the Council’s vision for a solution to the political and economic crisis and to achieve stability in Libya, during his meeting Friday with US President Joe Biden, on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington.
Libyan Parliament member Ali Tekbali revealed on Friday evening another kidnapping of a retired Libyan officer by American forces in the Wadi Kaam area, west of Zliten city.
Forty four Libyan political parties denounced the kidnapping and extradition of the Libyan citizen Abu Agila Masud to the United States, calling on the Libyans to take collective action to denounce the crime and prosecute those responsible for it through a sit-in in front of the United Nations headquarters and the embassies of the United States at home and abroad to denounce what it described as a “heinous crime.” .
A number of Libyan civil society organizations called Wednesday for demonstrations and protests in various cities of the country, in protest against the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh’s extradition of the Libyan citizen Abu Agila Masud to the United States.
Heads of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committees of the Libyan Parliament, Talal al-Mihoub and Youssef al-Aqouri, has called for an urgent investigation into the extradition of the Libyan national, Abu Agila Masud, to the United States, over allegation on his connection to the Lockerbie bombing in 1988.