Libya

People are "shocked" about the hero's welcome given to the Lockerbie
bomber?

Why?

Some want to blame the response by the Obama administration when they
didn't release the putz?

Why?

href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2939571420080529">U.S.,
Libya Discuss Deal For Victims of 1980s
Attacks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and
Libyan officials are meeting in London this week to try to reach a
deal on compensation cases from the Lockerbie air disaster and other
1980s incidents, a Bush administration official said on Thursday.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch
is leading the U.S. delegation in the talks, said the official, who
declined to be named because the discussions were still going on. The
State Department had no comment.

At a meeting in London two months ago Libya presented what a U.S.
official called a "comprehensive" deal to resolve a string of
compensation cases which have soured relations between the former
foes.

They include cases arising from the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over
Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, which killed 270 people, including 189
Americans and the 1986 bombing of a West Berlin disco in which two
U.S. servicemen were killed.

Libya, which was implicated in both incidents, agreed to pay the
families of the Lockerbie victims $10 million per victim but has not
made the final payment. It has not reached any deal to pay
compensation for the German disco bombing.

And, then there is href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12799651/">U.S. to Renew Diplomatic
Relations with Libya

WASHINGTON - The Bush
administration said Monday it will restore normal diplomatic relations
with Libya for the first time in over a quarter century after deciding
to remove Moammar Gadhafi’s country from a list of state sponsors of
terrorism.

“We are taking these actions in recognition of Libya's continued
commitment to its renunciation of terrorism and the excellent
cooperation Libya has provided to the United States and other members
of the international community in response to common global threats
faced by the civilized world since September 11, 2001,” Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement.

Yep.