Lybia accepts responsibility for Pan Am 103

KRLA just reported that Lybia will present a letter to the UN accepting responsibility for the mid-air bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The Pan Am 103 news site isn't reporting anything yet, though they do have reports from March that cover talks leading to this announcement. It certainly suggests that American diplomacy has terrorism on the run. This is as much a product of the Iraq war as it is the long sanctions against Lybia. Its sufficiently apparent to Lybia that we're winning that they want to make nice rather than hold out for an al Qaeda victory ot a Ba'athist restoration.

France complains that another bombing should get similar compensation (10 million). The Australian Broadcasting Company reports, "The United States has criticised France for expressing reservations over a deal which would see Libya pay compensation to families of victims of the Lockerbie bombing." See this story at KVOA's website. There is also the CNN site.