Libyan Reactions to Lockerbie Bomber’s Return

Lockerbie bomber Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi was recently freed from a Scottish prison on “compassionate grounds” to return home to Libya. Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, had a warning to Libyan president Muammar Qaddafi, who’ll be visiting the General Assembly later this month. She said that ?virtually every American has been offended by the reception accorded to? Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi when he returned home to Libya recently.

But what has the reaction been in Libya to the return of the Lockerbie bomber? And are U.S. condemnations having any affect on Libyan public opinion? We talk to Rana Jawad, the North Africa correspondent for the BBC, from Tripoli.