Briton: Oil part of prisoner talks
U.K. official says Lockerbie bomber included in '07 negotiations
Posted: September 6, 2009 at 5:02 a.m.
Trade and oil considerations played a big part in the decision to include the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner transfer agreement between Britain and Libya, a senior British official said in an interview published Saturday.
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