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To: Tomas who wrote (2006)	2/2/2001 12:24:44 AM
From: Tomas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2742

Mandela Angered By Continued Sanctions Against Libya Panafrican News Agency, February 1 Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela, has lashed out at the US and British governments over their decision to maintain sanctions against Libya despite the conclusion of the Lockerbie airline bombing trial Wednesday. Mandela was instrumental in breaking the deadlock in the 12-year saga when he appealed to Libyan leader Col. Moammar Kadhafi, to allow two Libyan suspects to be extradited to the Netherlands for trial. He said Britain and the US had agreed that sanctions would be lifted and "not merely suspended" when the suspects were handed over. Speaking to reporters in Cape Town Thursday night, Mandela said he expected the West to honour that undertaking. "They (sanctions) must be lifted. The West must not move the goal posts. For international affairs to be a success, agreements made must be honoured. Once an agreement has been dishonoured, it is an introduction to chaos," Mandela said. He said he planned to meet with US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to persuade them to lift all sanctions against Libya. The sanctions, which include commercial flights embargo and some trade restrictions, were imposed by the United Nations after Tripoli initially refused to hand over the two Libyans suspected of bombing an American Pan Am flight 103 killing 270 people off the Scottish city of Lockerbie in 1988. A Scottish court Wednesday handed down a life sentence on Libyan national Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi but acquitted the second accused. Mandela said he wanted to study the court judgement before making a detailed comment.