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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44388)	8/19/2003 1:29:56 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

<France has threatened to hold up the lifting of the sanctions as it seeks a larger financial settlement from Libya for the families of 170 people killed in the 1989 bombing of a French passenger jet over Niger. The 1999 Libyan settlement of $33 million for the bombing of the French UTA jet left each family with $194,000. > French are upset that why did they settle for less in UTA bombing case securing 194,000 each victim dollars against 5 m to 10 m US dollars for each Pan Am victim, this embarrassment will lead to their veto, much as we all share the pain of the victims and duly demand due compensation, I do think that nations who do not appease terrorists and put bossiness ahead of cause do suffer predicament like France is in today, the French policy makers should take the responsibility for signing an agreement so as to ensure Libya out of isolation before Libyans accepted this Pan Am responsibility, now embarrassment is useless, French are demanding equitable treatment for their victims of UTA, but equity is only possible if nations pursue maker of violence like US/UK did and make them pay dearly for their actions, appeasement of 33 m dollars, in a ironic turn the events now have come to haunt traditional French policy of appeasing dictators and tyrants from Ghaddafi to Saddam to Bokasa, the list is long and throny. France has threatened to hold up the lifting of the sanctions as it seeks a larger financial settlement from Libya for the families of 170 people killed in the 1989 bombing of a French passenger jet over Niger. The 1999 Libyan settlement of $33 million for the bombing of the French UTA jet left each family with $194,000. In a deal announced last week, Libya agreed to a compensation fund of $2.7 billion for relatives of the Lockerbie victims, with each family receiving between $5 million and $10 million. The 1999 Libyan settlement of $33 million for the bombing of the French UTA jet left each family with $194,000. "France settled the cases and now it's embarrassed because it settled for much less," said James P. Kreindler, a lawyer for the Lockerbie victims who helped negotiate the settlement. Britain introduced a resolution Monday to lift U.N. sanctions against Libya now that the North African country has accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner and agreed to compensate the victims' families. If approved, the resolution would immediately lift the ban on arms sales and air travel to Libya imposed in 1992 to force Moammar Gadhafi's government to surrender two men wanted in the bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people. France has threatened to hold up the lifting of the sanctions as it seeks a larger financial settlement from Libya for the families of 170 people killed in the 1989 bombing of a French passenger jet over Niger. In a deal announced last week, Libya agreed to a compensation fund of $2.7 billion for relatives of the Lockerbie victims, with each family receiving between $5 million and $10 million. The 1999 Libyan settlement of $33 million for the bombing of the French UTA jet left each family with $194,000. "France settled the cases and now it's embarrassed because it settled for much less," said James P. Kreindler, a lawyer for the Lockerbie victims who helped negotiate the settlement.