U.N. Due to Press Libya to Give Up Agents
The U.N. Security Council is expected today to urge Libya to surrender two of its security agents for trial in the United States on charges of murdering 270 people who died in 1988 when Pan American Flight 103 exploded over Scotland.
The resolution, expected to pass by a wide margin, falls short of economic sanctions the United States and Britain talked about to force Libya to hand over the two men, who were indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington in November.
At that time, White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the Bush Administration was considering steps against Libya that included “the diplomatic, civilian, military, across the whole gamut” to force it to give up Lamen Khalifa Fhimah and Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi.
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