Guest #1 July 18, 2007 I've been watching this story for a while. It's an old trick in this part of the world. Blame the foreigners and the USA for the problem, get some scapegoats, sentence them to death, and then extort money. I think Libya should be bombed again. Khadaffi Duck needs another attitude adjustment. --------------------------------------------------- TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya lifted death sentences on Tuesday against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of deliberately infecting children with HIV, paving the way for them to be freed after eight years in jail. The ruling by Libya's highest judicial body, made possible by a financial settlement of $1 million each to the 460 HIV victims' families, fell short of a hoped-for pardon for the medics, who insist they are innocent. BREAK The six were sentenced to death last year after being convicted of intentionally starting an HIV epidemic at a children's hospital in the city of Benghazi. The medics say confessions central to their case were extracted under torture and that they are innocent. Foreign HIV experts say the infections started before the six arrived at the hospital and were more likely to be the result of poor hygiene. The victims' families have also said the case was part of a Western attempt to undermine Muslims and Libya (I guess that's why a Palestinian doctor was involved - Harju). Fifty-six of the children have died, arousing widespread anger in the North African country. ------------------------- Full story here."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #2 July 18, 2007 That's OK, it'll just make it more difficult for them to hire qualified medical professionals in future. Perhaps this story is not yet over with access to non-Libyan courts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
