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Gaddafi to Give Lockerbie 'Evidence'
Libyans are preparing themselves for new evidence in the Lockerbie case that the country's leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, has promised to reveal on Monday(Feb.5).
The Libyan leader says his evidence will prove that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, is innocent of the 1988 bombing.
Libya's defence of Al Megrahi - a former Libyan intelligence agent who received a life sentence for the bombing of the Pan-Am aircraft and the murder of 270 people - received a boost after a Scottish legal expert said the verdict was obtained on "very, very weak" evidence.
A Libyan official said the opinion showed that the case was a "racist pretext" to prolong nine years of sanctions against the country.
The three Scottish judges who heard the case found Megrahi's alleged accomplice, Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, not guilty.
Colonel Gaddafi has called two days of public holidays on Monday and Tuesday for "people's conferences" to discuss the matter.
He is expected to make his announcement in front of a large gathering of supporters early on Monday morning.
Correspondents say two possible scenarios are being discussed in Tripoli: Colonel Gaddadi will produce evidence that Washington put pressure on the Scottish judges to convict Al Megrahi or that another non-Libyan perpetrator carried out the bombing.
However, there is scepticism outside the country that hard evidence will emerge at this late stage.
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