ACCESSION NUMBER:385330

FILE ID:TXT401

DATE:03/30/95

TITLE:REWARD FOR LIBYAN TERRORISTS (03/30/95)

TEXT:*95033001.TXT

REWARD FOR LIBYAN TERRORISTS

(VOA Editorial)  (350)

(Following is an editorial, broadcast by the Voice of America March 30,

expressing the policies of the U.S. government.)



The United States is offering a reward of up to four million dollars for

information leading to the apprehension of two suspects in the terrorist

bombing of Pan American flight 103.  Two-hundred seventy men, women, and

children were killed when the plane went down over Lockerbie, Scotland, on

December 21, 1988.



The wanted suspects are Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi, a senior Libyan

intelligence officer, and Lamen Khallfa Fhimah, former manager of the

Libyan Arab airlines office in Malta.  Authorities in the United States and

Britain have evidence linking the two men to the suitcase bomb that was

used in the Lockerbie bombing.  Libyan agents are also being sought by the

French government in connection with the bombing of UTA flight 772 in 1989

-- which took the lives of 171 people.



Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi is approximately 173 centimeters tall and weighs

about 86 kilograms.  His hair is black and curly, and he has dark brown

eyes and a light brown complexion.  He is clean-shaven.  Lamen Khalifa

Fhimah is approximately 170 centimeters in height, weighs about 86

kilograms, has curly black hair, a light brown mustache, and light brown

complexion.  Both suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.



Individuals with information on these fugitives should contact the nearest

U.S. embassy or consulate, or write to:



HEROES

P.O. Box 96781

Washington, D.C.  20090

U.S.A.

The United States will ensure complete confidentiality to people who provide

information on past or future acts of terrorism.  If appropriate, the

United States will relocate people and their families to the United States.



The Federal Bureau of Investigation has placed the Lockerbie bombing

suspects on its list of "10 most-wanted fugitives."  As FBI Assistant

1irector Robert Bryant put it, the United States "will follow them to the

ends of the world.  We will never quit or leave this case.  We are going to

stay with it until it is resolved."



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