Lockerbie

/ (ˈlɒkəbɪ) /

noun

a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a jumbo jet was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town

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Libyans had been waiting for this moment for more than 40 years, and victims of the Lockerbie bombing for more than 24 years.

Good Riddance, Gaddafi! |Richard Miniter |October 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
William Underhills asks: How will the Lockerbie bombing convict survive the Libyan revolution?

The Lockerbie Convict’s New War |William Underhill |August 26, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Two years ago, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, was freed by a Scottish court.

Lockerbie Bomber: On the Loose, but for How Long? |William Coles |August 17, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
He sent weapons to the Irish Republican Army, and he blew up Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Obama's Last Chance on Libya |Christopher Dickey |March 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

The trial of two Libyans accused in the Lockerbie bombing finally gets under way in 2000.

Muammar Gaddafi's 25 Strangest Moments |David A. Graham |February 23, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Lockerbie, warmed by wine, was as simple—and charming—as a wart-hog.

The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story |Various
A beautiful sylvan stream, falling from the uplands into the Annan, between Ecclefechan and Lockerbie.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI |Various
Schneider was drunk before he ever got to Lockerbie's that night.

The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story |Various
Lockerbie did a fair business in pearls; no great beauties or values among them, but a good marketable cheap product.

The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story |Various
The Lockerbie settlers were much more intelligent in religion and in everything else.

An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America |J. P. MacLean

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