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the topic "Pan Am Flight 103"
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1988 Pan Am Flight 103 is blown up by LibyaLibya Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [i] , is a country in North Africa [i] ...
n terrorists over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259 on board and 11 on the ground. (Iran is originally suspected of planting the bomb as revenge for the accidental American shooting of Iran Air Flight 655 on July 3, 1988.)
1989 Pan Am flight 103: Investigators announce that the cause of the crash was a bombBomb A bomb is an explosive device that generates and releases its energy very rapidly as an explosion [i] ...
hidden inside a radio-cassette player.
1991 American and British authorities announce indictments against 2 LibyaLibya Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [i] , is a country in North Africa [i] ...
n intelligence officials, in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
1995 At Arlington National CemeteryArlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia [i], is an American military cemetery established du ...
, U.S. President Bill ClintonBill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States [i], serving from 1993 to ...
dedicates a memorial to the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.
1999 Two LibyaLibya Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [i] , is a country in North Africa [i] ...
ns suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the NetherlandsNetherlands The Netherlands is the Europe [i]an part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands [i] , which is formed ...
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suspends sanctions against LibyaLibya Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [i] , is a country in North Africa [i] ...
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2003 The High Court in GlasgowGlasgow The city was formerly a royal burgh [i], and was known as the "Second City [i] of the British Empire [i] ...
imposes a minimum sentence of 27 years for Al Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, ScotlandScotland Scotland is a nation [i] in northwest Europe [i] and one of the constituent [i] countries [i] ...
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