Kadafi Predicts Deal on Bomb Suspects

Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi said a deal is near to put on trial the two men accused of the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 airliner bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, adding that South African President Nelson Mandela’s verbal guarantees are sufficient to resolve a current deadlock over the handling of the suspects. He also said he had no doubt about the fairness of Scottish justice. Emissaries from South Africa and Saudi Arabia have been encouraging Libya to accept a trial by a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands. A total of 270 people perished in the bombing.