Libya set to resist IRA compensation demands

LIBYA will resist demands for compensation over attacks by the IRA, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said yesterday as the fall-out from the Lockerbie bomber’s release continues.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing mounting questions over his government’s dealings with oil-rich Libya, following the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only man convicted over the 1988 bombing.

Seif al-Islam told Britain’s Sky News any claims for compensation over Libya’s supply of weapons and explosives to the now-defunct IRA would be a matter for “the courts”.