# New Lybian government says Abdelbasset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi was involved in the Lockerbie bombing.

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[Link.](http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/libya-claims-megrahi-had-role-in-lockerbie-bombing.16526688)

Does that alter the controversy that he was framed by the United States?

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**Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-lybian-government-says-abdelbasset-ali-mohmed-al-megrahi-was-involved-in-the-lockerbie-bombing/610092/2 "2012-01-20T04:16:41Z")

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Not really. The Libyans are basically saying that because of his position, he must have had a part in Gaddafi’s plan, and they seem to assess Gaddafi’s culpability on grounds of moral responsibility and profiling, rather than any positive knowledge of what any particular person did or knew.