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Reinstated Immunity for Libya
Libya's immunity has been reinstated by a Bush decree of October 31, 2008. The executive order provides for the termination of pending actions against the Libyan government as a result of the Lockerbie and Berlin discotheque assaults. Libya had paid the settlement amounts required under the Claims Settlement Agreement, thereby triggering the presidential order under the Libyan Claims Resolution Act, Public Law 110-301. Compensation owed Libyan victims of an American air raid remain due; according to the Wall Street Journal, Bush does not intend to use taxpayer funds for that purpose. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.
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