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Lockerbie [ˈlɒkəbɪ] n (Placename) a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a jumbo jet was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The residents of Lockerbie, Scotland, would strongly disagree, along with the relatives of all those passengers killed when terrorists bombed a 747 in midair. The Lockerbie flight had taken place in an era when Kousa was deputy head of Libyan intelligence. The attacks, which killed more than 50 people, recalled train crashes over the years; the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988; and last year's Asian tsunami. |
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