The Libyan, Al Megrahi convicted of the Lockerbie bombing of a PanAm airliner may be released on compassionate grounds by the Scottish Home Secretary because he is suffering from terminal cancer of the prostate. Some American relatives of victims killed in the attack have expressed outrage at this news. No one seems to remember the Iranian passenger airliner shot down over the gulf by an American warship patrolling the area. Surely the radar signature of a passenger airliner slowly gaining altitude after takeoff and a military jet flying at twice the speed of sound would be entirely different. Also most crew of any passenger liner would speak english and therefore could have been verified before being shot down. There is no doubt that it was a deliberate murder of hundreds of civilians. It may have been revenge for alleged Iranian involvement in the Lockerbie bombing. The Americans apparently offered the Iranians a derisory amount as compensation thus insulting and humiliating them. The captain of the ship is still free and no doubt enjoys telling stories of how he personally killed hundreds of Iranians. Is it any wonder that Iranians see the US as the Great Satan and will do anything to manufacture a nuclear weapon. No matter what the propaganda channels like BBC and CNN keep telling us the US better watch out once the Iranians are successful.