Libya won't extradite Lockerbie suspects, AL says

Dr. Abdel Meguid, the head of the Arab League, said yesterday that Libya would never extradite two of its citizens to Britain or the United States for trial on charges of bombing a U.S airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, Al Ahram daily said today.

Dr. Esmat Abdel Meguid told a news conference that Libya maintained its offer to let the two men stand trial in a natural country but with Scottish judges.

"Libya would not turn over its citizens because under international law, it is not possible for one country to surrender its citizens to to another country unless the two are bound by a mutual extradition agreement" Abdel Meguid said.