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Lockerbie relatives request Moussa Koussa meeting

Relatives of victims of the Lockerbie bombing have asked their lawyers to request a meeting with Libyan defector Moussa Koussa.

He is thought to have been a senior figure in the Libyan intelligence service when Pan Am flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie in 1988.

Last week the former Libyan foreign minister arrived in the UK.

Mr Koussa said he was "no longer willing" to work for Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi.

Scottish police investigating the Lockerbie bombing have since interviewed Mr Koussa....

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