Libyan rebel forces were urged to hand over the Lockerbie bomber to the United States as it was confirmed Friday that he is being kept alive by a "wonder drug" developed in Britain.
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi was freed by Scotland on compassionate grounds two years ago Saturday, when he was said to have just three months to live because of prostate cancer.
Roger Kirby, director of The Prostate Centre in London, said the decision was "foolhardy" and based on "flawed" medical advice. He believed the decision-makers were unaware of treatments such as abiraterone.
It costs around $5,000 a month and is not yet available to British patients. A source at the Tripoli Medical Centre said it was being used to prolong Megrahi's life.
Susan Cohen, 73, from New Jersey, lost her only daughter Theodora, 20, in the 1988 bombing which killed 270 people. She said she hoped the uprising would end with the death of Gadhafi, and with the rebels handing Megrahi to the American authorities.
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