I hear a woman on the radio today - a parent of one of the Americans who died.

Well - I write woman for want of a better noun.

The poor creature was nothing but hatred and vilification, nothing humane left. Everything gone from her.

I hear that al Magrahi is deteriorating quite quickly now - he can't have much time left.

Apparently even when he was told that he was being released he was protesting his innocence.

I think that this is a situation in which there can never be a winner - I suspect that it might be difficult, in time to come, to name more than one person who has done anything to maintain the dignity of the Human race in this affaire.

Anne Croucher