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==Renounces terrorism and restoration to the international community==

==Renounces terrorism and restoration to the international community==

[[File:Cockpit Nose section of Clipper Maid of the Seas.jpg|thumb|250px|Cockpit of Clipper "Maid of the Seas" (Pan Am 103).]]

[[File:Cockpit Nose section of Clipper Maid of the Seas.jpg|thumb|250px|Cockpit of Clipper "Maid of the Seas" (Pan Am 103).]]

In the 1990s, Gaddafi changed course and severed all ties with terrorism to normalize relations with the West. He formally renounced terrorism in a letter to the UN Security Council in August 2003 and publicly condemned [[al Qaede]] for the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=P95pldoe_hgC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=muammar+qaddafi+religious+tolerance&source=bl&ots=We02LNtRVy&sig=ICqlN8kClfhziphrdOZASO9DQeU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Lq8rUYe8CIn7igLh9YBo&ved=0CDMQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=muammar%20qaddafi%20religious%20tolerance&f=false Islamic Peacemaking Since 9/11,] Volume 31 (Google eBook), David R. Smock, Qamar-ul Huda, DIANE Publishing, 2009.<ref>

In the 1990s, Gaddafi changed course and severed all ties with terrorism to normalize relations with the West. He formally renounced terrorism in a letter to the UN Security Council in August 2003 and publicly condemned [[al Qeade]] for the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=P95pldoe_hgC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=muammar+qaddafi+religious+tolerance&source=bl&ots=We02LNtRVy&sig=ICqlN8kClfhziphrdOZASO9DQeU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Lq8rUYe8CIn7igLh9YBo&ved=0CDMQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=muammar%20qaddafi%20religious%20tolerance&f=false Islamic Peacemaking Since 9/11,] Volume 31 (Google eBook), David R. Smock, Qamar-ul Huda, DIANE Publishing, 2009.</ref>

In 1999, the Libyan government surrendered two Libyans suspected of involvement in the Pan Am 103 bombing, leading to the suspension of UN sanctions. On January 31, 2001, a Scottish court seated in the Netherlands found one of the suspects, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, guilty of murder in connection with the bombing, and acquitted the second suspect, Al-Amin Khalifa Fhima. Megrahi's conviction was upheld on March 14, 2002, but an appeals hearing was granted in June 2007 by the Scottish High Court.  

In 1999, the Libyan government surrendered two Libyans suspected of involvement in the Pan Am 103 bombing, leading to the suspension of UN sanctions. On January 31, 2001, a Scottish court seated in the Netherlands found one of the suspects, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, guilty of murder in connection with the bombing, and acquitted the second suspect, Al-Amin Khalifa Fhima. Megrahi's conviction was upheld on March 14, 2002, but an appeals hearing was granted in June 2007 by the Scottish High Court.