PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN.

Britain's cooperation with Libya, lately, was raising eyebrows in the United States, as more and more reports were appearing, particularly, in British newspapers, pointing to the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, 1988, as one done under a shady deal in which "oil for a prisoner" was a factor.

The death toll in that bombing was 270 people, most of whom were American citizens; and although al-Megrahi's release has been condemned in many circles, and by the U.S. government, especially when he was greeted as a hero on his arrival in Tripoli a few weeks ago, it (release) was still prevalent in the minds of many Americans.

The scene was so obnoxious, it caused people to call for an investigation into why he was allowed to go free, although the Scottish, who had him in prison, insisted that he had prostate cancer, and they had to let him go on "compassionate grounds", saying that medical evidence showed he would die within months. He was then set free after serving only eight years of a 27-year minimum sentence.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown had vehemently denied the allegation of al-Megrahi's release as being part of an oil deal with Libya; however, there was another complaint surfing in the London Daily Telegraph, connecting Britain with Libya, which stated that, between "four and 14 men from the Special Air Service, SAS, were working with Col. Moammar Gadhafi's soldiers in Libya, a country once notorious for its support of terrorism."

On the surface, it might look like normalization of a relationship process, which the United Kingdom was having with Libya; yet, such courtship was dangerous, as it could turn around and hurt, not just Britain, but the whole Western Alliance.

Gadhafi was not one to be trusted; and although he had relinquished his nuclear ambition in 2003, he did so reluctantly, with the U.S. forcing him to acquiesce. He could always go back to his old clandestine ways. That also went for his son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, who was the prospective replacement in the absence of his father.

If the report was true, Mr. Gordon Brown should be aware that Gadhafi would not hesitate to take advantage of a well trained militia to either suppress his own people and/or do damage elsewhere on an international scale.

His involvement in Northern Ireland, with Libyan-supplied plastic explosives used to kill and maim Britons by the IRA (Irish Republican Army), excessively proved that point.

The British should think again before doing business with a slick and sly person as Moammar Gadhafi. Many American families are still furious.