Many Americans vociferously opposed sending Mr Megrahi back. In unusually strident language, Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, said it would be “absolutely wrong” to free him.

许多美国人强烈反对遣送迈格拉希回国的决定：国务卿希拉里?克林顿一反常态地发表了尖锐言辞，称释放迈格拉希的决定是“绝对的错误”；