or just greedy stinky backstabbing bastards?
Washington Times
LONDON — France threatened yesterday to block a deal for Libya to pay $2.7 billion in compensation for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, demanding that it receive payments from Libya for a 1989 airline explosion over Niger.
In London, Libya's ambassador to Britain, Muhammad Al-Zouai, said France was threatening to block the lifting of U.N. sanctions, which he said would scuttle the deal.
He said France cannot make any new demands on Libya since it has already settled the case with Libya, which paid $35 million to the UTA French airlines' victims in 1999 "and the case is closed."
Washington Times