Arab Governments Agree to Defy U.N. Libyan Sanctions While Witness to Bombing Pleads Guilty of Perjury

On September 21, 1997, Arab governments voted to defy United Nations sanctions by allowing planes carrying Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, to land on their territory and to allow other flights for religious and humanitarian purposes. Meanwhile, Lester Coleman, a former Drug Enforcement Agency undercover investigator, plead guilty to perjury in connection with his testimony about the cause of the crash... [more]