Boycott Scotland and the United Kingdom - Articles About the Campaign

Daily Kos: Boycott Scotland? Go F**k Yourself
Comment: A typically crude response from the allegedly "progressive alternative" media. They have compassion for terrorists, but not for the victims of Lockerbie. Daily Kos should be ashamed of themselves. The author also mistakenly attributes the Boycott Scotland campaign to FBI Director Mueller's letter. This is incorrect. The campaign started here at this website just prior to the release of al-Megrahi.

The Herald Scotland: Obama warning to Libya over Megrahi jubilation

Telegraph: Barack Obama leads condemnation of Scotland for freeing Lockerbie bomber

Telegraph: Lockerbie bomber's release 'damaged Scotland's standing

Reuters: Proud Scots feel heat over Libyan bomber's release

Financial Times: UN protest urged over bomber, ‘Boycott Scotland’ campaign launched

Financial Times: Lockerbie row sparks backlash fears

Telegraph: Lockerbie bomber's release puts Scottish exports at risk

The Voice of Russia: US website urges Americans to boycott Scottish products

Bloomberg: U.S. Tourists Threaten Scotland Boycott Over Libyan’s Release

The Times: Website urges Americans to boycott Scotland over Lockerbie bomber release

Telegraph: US urged to boycott Scottish products after Lockerbie bomber's release

Daily Mail: Lockerbie: Now it's payback time ... America boycotts British goods as anger grows over release of bomber

The Courier: Expressions of outrage from US readers

The Independent: Brown urged to reveal role on Megrahi

The Sun: Boycott Scotland

Daily Mail Blog: Boycott Scotland?

Mirror: BOYCOTT U.K ON LOCKERBIE

Sky News: Lockerbie Row: Minister Faces Tough Questions

Daily Record: Scottish Parliament set for debate today over Lockerbie bomber release 'shambles'

CNN International: Whisky boycott urged over Lockerbie bomber's release

Forbes: Scotland Winces At Lockerbie Boycotts

The Sun: Anger Over PM Bomber Silence

Daily Mail Blog: A Scot Replies to Boycott

BBC: Boycott calls over bomber release
Comment: Scottish tourist and trade officials claim to be unconcerned and compare this boycott to the boycott of France several years ago. However, the comparison is in poor taste as this one has been organized for very personal reasons by several relatives and friends of the Lockerbie victims. To dismiss our concerns as they do is to show a complete lack of compassion and empathy on their part. And yet, they have no problem with compassion being shown to al-Megrahi. They expect Americans to continue visiting Scotland as if nothing had happened. Do they not realize that every time someone connected to the Lockerbie tragedy returns there to pay their respects they will have to endure the memory of the betrayal of MacAskill and the SNP? How can any of us return there without this fact haunting our visits? This betrayal has done nothing but tarnish and stain the memory of our loved ones permanently. For these people in authority to be so dismissive of our concerns is to pour salt over our wounds.

ITN: Megrahi release: Fears for US-British relations

TripHow: Scotland & UK Travel Boycott? Lockerbie Bomber Release Sparks Outrage

Jerusalem Post: No Holds Barred: A travesty of justice

Financial Advice: Political fallout set to hit Scottish economy

NY Times Blog: Scottish Justice Secretary Tries, Again, to Explain Release of Lockerbie Convict

Irish Central: Americans urged to boycott Scottish whiskey and buy Irish instead

Scotsman: US protesters target Tartan Week

Australian News: Americans call to boycott Scotland

Syracuse News: Scotland faces backlash from Lockerbie decision

The Umbrella: Americans call for Scotland boycott

PUNCH: Boycott Scotland ...

Trend News: Website urges UK boycott

The Press and Journal: Scots firms keeping an eye on markets after boycott calls

TravelBite: Campaign urges USA Scotland boycott

USA Today: Official defends Lockerbie decision

The Herald: What did MacAskill mean by ‘higher power’?
Comment: One reader writes: "I note the Americans are calling for a boycott of Scottish goods. I don't hear a similar demand to boycott Libyan oil." Incorrect. In 2006, the Bush Administration, ignoring the protests of the Lockerbie families as well as others opposed to the Libyan regime, removed Libya from the list of state sponsors of terror. Not surprisingly, this was done in order to re-establish trade relations. In 2007, ExxonMobil was awarded oil leases and restarted its old subsidiary, ExxonMobil Libya. Again, the families of Lockerbie protested, but were ignored by both the State Department and ExxonMobil. Today, the Obama Administration has a chance to reverse this dangerous scenario. ExxonMobil only just began exploratory drilling July of 2009. It isn't too late to put a stop to it.

Irish Times: Brown 'angry' at Megrahi reception

CNYCENTRAL: Boycott Scotland movement gains momentum

LA Times: Letters to the Editor: Lockerbie bomber release

Scotsman: American outrage: 'The threat of damage to tourism is real

Times of Malta: Brown condemns hero's welcome for al-Megrahi

Travel and Car Hire News: Scotland Deals with United States Boycott Fears

Edinburgh News: US tourism snub after Lockerbie bomber's release
Comment: It is ironic that they don't consider bashing and boycotting America to be "hate," a common practice in Europe, and yet refer to us in those terms. As with Mr. Salmond's dismissal of our concerns, there is the insulting lack of respect displayed towards the American perspective on this situation as well as towards the American families of the Lockerbie victims who opposed Mr. MacAskill's "compassionate" release of a mass murdering terrorist, as well as the lack of acknowledgement of responsibility in holding accountable the travesties of their own elected politicians who are responsible for the deterioration of their international standing.

Deadline Scotland: US backlash hits city hotels just six days after al-Megrahi freed

Radio Netherlands: Scotland fears fallout from Lockerbie row

AFP: Scotland fears Lockerbie row fallout

Pretoria News: Scotland edgy over campaign for American tourist boycott

Global Travel Industry News: ETOA monitoring Scotland boycott threat

Asbury Park Press: Boycott Scotland, even the whiskey

JWeekly: Enough is enough with all these travesties of justice

The Drum: Scotland's damaged reputation

Asbury Park Press: No campassion for murderer

The Atlantic: Bad News For Scotch Fans?

Taunton Daily Gazette: Scotland’s terrorist release ample cause for boycott

Scotsman: US whisky sales 'will be badly hit by decision to release Megrahi

The Northern Times: American golfer now boycotts Scottish whisky

Virginia News Source: Urges boycott of Scotland, Scottish products

Irish Examiner: US tourists snub Scotland for here in Lockerbie protest

2600: Off The Wall Broadcast of August 25, 2009
Comment: One of our members is acquainted with Eric Corley (the publisher of 2600 magazine and the host of Off The Hook on WBAI Pacifica and Off The Wall on WUSB Long Island), although he is unaware of her involvement with this campaign. At the time of the release of the terrorist al-Megrahi, strangely enough Eric was in Scotland and briefly discusses the boycott on this broadcast and remains remarkably neutral on the subject (more or less.)

Financial Advice: Will US consumers boycott UK goods?

NPR: Scottish Fabric Maker Reacts To Lockerbie Backlash

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