He was also negotiating with the United States in order to conclude a comprehensive agreement making any further payments for American victims of terror attacks that have been blamed on Libya – such as the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing , the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the 1989 UTA Flight 772 bombing – conditional upon U.S. payment of compensation for the 40 Libyans killed and 220 injured in the 1986 United States bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi . On 14 August 2008 , the U.S.-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement was signed in Tripoli . Former British Ambassador to Libya Oliver Miles described the agreement as " a bold step , with political cost for both parties " and wrote an article in the online edition of '' The Guardian '' querying whether the agreement is likely to work
UTA Flight 772
UTA Flight 772
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi