Payment is part of multitiered plan to normalize relations between the two countries . Tensions go back to attacks on Pan Am 103 , German disco , U.S. airstrikes . Libya now exempt from legislation allowing victim compensation from frozen assets . Comment:
Payment is part of multitiered plan to normalize relations between the two countries . Tensions go back to attacks on Pan Am 103 , German disco , U.S. airstrikes . Libya now exempt from legislation allowing victim compensation from frozen assets . Deal ends Libyan liability in terror cases , paves way for U.S. investment .