Shukri Ghanem 270 people who died in the bombing, and renouncing weapons of mass destruction. In February 2004, Ghanem was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 "Today" program. He stirred controversy in the interview by repudiating Libya's responsibility both for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the 1984 murder of British WPC Yvonne Fletcher (who was shot and killed in April 1984 outside the Libyan Embassy in London). This incident led to the severing of UK/Libya diplomatic relations. After the problems we [Libya] have been facing because of the sanctions, the loss of money, we thought that it was easier for us to
The Girl Who Was Plugged In reader. Stevenson points out that after this, the reader is rebuked three different times for not focusing on P. Burke but each time this happens, the narration is moved to descriptions of the futuristic soundings, presumably in accord with what the male reader truly desires to read about. This goes back to what Heather J. Hicks states about the importance and success of the ideal feminine body compared to the non-ideal feminine body. P. Burke’s body is considered unimportant and the way the story is written and paced suggests just this point. Another theme of The Girl Who Was Plugged