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Reporter: Does Libya accept responsibility for the attack on Lockerbie?
Saif al Islam: Yes, we (wrote) a letter to council, saying that we are responsible for the acts of our employs - people.
Saif al Islam: But i did not mean we did it in fact.
Reporter: So to be very clear on this what you are saying is that you accept responsibility, but you are not admit that you did it?
Saif al Islam: of course.
Reporter: But, to many people it sound like a very cynical way to conduct your relationship with the outside world.
Saif al Islam: What can you do? Without writing that letter we where not able to get out of the sanction.
Reporter: So the statement was just wordplay? Saif: Yes - Reporter: It was not an admission of guilt? Saif: No
Saif al Islam: I admit that we play with the words - we had to - we had to - there was no other solution.
Reporter: so is it like bloodmoney if you like just... Saif: Oh yes, of course of course
Reporter: And what would you say to those people who say thats a very cynical way to conduct your foreign affairs to conduct your policies on something so important than this - the *** of 270 innocent people?
Saif al Islam: First of all you have to ask the americans government for it, second you have to ask the families of the victims becaus i think they where very greedy and they were trading with the blood of there sons and daughters
Because the negotiations was very teribble and was very materialistic and was very greedy, and they where asking for money and more money and more money and more money and we where talking just aout money, money, money, money, money
...Saif al Islam: The confrontation time is over - the hostility is over - now we are friends, we are trading, we do business together, investing, fighting the same enemy...
Reporter: That enemy being terrorism? Saif: Yes.
Reporter: Of course it's rather ironic that your father was describe for many years by britain, america and the west as the worlds bigest terrorist and now he is an allied
Saif al Islam: Yeah i told you - its a different history - Reporter: its politics? Saif: Yes, Its a game - yeah.
Reporter: And who is wining now? Saif: its a win win - game ... (smiling)