Boycott Scotland

Boycott Scotland is an ongoing anonymous Internet campaign protesting the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill on compassionate grounds on August 20, 2009 and encouraging a boycott of Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom. The campaign is led by "a group representing friends and family" of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing victims.
The website was launched on August 20, 2009 following the decision. Afterwards, the Scottish tourism agency stated that it had received emails from Americans saying they would no longer visit Scotland, while the head of the Scottish Tourism Forum stated, "This certainly means that we are going to have to work much harder than normal to attract Americans over here." Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, responded on August 23: "Many, many things appear in the blogosphere, but what we're talking about is the real world. And in the real world the relationship between Scotland and the United States is strong and enduring." Scots Labour leader Iain Gray stated, "These boycott campaigns hurt Scotland and our international reputation."
On August 27, Andrew Lanza, the Senator for Staten Island in New York, announced his "tacit support" for the boycott. urged Americans to "exert economic pressure on Scotland to express dissatisfaction with this dangerous decision".<ref name=eturbonews/>

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