Ambassador: US-UK ties intact despite Lockerbie Eds: APNewsNow.

LONDON (AP) The U.S. ambassador to London says the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi hasn't damaged relations between the trans-Atlantic allies.

Ambassador Louis Susman says that while he felt the decision to release al-Megrahi was unacceptable, the diplomatic fallout has been negligible.

Families of some of the U.S. victims of the 1988 Pan Am attack have said they were revolted by the bomber's release. The decision to free the former Libyan intelligence agent also was sharply criticized by President Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary CLinton, FBI director Robert Mueller, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

But Susman told the BBC in an interview broadcast Tuesday that Anglo-American relations are "too strong" to be hurt by the flap.

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