[This is the headline over a report published on the BBC News website on this date in 2001, four days after the aircraft attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It reads as follows:]
The father of one of the victims of the Lockerbie disaster has called for caution in any retaliation for the US terror attacks.
John Mosey, a leading member of the Lockerbie support group, wrote to the prime minister to express support for action, but also of his concerns.
The UK Families Flight 103 group wrote to Tony Blair after he pledged unqualified support for any reprisals the US should take.
It reminded Mr Blair of the 1988 tragedy, in which 270 people were killed, and said care should be taken so that more innocent people are not hurt.
Mr Mosey's daughter Helga, 19, was among the victims when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie.
''The utmost care must be taken that whatever path is eventually pursued is successful and does not harm innocent people thus producing another batch of terrorists,'' Mr Mosey wrote.
He said the civilised world clearly had to support the US in taking ''drastic and effective action to root out this network of evil''.
But he added: "We must find a better way of dealing with our international differences than simply picking up a bigger stick with which to beat the other guys."
Mr Mosey said his daughter and those who died in Lockerbie were victims of ''aggressive American foreign policies'' either in the Gulf or Tripoli.
He also expressed the sadness felt by the Lockerbie support group over the US terror attacks and for the victims' families.
''Our feelings go out to the many in whose homes there is an empty place today, who are eagerly watching their TV screens and waiting desperately for information regarding someone who is missing."
Mr Mosey said he wrote ''as an individual whose family has been a victim of a terrorist attack''.
Tuesday's attacks in the US brought back memories of 13 years ago to the families of victims and residents of Lockerbie.
Pamela Dix, whose brother Peter died in the Lockerbie bomb, said: "It's times like this that those of us who have experienced something of this nature are drawn together.''
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