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Ex-senior IRA man condones shootings at police via SAOIRSE32 August 30th, 2008 at 07:12

From Irish News Posted at 32CSM Message Board 29 August 2008 A former leading IRA man has said attacks on police officers in Lurgan this week were a “symptom” of nationalists’ refusal to accept the PSNI. Colin Duffy was speaking after two days of serious rioting in Lurgan which saw separate gun, blast and petrol- bomb attacks on police. In...
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Maze escapee Brennan is ordered to stay in US jail via SAOIRSE32 August 30th, 2008 at 07:14

Belfast Telegrpah Thursday, 28 August 2008 An American immigration appeals court has upheld Maze escapee Pol Brennan’s bail denial, just weeks after three US Congressman wrote to the Department of Homeland Security calling for the Ballymurphy native be freed on bond. In its ruling this week, the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, Virginia, agreed with a...
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‘We’ll continue to oppose PSNI’ - IRSP via SAOIRSE32 August 30th, 2008 at 07:19

32CSM Message Board 28 August 2008 Hardline republicans in Derry have vowed to continue to oppose the presence of the PSNI in nationalist areas. At a commemoration held in the City Cemetery on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the death of hunger striker Micky Devine, the IRSP called on republicans to unite to prevent the PSNI from...
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Debris and food thrown at Omagh bomb memorial via SAOIRSE32 August 30th, 2008 at 07:27

By Ronan McSherry Ulster Herald **Via Newshound 28 August 2008 Fears expressed by many relatives of the Omagh bomb victims that the monument to their loved ones may become the target of vandals appear to be well founded following an attack on the memorial at the weekend. The attack has been strongly condemned by local representatives across the political...
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Policy document wordage causing problems for DUP and Sinn Fein via SAOIRSE32 August 30th, 2008 at 03:29

Independent.ie The DUP and Sinn Fein are involved in a new row - this time over whether the words of a policy document can be changed once they’ve been approved by the power-sharing executive. Conor Murphy of Sinn Fein changed references in a document from “Northern Ireland” to “the North” and Peter Robinson is understood to be...
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Robinson accuses Murphy of ‘bad faith’ in Assembly crisis via SAOIRSE32 August 29th, 2008 at 13:56

By Noel McAdam Belfast Telegraph Friday, 29 August 2008 The troubled Executive tumbled towards crisis today as First Minister Peter Robinson accused a Sinn Fein minister of a deliberate attempt to derail the power-sharing government. The DUP leader also demanded an immediate Executive meeting after charging Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy with breaching his Pledge of Office in the...
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PSNI attacked with petrol bombs via SAOIRSE32 August 28th, 2008 at 13:06

BBC Children as young as 13 threw stones and petrol bombs at police in Londonderry on Wednesday night, according to a community worker. Officers were attacked as they arrived at the scene of a hit-and-run in Carranbane Walk in Shantallow at about 2000 BST on Wednesday. The car involved in the hit-and-run was abandoned and set alight, and...
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TORRENS KNIGHT - I have changed. Leave me alone. via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 06:58

Torrens Knight hits out at hate campaign by nationalist politicians “Yes, I did what I did. I can’t change the past but what’s the difference between me and Gerry Kelly, Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness? ” Torrens Knight By Una Culkin Coleraine Times 27 August 2008 GREYSTEEL killer Torrens Knight has accused nationalist politicians of waging a hate campaign against...
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Gun attack linked to dissidents via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 07:49

BBC Dissident republicans are being blamed for a gun attack on a police patrol in Craigavon. A number of cars have been burnt out during trouble in Craigavon Four to five shots were heard after the patrol saw a man in a crouching position aiming at them with a “long-barrelled weapon”, police said. No-one was injured in the attack...
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Torture - 1970s Northern Ireland; 21st century world via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 02:06

By Patrick Corrigan amnesty.org.uk 10 March 2008 There’s a debate under way (I’ve joined in myself) over at the BBC NI-hosted blog, Will and Testament , about torture, the CIA and why “good people turn evil”. The debate is prompted by a book, interview and slideshow (horrific pictures of abuse from the US era in charge of...
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Woman told of dissident threat via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 02:15

BBC 25 August 2008 A Derry woman has been told her life is under threat from dissident republicans who mistakenly believe she is in the police. Lisa Daly, from Drumahoe, was informed of the threat last Friday. DUP councillor Drew Thompson, who has been in contact with Ms Daly, said she was terrified and urged the PSNI to publicly...
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Civil rights mural to be unveiled via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 02:21

Derry Journal 26 August 2008 A mural commemorating the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the civil rights campaign will be unveiled on the back of Free Derry Corner this Friday. The unveiling is part is a series to mark the anniversary, culminating in a two-day programme of meetings, lectures and exhibitions at the Guildhall on the 4th...
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Joyriders leave Derry man for dead in road via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 02:37

MLA’s relative seriously ill By Erin Hutcheon Derry Journal 26 August 2008 Suspected joyriders have run down the brother-in-law of Sinn Fein MLA Mitchel McLaughlin and left him seriously ill in hospital. Don Campbell, who is his 50s, was knocked down in a car park near Ballyarnett Country Park on Friday evening. Local residents say the area has become...
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Sniper fires at riot police via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 01:28

News Letter 27 August 2008 A SNIPER fired up to five shots at police in Criagavon last night after the area exploded in rioting. The attack has been slammed as latest sign dissident republicans have stepped up their campaign to shatter power-sharing. Officers saw a gunman in a crouching position aiming with a “long-barrelled weapon” before he...
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Fury as ex-IRA prisoners appeal sentences via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 01:31

News Letter 26 August 2008 REVULSION has greeted an announcement that hundreds of former IRA prisoners are to try to have their convictions overturned. Around 300 republicans are claiming they were sent to jail on the back of confessions forced from them during interrogation. Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister said no one could deny “occasional miscarriages of justice...
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Weapons ‘theft’ that stocked up dissidents’ terror arsenal via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 01:42

Belfast Telegraph Tuesday, 26 August 2008 A 10-year-old statement from the IRA could explain how dissident republicans got their hands on the Semtex now being used to attack security forces. Brian Rowan reports There may be a simple answer to the Semtex mystery — a way of explaining how that explosive came to be used by republican...
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Robinson warns Sinn Fein as Executive crisis deepens via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 01:50

By Noel McAdam Belfast Telegraph Tuesday, 26 August 2008 Failure of the Stormont Executive to meet in just over three weeks’ time will have “serious consequences for the good government of Northern Ireland”, First Minister Peter Robinson warned today. As the crisis over the devolution of policing and justice powers worsened, he said the DUP will not allow further...
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Torture allegations return to haunt legal process via SAOIRSE32 August 27th, 2008 at 01:54

amnesty.org.uk “300 Irish republican ex-prisoners are to attempt to have their convictions overturned” according to Henry McDonald in a story in yesterday’s Guardian and repeated extensively elsewhere (Daily Telegraph for instance) today. According to the article, a number of the former IRA prisoners allege that the convictions were secured through “confessions extracted under torture and duress”. Although often...
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ANGER OVER FILM ON IRA INFILTRATOR via SAOIRSE32 August 26th, 2008 at 14:05

Daily Express Tuesday August 26,2008 A former IRA infiltrator who risked being killed to prevent murders and bombings in Northern Ireland has spoken of his unhappiness over the way he has been portrayed in a film. Martin McGartland, who survived an assassination attempt and suffered severe injuries after jumping from a building to escape the IRA, said he...
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PSNI attacked during street riots in Belfast via SAOIRSE32 August 26th, 2008 at 08:29

Belfast Telegraph Tuesday, 26 August 2008 Police officers have come under attack with stones and petrol bombs during overnight rioting in the streets of south and east Belfast. A number of roads in the Markets area were closed during the violence, which also spread across the Lagan Bridge to the Lower Newtownards Road. The PSNI says a small number...
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Sinn Fein ‘must clarify threat’ via SAOIRSE32 August 25th, 2008 at 12:59

BBC Sinn Féin must make it clear it wants to remain in devolved government in Northern Ireland, DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson has said. He was speaking after Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin warned his party would collapse the assembly if policing and justice were not devolved. The two parties are involved in ongoing talks over the issue. Mr...
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Scale of justice job ‘daunting’ via SAOIRSE32 August 25th, 2008 at 13:03

By Martina Purdy BBC 20 August 2008 The old Stormont had control of policing and justice powers - but lost them in 1972, when direct rule was imposed. The new Stormont is still waiting for these powers to be transferred from Westminster. Most agree it’s only a matter of time, as the DUP and Sinn Fein both agree it should...
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New book claims British Army colluded with loyalists via SAOIRSE32 August 25th, 2008 at 13:48

Breaking News.ie 25/08/2008 The Government is being urged to press Downing Street for answers following fresh claims of British Army collusion with loyalists during the seventies. A new book by a former UVF man alleges that a unit of the army - known as the Military Recognisance Force - trained members of the loyalist group. ‘Killing for Britain’...
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Dissident republican gangs force officers from homes via SAOIRSE32 August 25th, 2008 at 02:54

By Alan Murray Sunday Independent August 24 2008 Dissident republicans are forcing police officers in Northern Ireland to leave their homes at a rate of nearly one every month. Nearly 14 years after the first IRA ceasefire, the risk to individual officers, particularly recently recruited Catholic officers, remains extremely high and the British army continues to be called...
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300 IRA members to fight convictions and seek compensation via SAOIRSE32 August 25th, 2008 at 01:10

· Move follows republican man’s successful appeal · Confessions made under duress, former inmates say Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent The Guardian Monday August 25 2008 Up to 300 IRA members are to attempt to have their convictions overturned and sue the British government for compensation for wrongful imprisonment, the Guardian has learned. Some former inmates of the Maze and other...
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Jungle fever: the women guerillas of FARC via SAOIRSE32 August 25th, 2008 at 01:30

When would-be president Ingrid Betancourt was rescued last month, Colombia’s Marxist guerrillas lost their most treasured hostage. But morale in the jungle was already low, with hunger, executions and forced abortions among Farc’s female troops. Alice O’Keeffe meets the women who have given up the revolution Alice O’Keeffe The Observer Sunday August 24 2008 Rebels of the Revolutionary...
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Net’s closing on Haddock’s team via SAOIRSE32 August 24th, 2008 at 23:05

HET vows to bring UVF tout’s notorious killer gang to book By Stephen Breen Sunday Life 24 August 2008 A top cop last night vowed to smash a notorious loyalist murder gang by declaring: “We’re going to crack this”. In his first interview since the formation of the specialist team tasked with nailing Mark Haddock’s blood-thirsty Mount Vernon UVF...
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Ex-DUP councillor on rape charges via SAOIRSE32 August 24th, 2008 at 21:58

Portglenone man who works for victims’ group remanded in custody By Stephen Breen Sunday Life Sunday, 24 August 2008 A former DUP councillor has been charged with the rape and the attempted rape of a young woman. William Wilkinson of Tully Road, Portglenone, appeared at a special sitting of Ballymena Magistrates Court yesterday. William Wilkinson Wilkinson (31), who works for victims’ group...
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Loyalist helps BNP spread race hate message via SAOIRSE32 August 24th, 2008 at 22:17

By Stephen Breen Sunday Life Sunday, 24 August 2008 A Belfast-based loyalist defends his decision to link up with the extremist BNP. Former Orangeman James Dowson, who runs Midas Consultancy, told Sunday Life that he had “no problem” providing senior members of the right-wing party with management training and marketing skills. Scots-born Dowson, who is also a hardline anti-abortion campaigner,...
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Kelly calls on GAA to honour Collins and de Valera via SAOIRSE32 August 24th, 2008 at 22:54

Breaking News.ie 24/08/2008 The GAA should jointly honour Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera to help banish the “bitterness and poison” of the Civil War, former GAA president Sean Kelly said. Mr Kelly said naming trophies, clubs, grounds or stands after both men would be a powerful gesture of unity and maturity by today’s society. The Co Kerry...
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