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US Troops using hotels around Shaanon

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday January 13, 2003 20:02author by doheochai - Socialist Party

It has been reported that large numbers of US troops have been staying in hotels in the Limerick/ Shaanon region. Apparently as a result of the breakdown of one of the transport planes up to 350 troops were driven by bus to various hotels in the region. One wonders after all the talk about the Duty Free shop in Shannon Airport being international soil, how the establishment will explain this one away.

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If the hotel rooms are paid for can they not stay
author by ?publication date Mon Jan 13, 2003 21:06author address author phone

NO!
author by hs - sppublication date Mon Jan 13, 2003 21:11author address author phone

International soil
author by Brian J Gogginpublication date Mon Jan 13, 2003 22:31author email bjg at wordwrights dot ieauthor address author phone

If the duty-free area is international soil, I presume that the Gardai (and Irish army) have no jurisdiction there and that anything occurring there would not be subject to Irish law. In that case, any demonstration occurring there would presumably not be subject to regulation by the Gardai.

bjg

the scandal just gets deeper and deeper doesn't it.
author by kev - sppublication date Mon Jan 13, 2003 23:16author address author phone

actually i think i'll pop over to the curragh and see if they are training there aswell as everything else.

Theres also been a rise in business for the local sex workers.
author by Harry Limepublication date Wed Jan 15, 2003 11:44author address author phone

Err, did Kev get safely back from the Curragh?

yeah, no sign of them,
author by kev - sppublication date Wed Jan 15, 2003 16:32author address author phone

mind you, they could have been disgused as sheep or rich golfers... or maybe honing their close combat skills in the slaughterhouse (y'know for when they invade baghdad)

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