Nationalists remain at risk from Loyalist death squads - RSF

national | miscellaneous | press release

Monday November 12, 2007 20:03

by Richard Walsh - Republican Sinn Féin

Republican Sinn Féin has warned that, despite a recent statement from the UDA, Nationalists remain at risk from Loyalist death squads.

NATIONALISTS REMAIN AT RISK FROM LOYALIST DEATH SQUADS – RSF

Republican Sinn Féin has warned that, despite a recent statement from the UDA, Nationalists remain at risk from Loyalist death squads. Richard Walsh, Publicity Officer, stated that: "The recent statement from the UDA regarding its future intentions clearly emanates from Provo calls for complete collaboration with the British forces of occupation. Their efforts to promote the RUC have led a section of the Loyalist community to believe that the maintenance of their death squads is not currently necessary.

"However, the retention of weaponry under UDA/UFF control demonstrates that these British-backed death squads can be reactivated as and when deemed necessary by their masters. Hence Nationalists inevitably remain at risk. Indeed two of our members in County Armagh were informed as recently as three months ago that their lives were under threat from an unspecified Loyalist organisation."

He added that the interests of all the Irish people would best be protected through the adoption of the ÉIRE NUA proposals within the context of a free Ireland.

He said that "We in Republican Sinn Féin will not seek to dissociate ourselves from the ideals of the 1916 Proclamation, namely the 'right of the Irish people to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.' Present-day Unionists must come to realise that their interests are best served through a federation of the four Irish Provinces, free from all foreign interference. Republican Sinn Féin's ÉIRE NUA programme provides for maximum decentralisation of power to local communities."