BRITISH FORCES HELPING TO STRENGTHEN UDA

Friday August 09, 2002 04:24

by McMean

Trimble's "serial crisis" blamed for violence British intelligence is involved in a plan to reorganise the loyalist paramilitary UDA under a single commander In a newspaper article reviewing the crisis in the peace process, Mr Adams also alleged that intelligence chiefs know which loyalist paramilitaries killed north Belfast teenager Gerard Lawlor last month.

And in an attack on Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble,
Mr Adams predicted Trimble would "breathe life" next month into a
"manufactured, serialised crisis" in the peace process, even if
it created a climate in which anti-Good Friday Agreement
paramilitaries could thrive.

The West Belfast MP said there was serious reservations among
republicans and nationalists about the willingness of unionists
to share power with nationalists.

"When he (Mr Trimble) failed by July to get out of the British
government what he wanted he put the crisis 'on hold' and went on
holidays," said Mr Adams.

"No doubt when he comes home in September he will breathe new
life into this manufactured serialised crisis.

"Against the background of a loyalist campaign involving hundreds
of pipe and petrol bomb and gun attacks, which have resulted in
people being killed and driven from their homes, David Trimble
must realise that his strategy, if successful, can only create
the political vacuum in which anti-agreement violence would
thrive."

In the article, Mr Adams alleges there are moves within the UDA
to put the organisation under the control of one 'supreme
commander'.

Said Adams: "The killing of young Gerard Lawlor can be traced to
the same group and Sinn Fein is calling upon the police service
to release forensic records of the weapons used in the series of
attacks against Catholics."

He further alleged that recent bomb and gun attacks on Catholic
homes in Ligoniel, north Belfast were designed to deflect UDA
energies away from a potential feud with the UVF.

"The Ulster Unionist Party must be aware of all these
developments. They are represented on the Loyalist Commission,
which includes the UDA, by one of Mr Trimble's close advisers.

"The British government is also very aware of this. It is a
matter of public record that the loyalist groups are heavily
infiltrated by British agents and I for one refuse to believe
that the Special Branch and other agencies were not aware in
advance of the loyalist gun attacks on the evening Gerard Lawlor
was killed.

"So this is a dangerous time. For our part Sinn Fein have tried
to give leadership particularly in arguing for collective
initiatives from the pro-Agreement parties to bring calm to the
streets and to confront sectarianism. This is obviously a task
for the executive. The first minister has failed to respond, as
he should to this situation. The reason is obvious.

"Having actively sought sanctions against Sinn Fein he can hardly
join with us and others even if he knows this is the right thing
to do. But Mr Trimble is obliged to represent all citizens. This
includes republicans.

"Many republicans believe with some justification that we have
taken huge risks and made compromises to strengthen the peace
process. There are now serious reservations among republicans and
nationalists about the willingness of unionists to share power
with us."

Mr Adams alleged David Trimble was set on a "pre-determined,
highly publicised course" to sustain a political crisis at
Stormont.

The West Belfast MP also accused the British government of
"pandering to the UUP" by moving unilaterally to provide Mr
Trimble "with comfort zones which either breach the Good Friday
Agreement or stretch it in that direction.

"What is required is that the British government faces up to the
reality that political and violent rejectionism is the real
threat to the political institutions and the entire process," he
said.

ADAMS REJECTS SDLP CLAIMS

Speaking this afternoon, Mr Adams rubished SDLP claims that he
was preparing his party to join the North's Policing Board.

He was responding to claims from the SDLP's Tom Kelly that Sinn
Fein were poised to join before the next Assembly elections,
which could take place as early as November.

Mr Adams said there was no prospect of this happening until the
British government introduced new legislation.

"The last time I spoke to the British government I said to them
don't even bother mentioning policing unless you are prepared to
bring forward the proposals," he said.

He was speaking during a visit to the troubled Ardoyne area of
north Belfast to speak to residents whose homes came under attack
during another night of violence.

Mr Kelly, a member of the SDLP who sits as one of the
independents on the board, accused Sinn Fein of "rank hypocrisy"
in refusing to join.

But Mr Adams said Britain was delaying changes to the legislation
because the SDLP had signed up prematurely to the Policing Board.

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Comments (10 of 10)

no! the brits would not do that

by Tamer

Fri Aug 09, 2002 13:40

you make it sound like the brits hand out hit lists full of inocent people

McMean

by Jim Bob

Fri Aug 09, 2002 13:51

jimmy50g at yahoo dot co dot uk

Perhaps IMC Ireland should just set up a McMean section on the web site so this guy/group can just rattle on with his bias without clogging the newswires. Who do you work for son?

Jim Bob mc mean told me he works for you mom

by 999

Fri Aug 09, 2002 14:37

but you ant supposed to know
now WHO do YOU work for BOY

fnar fnar

Fri Aug 09, 2002 15:38

Is this how McMean writes when he is pissed?

S.F. GET OFF INDYMEDIA

by SF hater

Fri Aug 09, 2002 15:45

I do not want to read Shinner postings on indymedia.

SF hater you are a maggot

by HATER OF SF hater

Fri Aug 09, 2002 16:07

what is it you do not like about SF besides the fact that they wip up on your sorry ass every once in a while. wimppy

D'you remember section 31 well there is no section 31 on IMC

by dialogue not diatribes

Fri Aug 09, 2002 16:19

D'you remember section 31 well there is no section 31 on IMC
by not news dude - we had this w swp a couple weeks ago. Fri, Aug 9 2002, 3:13pm

Also it would benefit those in Anti-Capitalist struggles to realise that The Northern Civil Rights Movement first and Sinn Fein Second were at the shitty end of the stick of Technologies of Political Control which were developed and tested firstly in Algeria by the french and secondly by the British in the six counties.

Thje government and media here fitted in with the UK in a policy of demonisation and criminalisation against republicans which was so effective here in the south that people who know little of the history of Northern Ireland still start foaming at the mouth at the very sight of the word 'Sinn Fein'.

Myself has no gra for sinn fein and their present politics but they do have an interesting past and an unbelievable insight into civil struggle and the machinations of power.

Personally my pet hate is Daithi O'Duailinn's line at the recent Glass Bottle workers protest. "We're with you 120%". That and his line in suits.

To get an idea of what they survived and what that has in common with the anti-capitalist movement check this link out:

http://confidenz-depesche.com/download/stoa-atpc-so.html

It is a european Parliament report from a couple of years ago about strategies employed by states to control dissident sections of their populations. NI was the world epicentre of the use of Tear Gas Watercammon bugging etc etc etc. A testing ground and a sinister kind of laboratory.

student bore

by babsdebrawl

Sun Aug 11, 2002 23:00

jimbob yur a culchi middle class student cunt why dont you go back to editing and censoring yur portadown news message board, we know yur das a peeler and yur mas a member of the womens institute knitting circle and housewife recipe exchanger. portadown news is funny but yur not.

Well mahula...

Tue Aug 13, 2002 08:14

I'm not a student, never been in Portadown - totally missed the mark altogther... haven't read your shite on the newswire for quite a while. Do I need to write in lower case to gain credibility as a (hip young) socialist? Just thought there was something of a McMean monopoly going on. I know which websites to look at when I want to hear his point of view - IMC should be independent... Not that I agree with that dumb reasons to hate Sinn Fein posting...

Return of Section 31

by Pat C

Tue Aug 13, 2002 11:21

Some people seem to want to operate a section 31 on indymedia.

If you don't want to read certain stories then just ignore them.

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