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McCartney family warned of threats
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| 12/05/2005
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Posted on 05/14/2005 7:25:20 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite
Police in Belfast tonight warned the family of Robert McCartney, the murdered father of two, of threats from “criminal elements” to have them burnt out of their homes and business.
Catherine McCartney revealed she and her four sisters Paula, Gemma, Claire, Donna and Bridgeen Hagans were told of the threat tonight.
“They told us that the threat to burn us out of our homes and to burn down Donna’s business came from criminal elements,” she confirmed.
Police visited the homes of the McCartney sisters just days after the European Parliament backed moves to secure funding from the EU for a civil action against Robert's killers if criminal proceedings do not take place.
Catherine McCartney told the Press Association: “These threats tonight are not going to deter us and they illustrate the type of people we are dealing with.
“We are told they are coming from criminal elements but we would like to know exactly what that means.
“Does that mean criminal elements from within a terrorist organisation?”
The IRA has expelled three members over their involvement in the brutal stabbing and beating of Robert McCartney outside a Belfast city centre bar on January 30.
The Provisionals have also insisted all those involved in the attack, during which Mr McCartney’s friend Brendan Devine was also injured, should help the family’s quest for justice.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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By killing those brave women, they would make them martyrs. The IRA, shrewd PR scum that they are, decide instead to destroy everything they own.
To: Happygal; Colosis; Black Line; Cucullain; SomeguyfromIreland; Youngblood; Fergal; Cian; col kurz; ..
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posted on
05/14/2005 7:26:07 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(George Orwell was the first Neocon!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite; Peach; Mo1
Thanks for posting this. Ping!
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posted on
05/14/2005 7:33:29 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Hillary's Chappaquiddick. Check it out at: www.Hillcap.org)
Damn the Provos to hell. They've turned what was once a righteous movement into Marxist gangsterism. The Big Fella's turning in his grave, a mhadraí!
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posted on
05/14/2005 7:38:49 AM PDT
by
Eeper
To: Irish_Thatcherite
“They told us that the threat to burn us out of our homes and to burn down Donna’s business came from criminal elements,”
Such threats are usually not made by the law abiding.
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posted on
05/14/2005 7:39:05 AM PDT
by
jocon307
(Irish grandmother rolls in grave, yet again.)
To: jocon307
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posted on
05/14/2005 7:40:21 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(George Orwell was the first Neocon!)
To: prairiebreeze
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posted on
05/14/2005 7:40:45 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(George Orwell was the first Neocon!)
To: Eeper
The Big Fella's turning in his grave, a mhadraí! Him, Kevin O'Higgins and WT Cosgrave, to name but a few!
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posted on
05/14/2005 7:42:04 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(George Orwell was the first Neocon!)
To: jocon307
I bet they jaywalk consistently also!
To: Irish_Thatcherite
The IRA has expelled three members over their involvement in the brutal stabbing and beating of Robert McCartney outside a Belfast city centre bar on January 30.
Bump
To: Paul C. Jesup
Scapegoats - not even the actual murderers!
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posted on
05/14/2005 8:13:03 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(George Orwell was the first Neocon!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
Scapegoats - not even the actual murderers!
Unless you are willing to name names (not the leaders, but those who actually committed the acts) there is no point in your complaining.
To: Paul C. Jesup
Unless you are willing to name names (not the leaders, but those who actually committed the acts) there is no point in your complaining. What's that supposed to mean?
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posted on
05/14/2005 10:48:27 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(George Orwell was the first Neocon!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
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posted on
05/14/2005 11:22:14 AM PDT
by
aculeus
(Ceci n'est pas une tag line.)
To: prairiebreeze
I hope the family has protection; the IRA had best reel in any people acting on their behalf who are even THINKING about harming this family.
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posted on
05/14/2005 11:32:38 AM PDT
by
Peach
To: Irish_Thatcherite
Thanks for the pings Irish. Feckin' terrorist scumbags. I'm busy in Helsinki now and for the next week or so, but I'll try to find some time for a more coherent response later!
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posted on
05/14/2005 4:36:07 PM PDT
by
Colosis
(Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængruppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
To: Colosis; jocon307; Eeper; Run Silent Run Deep; aculeus; Irish_Thatcherite; Peach; prairiebreeze
To: Do not dub me shapka broham
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posted on
05/15/2005 3:55:44 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Hillary's Chappaquiddick. Check it out at: www.Hillcap.org)
To: prairiebreeze
Don't mention it.
-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)
To: Paul C. Jesup
You still haven't explained your statement.
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posted on
05/15/2005 7:39:09 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(George Orwell was the first Neocon!)
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