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IRA murdered mother 'not an informer'
Ireland OnLIne ^ | 07/07/2006 | Not stated

Posted on 07/07/2006 3:56:37 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite

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To: slane

Yeah, true - I notice none of the pro-IRA trolls haven't shown up to this thread, I guess they don't like hearing the truth about their 'beloved freedom fighters'!!


21 posted on 07/08/2006 4:29:25 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: slane

Why would her name have to be cleared. Are you suggesting that if it hadn't been cleared well then, she should have been murdered?


22 posted on 07/08/2006 8:24:08 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: OldFriend
Are you suggesting that if it hadn't been cleared well then, she should have been murdered?

I don't know how you could have inferred that from my post. The police investigation was undertaken at the request of her family because the IRA had attempted to justify murdering her by smearing her as an informer, an accusation which also stigmatised her children. I hope that the results of the investigation give her family some closure after decades of trauma. That was what I meant.

23 posted on 07/08/2006 8:33:55 AM PDT by slane
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To: slane
Thanks so much for explaining. I was not familiar with the case. The only case I was even vaguely aware of was when the sisters came to America to talk about their brother being murdered in the ally of a pub.

Just all the years of reading about bombs in London, killing innocent civilians just made me sick.

One time my daughter's class was on a trip to London and they had to evacuate the tube.....when she asked the police officer what was wrong he told them that the IRA had reported they planted a bomb.

How could any thinking civilized person support those tactics?

24 posted on 07/08/2006 8:42:24 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: OldFriend
The only case I was even vaguely aware of was when the sisters came to America to talk about their brother being murdered in the ally of a pub.

The McCartney case:

Euro MPs to back McCartney sisters' cause

McCartney family warned of threats

Two arrested over murder of Robert McCartney

25 posted on 07/08/2006 10:33:06 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: OldFriend; jla; slane; aculeus; Happygal; Colosis; Black Line; Cucullain; SomeguyfromIreland; ...
The bastards:

IRA dismiss non-informant report

26 posted on 07/08/2006 3:11:39 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Evidently the thirst for blood is insatiable.


27 posted on 07/08/2006 3:15:15 PM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: OldFriend

They don't feel guilty for putting this woman's family through even more hurt!


28 posted on 07/08/2006 3:22:26 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

WHO CARES!?! If she was an informant, good for her! They had no right to kill her no matter what. Nuke 'em all! (Sorry about your six-legged sheep.)


29 posted on 07/08/2006 4:04:54 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Hyperbolic rodomontade of the most puerile type." ~ Aaron Elkins)
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To: Tax-chick

I am in agreement with you there - it's just the brazen attitude of the IRA that pisses me off.

(don't nuke Maumturk - it's scenic! ;))


30 posted on 07/08/2006 4:09:51 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Yes, it is lovely. Some of the scenic places in the U.S. look like they've been nuked already! Australia, too.


31 posted on 07/08/2006 4:11:45 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Hyperbolic rodomontade of the most puerile type." ~ Aaron Elkins)
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Some of the scenic places in the U.S. look like they've been nuked already! Australia, too.

Hmmm... that is true..

32 posted on 07/08/2006 4:15:07 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Who were the leaders of the IRA in 1972?


33 posted on 07/09/2006 7:19:34 AM PDT by jla
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Well.. Adams and McGuinness were probably on the Army Council by that stage, there was also Seán Mac Stíofáin (desceased), Dáithí Ó Conaill (desceased), Seamus Twomey (desceased) and Ivor Bell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army#Strategy_1969-1998


34 posted on 07/09/2006 10:11:15 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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