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Bank raid was IRA say ministers
BBC News ^ | January 17,2005 | BBC

Posted on 01/17/2005 12:58:48 PM PST by FederalistVet

The Northern Ireland Secretary and the Irish foreign minister have said they are 100% convinced that the IRA was involved in the Northern Bank robbery. Paul Murphy and Dermot Ahern met in Dublin on Monday to discuss the impact of the £26.5m raid.

Mr Murphy said the prospect of power-sharing has been dealt "a very serious blow" by last month's raid.

Mr Ahern said evasion and denial by republicans was increasing the gulf of mistrust in the political process.

He said that confidence building in the political process has taken a major hit as a result of the robbery at the bank's head office in Belfast.

'Mutual confidence'

However, Mr Ahern added: "Both governments remain firmly committed to achieving inclusive political arrangement in Northern Ireland.

"But we are very unlikely to achieve that outcome in the very near future."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: ira; northireland; sinnfein
The Irish government "blinked" first. That means the peace process is pretty much dead. We'll have to wait and see, though.
1 posted on 01/17/2005 12:58:53 PM PST by FederalistVet
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To: FederalistVet

"Power sharing" with terrorists and murderers? I haven't heard anything about that sad and pathetic "deal".

The Brits should be doing with IRA filth, same as what we're doing with muslim and islamic terrorists: tracking them down and killing them. And putting panties on their heads!


2 posted on 01/17/2005 1:02:47 PM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: FederalistVet
Bank raid was Al Qaeda's IRA say ministers ?

figures....

/sarcasm

3 posted on 01/17/2005 1:03:28 PM PST by maestro
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To: 7.62 x 51mm

You seem to forget there are more murders, thieves, terrorists, and criminals on the other side of the fence.

In fact, the whole purpose behind the original invasion was too loot Ireland. The North Ireland area was one of the wealthiest areas in Europe before the Protestants invaded. But after getting up to their eyeballs in debt to the money lenders, and after looting the monastaries and other church holdings in England and Scotland they set their greedy eyes on Ireland.

Even English Protestant historians admit it.

Before you start defending the British government's position do a little reading for a change.


5 posted on 01/17/2005 4:27:26 PM PST by FederalistVet (Hitler was a liberal!)
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To: FederalistVet
To be technical about it, the C of E is not a Protestant church. Even Henry VIII would not give sanctuary to Martin Luther.
6 posted on 01/17/2005 4:33:52 PM PST by investigateworld (Babies= A sure sign He hasn't given up on mankind!)
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To: investigateworld

To be technical about it the Church of England is very much a Protestant Church. Do we need to go over our church history, english history, theology, etc.

Martin Luther regarded the Calvinists as heretics. The C o E low church tradition was Calvinist; the high church tradition tried to mimick the Catholic tradition.


7 posted on 01/17/2005 5:00:21 PM PST by FederalistVet (Hitler was a liberal!)
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To: FederalistVet; sinkspur
Study the word Protestant. Henry's problem with the Vatican, nothing to do with form of worship. Of course, once he took control, he did authorize wide spread looting.
The C of E has evolved in time, and produced Methodism, but if you check my address list, you can see I'm looking for another point of view.
8 posted on 01/17/2005 5:06:41 PM PST by investigateworld (Babies= A sure sign He hasn't given up on mankind!)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm

While "modern day" provos are indeed just gangs of terrorist murderers, even a cursory look at the history of the British empire will tell us that many, if not most, of 20th century world conflicts and strife can be attributed to the English (and the French).

It would be difficult to name 5 countries across the globe who have not been negatively impacted in some capacity throughout history by the thirst for English empire and the tyranny and strife that came with it.

The Irish Republicans lost all semblance of legitimate military conflict when they stopped attacking English military and government targets and used the terrorist methods of carbombings etc.

The worst part is that the bastards are responsible for passing a lot of bomb-making expertise to the Arabs who now use these methods of terror against the Israelis, the Russians, the Serbs, and everywhere else.


9 posted on 01/17/2005 5:21:28 PM PST by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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To: investigateworld

Protestant:"Strictly speaking, the name is applied to any follower or adherent of a religious group or sect that seperated from the Church at the time of the Protestant Reformation. It also includes those members who belong to one of the many offshoots of these original bodies. The term was first used when, after the Diet of Speyer in 1529, Frederick of Saxony and others "protested" against the decree permitting Catholic worship." --Catholic Encyclopedia page 498. c. 1976

Technically, the term originated as a protest against the religious tolerance plan worked out by the Diet of Speyer.

What point of view are you looking for?


10 posted on 01/17/2005 5:30:07 PM PST by FederalistVet (Hitler was a liberal!)
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To: FederalistVet; skellmeyer
I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box to discuss the various forms of Christian Worship. But smarter people than me have stated the Protestant "practice" does not include the Anglican/ C of E/ practices, and one of these is an Anglican clergymen. Clearly, only one gains when devision invades the followers of Christ.
And as certain sects ordain open and practicing homo's and promote them to high positions of authority, it could be argued that their not even Christian. I don't think the teachings of the Bible are a "Smorgasbord", taking only what you want. But back to the bank caper.
11 posted on 01/17/2005 5:46:53 PM PST by investigateworld (Babies= A sure sign He hasn't given up on mankind!)
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