Posted on 03/18/2006 10:14:19 AM PST by Irish_Thatcherite
Higgins Outraged When Sinn Fein Leader Stopped By Terrorist Watch List
Mar 18, 2006 - A St. Patricks day crowd in South Buffalo didn’t get to hear the star attraction…he was detained in Washington after turning up on a terrorist watch list.
Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein was detained at Reagan National Airport. Sinn Fein is the political arm of the Irish Republican Army.
Congressman Brian Higgins broke the news to hundreds of people celebrating the holiday at the Irish Center in South Buffalo. “We got a call tonight that Gerry Adams is being detained in Washington for in inordinate period of time because his name turned up on a terror watch list.” The crowd booed the announcement.
Adams is a key figure in the Irish peace process and many credit him for moving that process forward. But he and his party remain controversial. Even though Adams has been in the country for days, and even met with President Bush at the White House, he was denied boarding his flight to Buffalo when his name turned up on the terrorist watch list.
Adams reacted from Washington: “I'm surprised and bewildered as to the rationale and the purpose, I just don't understand it."
Higgins was also puzzled : “I think this administration needs to be more understanding of the issues surrounding the Northern Ireland peace process."
HEHE, why do you think his psuedonym was 'Brownie'?
Sweet Jesus, a little justice in the world.
Glad Adams got a reminder of what he is!!
But the obvious question must then be asked. If he is a terrorist, why was President Bush meeting with him in the White House?
It does seem a bit silly to, on the one hand, invite him to the White House, and on the other hand, detain him from boarding an airplane.
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