TIME FOR BLAIR TO TACKLE TERRORISTS
Time for Blair to tackle terrorists
FOLLOWING the mass murder of innocent civilians in Omagh, the one aspect I found more nauseating than any other was the assurances given by Prime Minister Tony Blair, and his Dublin counterpart that the psychopaths who perpetrated this barbaric deed would be relentlessly hunted down and brought to justice.
These assurances come from the same men whose Governments are presently bending over backwards to placate and appease convicted murderers, allowing them early release from prison, letting their murderous gangs retain their deadly arsenals and permitting their bloodstained political apologists to become involved in the future government of Northern Ireland.
If Sinn Fein/IRA had been forced to decommission their illegal arsenal prior to their admittance into the political arena, then what took place on Saturday might never have happened.
The blood-thirsty fiends who visited Omagh, probably learned their gruesome trade under the Provos and which faction of the IRA they represent is largely irrelevant.
Prime Minister Blair must now realise that Sinn Fein/ IRA can no longer be bought off with concession after concession. If he values our British democratic system of government, he must now get off his knees, insist on the total decommissioning of all paramilitary groupings and cease the premature release of convicted murderers.
Dr BRIAN M MAXWELL, Portsmouth.
FOLLOWING the mass murder of innocent civilians in Omagh, the one aspect I found more nauseating than any other was the assurances given by Prime Minister Tony Blair, and his Dublin counterpart that the psychopaths who perpetrated this barbaric deed would be relentlessly hunted down and brought to justice.
These assurances come from the same men whose Governments are presently bending over backwards to placate and appease convicted murderers, allowing them early release from prison, letting their murderous gangs retain their deadly arsenals and permitting their bloodstained political apologists to become involved in the future government of Northern Ireland.
If Sinn Fein/IRA had been forced to decommission their illegal arsenal prior to their admittance into the political arena, then what took place on Saturday might never have happened.
The blood-thirsty fiends who visited Omagh, probably learned their gruesome trade under the Provos and which faction of the IRA they represent is largely irrelevant.
Prime Minister Blair must now realise that Sinn Fein/ IRA can no longer be bought off with concession after concession. If he values our British democratic system of government, he must now get off his knees, insist on the total decommissioning of all paramilitary groupings and cease the premature release of convicted murderers.
Dr BRIAN M MAXWELL, Portsmouth.
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0139
Published Date: 20-Aug-98
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