OMAGH CONCERNS TO REACH HOUSE OF LORDS
Omagh concerns to reach House of Lords
DUP Peer Lord Morrow is to raise intelligence concerns in relation to the Omagh bomb in the House of Lords.
His statement follows a commitment from the Prime Minister that the Rt Hon Sir Peter Gibson, the Intelligence Services Commissioner, would examine the evidence.
Lord Morrow also said he intends to raise the matter of intelligence being withheld from investigations in the House.
"I fully support the call from the Omagh victims' families to have these matters and any other pertinent information handed over to the investigation team forthwith," he said.
"Indeed, I am prepared to lay my concerns about this matter before the House of Lords," he said.
"Whilst I will never forget who the real perpetrators were, I am deeply concerned by reports of intelligence being withheld from not only this investigation but other investigations throughout the history of the Troubles," Lord Morrow added.
The DUP peer said that it was the moral duty of the government to ensure that every crime was fully investigated.
"All steps should be taken to assist this investigation," he said.
Lord Morrow's statement follows the recent broadcast of the BBC's Panorama programme, which revealed that the British Government's secret listening station GCHQ had made recordings of at least two of the bombers communicating before and after the bomb went off.
A fellow peer, David Trimble, former First Minister of Northern Ireland, called on Gordon Brown to "urgently" release the recorded conversations of the Omagh bombers.
DUP Peer Lord Morrow is to raise intelligence concerns in relation to the Omagh bomb in the House of Lords.
His statement follows a commitment from the Prime Minister that the Rt Hon Sir Peter Gibson, the Intelligence Services Commissioner, would examine the evidence.
Lord Morrow also said he intends to raise the matter of intelligence being withheld from investigations in the House.
"I fully support the call from the Omagh victims' families to have these matters and any other pertinent information handed over to the investigation team forthwith," he said.
"Indeed, I am prepared to lay my concerns about this matter before the House of Lords," he said.
"Whilst I will never forget who the real perpetrators were, I am deeply concerned by reports of intelligence being withheld from not only this investigation but other investigations throughout the history of the Troubles," Lord Morrow added.
The DUP peer said that it was the moral duty of the government to ensure that every crime was fully investigated.
"All steps should be taken to assist this investigation," he said.
Lord Morrow's statement follows the recent broadcast of the BBC's Panorama programme, which revealed that the British Government's secret listening station GCHQ had made recordings of at least two of the bombers communicating before and after the bomb went off.
A fellow peer, David Trimble, former First Minister of Northern Ireland, called on Gordon Brown to "urgently" release the recorded conversations of the Omagh bombers.
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Publisher: NEWS LETTER
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Published Date: 22-Sep-08
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