WORLD LEADERS OUTRAGED
World leaders outraged
Gerry Adams: "I am totally horrified by this action. I condemn it without equivocation."
David Trimble: "Sinn Fein cannot escape its responsibility in this bloody atrocity."
Queen Elizabeth: "I was shocked to hear of the appalling crime in Omagh which resulted in so many deaths and injuries. Please pass my heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved, injured and those others who have suffered in their distress."
Tony Blair: "This is an appalling act of savagery and evil by people who are determined, whatever the cost to innocent people, to wreck the prospects for peace in Northern Ireland. "We will pursue them to the utmost in order to bring them to justice for this terrible deed. These people will never be allowed to win."
Bill Clinton: "I renew my pledge to stand with the people of Northern Ireland against the perpetrators of violence; they will find no friends here.
"On behalf of the American people, I condemn this butchery."
Ronnie Flanagan: "We have had men, women and children slaughtered here this afternoon, slaughtered by murderers who have nothing else to offer. Our thoughts go out to the people who have been injured."
John Hume: "It is clear that the people who carried out this terrible deed today are not only appalling murderers, they are undiluted fascists. "They are clearly attempting to impose their will on the people of Ireland as a whole, against the will of people of Ireland. This tiny minority are seeking to impose their views by murder that is undiluted fascism.
Seamus Mallon: "The people of Omagh have had a terrible, terrible price to pay for the sheer atavism and barbarity of the people who carried this out. What I say to those people is they will not succeed and they will not win because we will not allow them to do so."
Martin McGuinness: "This appalling act was carried out by those opposed to the peace process. It is designed to wreck the process and everyone should work to ensure the peace process continues."
Eyewitness Dorothy Boyle: "I've never seen anything like it. I saw bodies lying everywhere, dead people being zipped into bags."
Ian Paisley: "I have as much respect for the British Government as I have for the IRA. They both have played this game of telling people we can win this by concession after concession."
Pope John Paul II: "I hope for the dear island that the people of goodwill will not yield to violence."
Nelson Mandela: "I urge the people of the United Kingdom and Ireland today to continue pursuing peace even more steadfastly."
George Mitchell: "A minority of cowards are trying to destroy what is supported by an overwhelming majority of the people."
John Bruton: "The bombers are addicted to violence and had no place in a civilised society.
Archbishop Connell: "I wish to convey my horror at this sadistic attack on the people of Omagh."
Archbishop Empey: "The bombers were depraved beyond belief."
Courtesy of Irish Examiner
Gerry Adams: "I am totally horrified by this action. I condemn it without equivocation."
David Trimble: "Sinn Fein cannot escape its responsibility in this bloody atrocity."
Queen Elizabeth: "I was shocked to hear of the appalling crime in Omagh which resulted in so many deaths and injuries. Please pass my heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved, injured and those others who have suffered in their distress."
Tony Blair: "This is an appalling act of savagery and evil by people who are determined, whatever the cost to innocent people, to wreck the prospects for peace in Northern Ireland. "We will pursue them to the utmost in order to bring them to justice for this terrible deed. These people will never be allowed to win."
Bill Clinton: "I renew my pledge to stand with the people of Northern Ireland against the perpetrators of violence; they will find no friends here.
"On behalf of the American people, I condemn this butchery."
Ronnie Flanagan: "We have had men, women and children slaughtered here this afternoon, slaughtered by murderers who have nothing else to offer. Our thoughts go out to the people who have been injured."
John Hume: "It is clear that the people who carried out this terrible deed today are not only appalling murderers, they are undiluted fascists. "They are clearly attempting to impose their will on the people of Ireland as a whole, against the will of people of Ireland. This tiny minority are seeking to impose their views by murder that is undiluted fascism.
Seamus Mallon: "The people of Omagh have had a terrible, terrible price to pay for the sheer atavism and barbarity of the people who carried this out. What I say to those people is they will not succeed and they will not win because we will not allow them to do so."
Martin McGuinness: "This appalling act was carried out by those opposed to the peace process. It is designed to wreck the process and everyone should work to ensure the peace process continues."
Eyewitness Dorothy Boyle: "I've never seen anything like it. I saw bodies lying everywhere, dead people being zipped into bags."
Ian Paisley: "I have as much respect for the British Government as I have for the IRA. They both have played this game of telling people we can win this by concession after concession."
Pope John Paul II: "I hope for the dear island that the people of goodwill will not yield to violence."
Nelson Mandela: "I urge the people of the United Kingdom and Ireland today to continue pursuing peace even more steadfastly."
George Mitchell: "A minority of cowards are trying to destroy what is supported by an overwhelming majority of the people."
John Bruton: "The bombers are addicted to violence and had no place in a civilised society.
Archbishop Connell: "I wish to convey my horror at this sadistic attack on the people of Omagh."
Archbishop Empey: "The bombers were depraved beyond belief."
Courtesy of Irish Examiner
Further Information
Publisher: THE EXAMINER
Ref: TEX/012
Published Date: 17-Aug-98
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