Sinn Féin uncovers spy post
Twinbrook Sinn Féin councillor Paul Butler has questioned the
role of the British army in Twinbrook after the discovery, in a
derelict flat, of army issue items including mess cans and food.
Butler is accusing the British forces of having set up a spy post
which they were using to monitor the movements of republicans in
the Summerhill area over the tense Twelfth period.
``Local people heard noises in what was an unoccupied flat that
was shuttered up with a steel door. Republicans, including
myself, went to investigate and discovered that the shutter had
been prised open and inside we found food items, an army issue
pouch, water bottle and lamp as well as mess cans. People are
obviously worried at what seems to have been a British spy post
operating at this tense time and are asking if there is any
connection between the spy post and the death of UDA man Brian
Morton who blew himself up last week'', said Butler.
According to Butler residents of other flats in the vicinity had
discovered British army patrols trying to gain access to other
derelict flats in the area in the past three weeks, but had
pulled out of the area when residents went to investigate their
activities.
``It seems they were trying hard to get a base in the area,'' the
Sinn Fein councillor said.
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