RUC quick to speculate on mortar bombs
Following Tuesday's mortar bomb attack on the RUC
station in Armagh, Assistant Chief Constable Tom Craig
instantly suggested that the IRA was somehow linked.
This despite the fact that he claimed to be reluctant
to ``make any assumptions''.
The Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson was just as
quick off the mark in pointing the finger at the IRA.
Of the six mortar bombs launched, only one is thought
to have exploded and all were wide of their target.
Speculation about who was behind the attack has focused
on the Continuity Army Council.
Gerry Adams, when asked who he thought was responsible
for the attack, said: ``I don't know. It could have been
any number of individuals and organisations from
securocrats, through dirty tricks, loyalists and
republican elements who want to keep Sinn Fein out of
the talks.''
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