Crown force activity is undermining peace
Mid-Ulster MP Martin McGuiness has called for the immediate
withdrawal of the British Paratroop regiment from Cookstown. He said,
``this regiment has a notorious history of violence and abuse durected
towards the Nationalist community. While many people are trying to
move the peace process forward, the presence of the Paratroop
regiment in Co Tyrone is not at all helpful at this difficult time.''
Meanwhile Sinn Fein councillor for Cookstown, Sean Begley has
questioned the activities of the RUC. Last weekend the RUC visited
the homes of a number of Nationalists to inform them that their lives
were at risk from Loyalist death squads. The RUC has since refused to
give ant specific details about the nature of the threat. Begley said
that such failure by the RUC has the twin effect of increasing fear
and also leaving the threatened more exposed as they don't know
either who is supplying information about their movements or what
aspects of their personal security to alter.
Begley said, ``Why has the RUC called on these families, where has the
information come from? What is the real relationship between the RUC
and the Loyalists in this area.''
``All too often in the past we have seen collusion between the RUC and
Loyalist murder gangs resulting in the murder of Nationalists. How
can we be sure that the same situation is not developing here in
Cookstown.''
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