And back to reality..
Very early days in this story and no charges have been filed yet – nor is there an indication of the extent of SOCA’s involvement – but the arrest of Brian Arthurs, described in the BBC report as a prominent republican [and as an PIRA army council member in this 2005 Times report - Ed], following a number of searches in the Armagh and Dungannon area this evening in connection with an investigation into organised crime have prompted this familiar response from Sinn Féin MLA for South Belfast Alex Maskey.. who is soon to be a member of the Policing Board
Sinn Fein policing spokesperson Alex Maskey said the PSNI operation was “unacceptable and heavy handed”. “I have this evening contacted the British government to complain about the nature of this arrest operation,” he added.
[not the Police Ombudsman? - Ed]
Rosebud,
For your info what I said is not unsubstantiated it is true. Ask your, once again hammered West Belfast candidate, John Lowry. He will confirm that the sequence of events that I have outlined is correct. Well if he is honest he will. It should be noted that this was not a private affair but a meeting held by the WP in support of the Bradys whom the WP claimed were being victimised. The community confronted them at the meeting and the WP were left to retreat to the bar at Cyprus Street with their collective tails between their legs.
I am a resident of the Falls Road and would love for you to elaborate on what the WP has been involved in with reference to anti-social behaviour, illegal cigarettes, etc. I should clarify that I mean what have they been involved in in relation to stopping it, as we already know how they are involved in it.
I note your comments that “From their Base in Cyprus Street, members have spent long hours discussing how to better the lives of the people of the area”. And that “Actions speak louder than words”. Do I need to spell out how these assertions contradict each other? I will. Your assertion that WP members have been spending long hours talking in their base at Cyprus Street (which is a bar by the way folks and a quite unsavoury one at that) does not equate to action. I have never experienced, witnessed, or heard of the WP engaging in any of the campaigns as outlined in your previous post. This is abolutely ludicrous.
RedHaze,
If your story is true, why was no-one charged with any offence?
I will restate my central point as it would appear difficult for you to absorb information at the first time of asking.
The meetings held at Cyprus Street did translate into action. Action on ASB that I have referred to in detail in my previous posts.
There, hope that wasn’t too difficult. Now go and have a wee lie down and we’ll see how you go.
Rosebud, Is the irony that your allegations that Stick activists in the Lower Falls are active in combating ASB, in the absence of any proof, [which you have consistently been asked for and equally consistently failed to provide], amount to nothing but unsubstantiated nonsense, [your favourite phrase?], lost on you?.
I’m going to be at risk of repeating myself here:
Do you agree that SF, as a party, are in involved in criminality and:
“Must be condemned for engaging in this activity and should desist forthwith in the same my that my Party has done so and has moved to respectability..â€
Is total and utter bullshit in that:
“ I view the allegations claimed by you to be unsubstantiated nonsense as did the Police and CPS given that no charges were preferred or convictions obtained arising from these fictional events�
Secondly, Can you explain why the policy of Stick activists allegedly combating ASB is to ‘responsibly dispose’ of the confiscated alcohol in private rather than in public?. Surely it’s easier in practical terms to pour the drink down the nearest grate rather than humping all those tins & bottles back to some house/ club/ party to pour them down a sink?.
If you can explain please do, if not why?
Thirdly do you disagree that a sizeable amount of WP members overlapped as OIRA members? If so could you answer my question as to what happened to all those guns that weren’t decommissioned?.
No more equivocation, no more evasiveness a simple yes or no will suffice for each question followed by a short qualification as to why you believe your answer to be true.
UFB, It is difficult to wade through the messy morass that is your meandering ramblings. Your tortuous whaffle is straight from the Garth Crooks’ school of succint questions.
Nonetheless, I will be patient of you and try my best to decipher and then extract your purported questions from your directionless diatribe.
1) Err no sorry….
2) Was it B) Red Rum?
3) Anne of Cleaves.
What does the above posting mean Rosebud,
(I of course appreciate that this is new ground for you as the Sticks have never been subjected to this kind of questioning surrounding their nefarious past/present activities before).
Does it mean that you can’t substantiate the veracity of your claims and therfore can’t answer my perfectly straightforward questions or are you reading that drivel from a past Workers Part manifesto?
Watch out for the feature on BBC Newsline this evening on ASB issues in the Short Strand and the formation of a new WP Branch designed to work to combat this problem.
“And the formation of a new WP Branch designed to work to combat this problem”
By allegedly disposing of confiscated alcohol discretely VERY discretely?.