Shooting at army base
The BBC are reporting that soldiers were fired on during a drive by shooting at the Massereene Army base in Antrim. Unconfirmed reports said one person was feared dead and five others wounded, but it is not clear if they were civilians or military personnel.
Update:
The BBC are now reporting two dead and up to five injured whilst UTV suggest two soldiers have been killed and four people (two soldiers, two civilians) have been injured.
The RIRA issued a statement in 2003:
“The British continue to claim sovereignty over part of our country and while that is the case armed struggle will always be justified.”
the Armed struggle may not necessarily be an, “end in itself,” but one only has to look at the gains made by Sinn Fein / PIRA to see that such a tactic worked in the past.
the very fact that PICADOR indicates, “thus the North remains under British jurisdiction,” is the only reason ‘True / Traditional’ Republicans need…
As Gregory stated on another post, “there would not be many tears shed in the Nationalist community due as a result of the killing of British soldiers.” The point is, he is stating the truth, as although there may never be a return to full scale violence, resentment still exists underneath the surface.
i wonder would anyone in NI be too bothered if the small number of dissidents were just killed off?
its 2009, we’re talking mid 90s for an end to most terrorist killings. end of 90s for a political agreement. thats a long time ago. the people who are involved in these killings will be alive for the next 40-50 years. do we really want to live with the threat of one man with a gun doing this again? its not like society hasnt over looked many murders for the sake of peace. hard thoughts…
Well it’s certainly worked well in the past, hasn’t it? Apart from the fact that it’s illegal, creates ‘martyrs’, which in turn leads to more and more people following in their footsteps. Oh, and don’t forget the inquiries that inevitably follow, the investigations that are carried out, the poisoning of community relations and the sheer immorality of the state sidestepping its own law.
Aside from that, a brilliant idea.