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From: Alan McConnell To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;; Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: Sinn Fein On UDA Threat - FOSF Canada Please find below a Sinn Fein Press Release. Friends of Sinn Fein (Canada) 14th January 2002 UDA threat - test for British government Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP and party colleague North Belfast MLA Gerry Kelly will today meet the British Secretary of
State John Reid at 5pm this evening.
Speaking to the
media in advance of the meeting Mr. Adams said:
``How the British government responds to the threat from the UDA and from its securocrats
who are involved
with that organisation, is a test for that government.
Nationalists and republicans see the British response to
the UDA as a measure of its
seriousness about
the peace process.
``It is very clear that there is a marked reluctance by the police force and the British security agencies to confront the threat posed by the UDA.
``Over the last two years the UDA has been responsible for almost 20 killings, scores of injuries, over 300
bomb attacks against Catholic homes, churches and property.
``It is clear that there is a marked difference in the institutional response to violence when it comes from loyalists as opposed to
republicans.
`Why - it can't be because of a lack of
information. ``The UDA was established by the
British,
it is an organisation that is riddled with British agents, either
working for Special Branch or
other intelligence services.
``The British government cannot hide from these facts. It cannot abdicate its responsibilities. ``That means concern is not enough. The British have a responsibility to confront the challenge posed by
the UDA but more urgently, and more immediately it must exercise control
over the securocrats who are running and paying
their agents within the UDA.
Sinn Féin Press Office, 44 Parnell Square, Dublin
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