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Disgust At Court Award

21 May 2001

County Armagh Grand Lodge meeting on 21st May expressed concern at the recent decision of the European Court to award approx. £40,000 to each of the families of I.R.A. terrorists shot dead by the security forces at Loughgall.

The court did not find the British Government guilty of a "shoot to kill" policy as I.R.A./Sinn Fein would have people believe and as the relatives of the terrorists wanted.

The reality is that the terrorists were caught in the act of attempting to murder policemen.

It is incredible that the court bent over backwards to financially reward those who brought this case.

This clearly sends out a mesage that appeasement of terrorism is alive and well.

We should not be surprised by this given the record of the British and Irish Governments in recent years.

We are left to wonder what the Spanish Government makes of this case, given the vicious murder campaign conducted by ETA terrorists in that country.

The European Union should bear in mind the fact that I.R.A./Sinn Fein have assisted ETA, not least in introducing the car-bomb to Spanish cities.

We pose the question whether Irish terrorism is "acceptable" in the minds of some?

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