Tuesday, August 20, 2002

The Disappeared Danny Morrison "How long does it take to question a man? A year? Two years? Ten years? A lifetime? Can the military do anything they want with him, without a tribunal?" This was just one of the probing questions put this week by a frustrated federal judge in the USA who was hearing an appeal by a father of one of 'the disappeared' to find out what had become of his son since he was kidnapped in November 2001. Comments: Google It! 8:44:15 PM

The Disappeared"How long does it take to question a man? A year? Two years? Ten years? A lifetime? Can the military do anything they want with him, without a tribunal?" This was just one of the probing questions put this week by a frustrated federal judge in the USA who was hearing an appeal by a father of one of 'the disappeared' to find out what had become of his son since he was kidnapped in November 2001. Comments: Google It! 8:43:43 PM

Ethical Investment The IRSP in Belfast has questioned the recent announcement of over 80 jobs being created at the Thales Air Defence Company in east Belfast. The contract which is worth £400 million is to be split between 15 firms has been placed by the British and Swedish armed forces to construct a new system called the Next Generation Light Anti-Armour Weapon or NLAW. Comments: Google It! 7:13:46 AM

Garda probe urged The Limerick branch of Republican Sinn Féin is lobbying Opposition leaders to question the actions of an undercover Garda unit in abducting a local man from his home last week. Comments: Google It! 7:09:49 AM

Freedom of Whose Speech? Paul A. Fitzsimmons Leave it to the wry editors of The Blanket to contrast, back-to-back in its 8 August 2002 edition, articles detailing rather opposite views on public speech: Anthony McIntyre's Frances McAuley - Resisting The Loyal Sons Of Hate - reporting the earnest and determined anti-free speech efforts of a Northern Nationalist who advocates that Northern Unionist paraders' speech is only conditionally permissible ("they have to enter into dialogue if they want to march through communities like ours where clearly they are not wanted") - and the intensely pro-free speech article "Intense Winters" by Miguel Castells Artetxe, apparently a Basque nationalist ("[F]reedom means being able to choose among different things. There is no freedom when one cannot opt for a thought that is different from the official thought, different from official doctrine."). Comments: Google It! 7:08:12 AM

The Most Useless, Most Spineless, Most Pointless Of Them All Ciarán Irvine An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. Fresh from an overwhelming General Election victory, faced with a divided, diverse and weak Opposition, the time is ripe for an evaluation of this most enigmatic of leaders. Given that Bertie can confidently look forward to a further 5 years in power (for there are plenty of willing Independents should the PDs decide to bolt), what conclusion can we draw from his existing record - and what can we look forward to in the governance of the 26 Counties in the years to come? Comments: Google It! 7:04:45 AM

UDA threaten Catholics in Derry A group of up to 100 loyalists attacked a hostel for the homeless at John Street in Derry in the early hours of Friday, 2 August. It was the latest in a series of sectarian attacks in the Foyle Road area over the last week. Comments: Google It! 7:03:12 AM

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