But my view about the "spyring" has not changed.TAE said:If Blair said Iran have WMD, that wouldn't mean that they don't have WMD, but I certainly wouldn't take his word for it.
If someone has been lying and deceiving then its only prudent to be sceptical about what they say.
Right sorry.TAE said:Dilzybhoy, I'm not saying that there was a spy ring.
smash_g8 said:
infact no one 'cos it didn't exist.Donaldson probably felt that so few knew about the IRA's operation...
Apart from you not wanting to believe it existed, why are you so sure this is the case?Dilzybhoy said:infact no one 'cos it didn't exist.
Dilzybhoy said:infact no one 'cos it didn't exist.
wht's your take on it SG8?
Not a single prosecution.TeeJay said:Apart from you not wanting to believe it existed, why are you so sure this is the case?
Hah. he has had is "doctorate" removed.smash_g8 said:Norn irlan we're talking about. I'm consulting Dr Jazzz about it to try and make some sense about the whole thing. The chances are that everybody knew a little about something, but not everyone knew a lot.
Dilzybhoy said:Hah. he has had is "doctorate" removed.
i would've thought a man of your calibre and "experience" would have all the answers.
cantcha phone some ex-comrades and get the low down???
tbh nothing would surprise me.smash_g8 said:you might be surprised, when, especially coming up to the peace declaration being declared back in the 90's just who was passing info on to the security forces. And I'm talking a lot higher than Donaldson. I think your comrades would be more helpful in this situation
Dilzybhoy said:tbh nothing would surprise me.
have you any evidence to support your innuendo?
Dilzybhoy said:Ahh, so you didn't witness it. someone told you. someone on the orange wing?
no mattter, i'm a pragmatist and anything that improves the lot of your average wc is alright by me.
a non sectarian pragmatist. innit!smash_g8 said:a proddy pragmatist or a mickey pragmatist???
the prophet Dilzybhoy said:There seems to be a bit of a kick up about the alleged "criminality" of the republican movement. People are forgetting why it is we are where we are now. It's because the unionists want us to be here. Remember that Stormont was dissolved because some wee janny was caught taking documents from Castlereagh torture centre. The Unionists then made up wee stories about a republican "spyring" and the Brits went along with them. Fucken eejits, do they think we're all stupid over here?
At the same time this nonsense about a "spyring" was being peddled, Mo Mowlam admitted that she authorised the bugging of Sinn Fein Members' homes and even cars!
sparticus.BTW How's your 911 research going Larry? Have you worked out said:Seeing as you have asked, I am now at the stage of having gathered virtually all the research materials I have deemed necessary. I'm not sure if I'll have time (due to domestic commitments) to do v. much in near future, but it strikes me that prior to any examination of 9/11 itself, the essential thing is to look at the origins/trajectory of Al Qaeda itself. Once, in my own mind, I have a firm enough grasp of that phenomenon, the next thing (close but not identical) is to look at the Bush Family:Saudi connections. At that point, conjunctural analysis of the 9/11 'moment' becomes feasible. Sadly, I think most people who take the 9/11 conspiraloon line tend to start with a gut premise (the whole thing was a sham) & then work backwards, in the course of which Al-Q is seen as almost as CIa flag of convenience--the line taken by Shayler for example. To properly assess this, an analytical/historical answer to the question of Al Qaeda 'relative autonomy' (or otherwise) seems the essential first step. Should there be any interest (!) I would be willing to post in the near future my list of intended research materials, primarily books--I have a gut aversion to taking internet sources as seriously . Though that should properly be in another thread.
Yes I'd seen the tribune article and not sure what to make of it yet.tollbar said:Interesting post on Irish Indymedia on Donaldsons activities in the US and Scotland and subsequent splits.
already on my list, as too Ahmed's other book.sparticus said:
oi2002 said:I was offline in Belfast when this little bombshell landed. Donaldson has an interesting CV, he's actually the beardy guy in the famous photo with Bobby Sands. Folk were not surprised that a high level SF political was a tout but they were suprised it was a decent sort like Denis. There'll be bigger shocks to come.
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You do know some lovely people don't you c1.cemertyone said:Oh if only you knew .....a little source from Andytown tells me that the provisionals in Belfast are currently holding one of their own at the minute for something much more serious than Mr Donaldson`s treachery...i guess i will come out in the new year...if at all and if he lives that long...
Bob_the_lost said:You do know some lovely people don't you c1.
I'd change sports if i were you.cemertyone said:Par for the course my friend.............