29.02.1996

IRSP warning

British occupying forces have stepped up preparations for intensifying their repression in the Six Counties.

“Their presence will increase an already high level of harassment of nationalist people in working class areas,” said Una Mc Kee of the Irish Republican Socialist Party.

There were signs of a build-up before the ending of the IRA ceasefire, according to the IRSP, including the construction of a helicopter pad at the army base in the nationalist residential area of Upper Springfield.

British-sponsored loyalist terrorist gangs appear to have been engaged in ‘dry runs’, preparing for a possible resumption of sectarian murders.

IRSP spokesperson Ciaran Mc Laughlin warned: “If a renewed military presence should be accompanied by an increase in oppressive actions, then the hand of republican socialists may be forced in defence of working class areas.”

Alan Fox