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Security forces demoralised Anti-Republican terror spreads

· Socialist Challenge No. 102, 28 June 1979 · p. 12 of the scan · 916 words

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36-year-old shot. dead in his home in the largely Catholic Lower Falls district on 19 June. Two people, described as 'youths', killed Sullivan The murder came on the same day and European Parliament MP Ian Paisley talked of a only Ulster are not people to tolerate this situation any McKee, confirms the number recent assassination attempts. On 2 June the 22-year-old Republican Lillian Kelly, a former internee who was working at the time of the attack Falls Road. She only escaped death because the gun of her would-be killer Two days previously an attempt on the lives of the Kerr family had the North gunman burst into their home but Margaret Kerr fled out the back door, while her 14-year-old son Martin escaped upstairs as shots were fired at him. Margaret is the wife of Robert Kerr, who had just been convicted of shooting a British soldier and civilian on the strength of a confession'.

Other targets of the new terror campaign have also had a Republican background. In April an volunteer, Billy Carson, was dead in North while members of Sinn Fein Hannaway and Billy Davidson narrowly survived assassination attempts.

Less fortunate was La supporter of the Official Republicans, who was shot dead in Belfast's city centre on 9 June.

The selective nature assassination campaign suggests that those carrving it out have access to knowledge normally restricted to the files of the various security forces. Certainly the Royal Ulster Constabulary in particular is showing signs of increasing panic at its inability to defeat the Provisionals.

On 6 June Alan Wright, leader of RUC's "trade union', Northern Ireland Police Federation complained: If we are not to lose what small gains we may have made, then the army must play a more active role in the security field.' The Police Federation has hanging of IRA volunteers convicted of murder.

RUC Chief Constable Kenneth Newman has also decreasing ability of the RUC to deal IRA with the IRA by conventional means His annual report for 1978, published shot last week, shows that 843 people were two charged with 'terrorist type' offences Kevin year 1977; although recent explosions rose from 535 to 633.

Joseph Newman's report that one reason for the RUC's failure to bring charges against more people effective internal security by the IRA. the Evidence of involvement in previous assassination provided in a forthcoming trial in ex-soldier have been charged with the gruesome double murder nearly sever years ago of two Catholic farmers in County Fermanagh. four accused Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment.

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The acknowledges tightening of Army YULES sectarian Such campaigns may be Loyalism, soldiers and solution' At the time all were members THet Del the Fermanagh Civil Rights Association - had a total of 31 stab wounds on Che fou were lilal charged after one of them walked into a Scottish police station six months ago and volunteered information.

In such a context possible RUC oI British Army involvement in the new terror campaien cannot be ruled out The anti-Republican forces in the North of Ireland are now in a state of development resignation of Harry West from the leadership of the Official Unionists. This follows his failure to win election to the European Parliament, and the overwhelming success of arch-rival Tan Paisley in picking up over. 170,000 political . divisions taken together with the demoralised state of the RUC and British Army, provide the ground. swell for the crudest form of military which the assassination campaign is a sign.

The Provisional IRA, however, has shown restraint in replying to the preferring members of the security forces as a target rather than individual civilians in the Protestant community.

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