Newry/South Armagh - Further Raids and Arrests

national | miscellaneous | press release Wednesday February 06, 2008 21:59 by Richard Walsh - Republican Sinn Féin

British offensive continues in Cos. Down & Arnagh

FURTHER RAIDS AND ARRESTS IN NEWRY/SOUTH ARMAGH

There were further raids in Newry and South Armagh today. A house was raided in the Armagh Road area of Newry. Mobile telephones, a telephone cable, address book and rolls of tape were taken. Raids also continued elsewhere in the town, and it was reported that a fifth person was arrested. There was continued resistance to the British presence by youths in the Derrybeg, Carnagat and Parkhead areas.

A yard in South Armagh belonging to a man arrested the previous morning was also raided.

Late this afternoon the Chairperson of Comhairle Uladh (Ulster Executive) was released. Two men had been released the previous night.

It is clear that there was no justification for these raids and arrests. They amount to nothing less than an attempt to silence the Republican voice in an area with an honourable record of resistance to English rule in Ireland. The actions of the British Colonial Police clearly show who are really 'lashing out like cornered animals'.