fRfsldTpeopLe Volumes, Number 36 Saturday, September 11, 1976 x-523 S 10.00 Per Year Twenty Cents New Law Bills Mean Military Police State The consequences to the Irish who have been imprisoned and of people is appalling if the currently whose plight the world had never proposed Bill Against Terrorism is heard. Similar things happened in passed and becomes law. I feel that Portugal under Salazar's government, NATO Intelligence Used and are happening now in all the the politicians in the Oireachtas are not politically learned enough to countries behind the Iron realise what the horrible Curtain-even in Russia itself-which consequences of such a Bill holds the whip hand over them all. To Keep Irish In Bondage becoming law in this country will be. The Coalition seeks now, through NATO Intelligence now believes owned by a syndicate composed ot together in the old Naval Intelligence t give, under numbered paragraphs, this Bill, to bring Ireland into line that it has identified the exact route Greek wine-dirppers in partnership building near Valetta. some of the points that occur to me with Franco's idea of government; used by the Provos to smuggle arms with an infamous pair of Maltese To add a James Bond-007 touch so as to bring the horror of this with Salazar's idea of government, from the Middle East to Ireland. brothers who made their millions out to the story, one of the pretty legislation to their notice, and to the and with R ussia's idea of They believe that the arms of the Soho vice-rackets. Maltese secretaries employed to help notice of the electorate, and to show government-all blatant coercive trail-which leads from Libya to the Arms are only a minor part of the with the team's clerical work was what the likely consequences of the systems which allowed no opposition shores of Malta and then on to the smugglers' cargo. Stable items dismissed when it was discovered Bill may be. whatsoever and ruled by councils St George's Channel before the final include olive oil, US cigarettes run that her current steady boyfriend chosen by themselves. I see this Bill The Civil Liberties Association tra nsf er to Irish f ish ing from Tangiers to West Germany and was a first cousin of the Messina as steering Ireland on the same road. have declared their opposition to the boats-accounts for the bulk of all Italy. Greek wine into France for brothers who ran the vice rackets in Bill because It takes away the civil arms and ammunition supplied to illegal mixing with French and London's Shepherd's Market area. 4. -AS a matter of fact THE BILL rights of the people and ignores ^he the Proves by Colonel Gadafft. Algerian wine before obtaining a Another familiar twist came l8?t MEANS THE END OF United Nations Charter of Human French "Appalation Controle", and year, half way through the NATO DEMOCRACY IN THE REPUBLIC. A special top secret report Rights which is understood to cover running illegal, mainly Arab, investigation when one of the Yard's This, of course, demonstrates, what prepared by NATO the whole world;the Irish Section of immigrants to the European vice squad was recalled to London to the Coalition have been aiming at counter-intelligence for the Council Amnesty International will find itself continent. face an anti-corruption probe. since they reached that apex of of Ministers names a Greek-owned too busy attending to cases in political life. Their spokesmen have shipping company based in Malta as The key breakthrough comes at The NATO report reveals that Ireland to give any attention to their denigrated the 1916 Rising and have the main merchant of the arms the end of a two-year anti-Provo arms supplied from Libya are taken work on behalf of prisoners of shown by their speeches that they traffic. probe by NATO intelligence officers aboard fast converted motor-boats in conscience. at the request of the then Tory Tripoli and then taken to Malta wished we were back to W. T. Now, spurred on by the I am glad to note that so famous a Prime Minister Edward Heath. A where they are repacked onto Cosgrave's "Irish Free State" when assassination of their former man as Fr. Denis Faul of Dungannon team of experienced NATO officers German and Greek coasters for the we were part of the British Empire. colleague, Mr. Christopher brings out in a recent statement from Casteau-Mons near Brussels, journey through the Straits of 5. -Not only are Fine Gael at Ewart-Biggs, the British Ambassador some of the points that I raise. As aided by Dublin Castle's Special Gibraltar. ^^^^ fault, but the Irish Parliamentary to Dublin, NATO spy-chiefs are recently as last Sunday, August 29, Branch, Scotland Yard's Vice Squad Labour Party will share the burden taking urgent moves to plug the Fr. Faul warned, and I quote "that and Naval Intelligence personnel It is believed that British of guilt if they collaborate in Provos' supply route. detention 'i ncommunicado' of from the British Joint Services intelligence first tried to persuade dragging the country down to this The arms-smuggling suspects for seven days-as under the Intelligence Wing, have been working level. Perhaps the Labour Ministers firm-code-named Palyanna-is proposed legislation in the Continued to page 3. feel that as members of the Oabinet South-was the basis of the torture they must support the Government In the North and the people of the but, surely to goodness, there are Republic should take note of this other Labour members who are not ,and ensure that no such thing would Use Of Torture Proved so bound by their membership of the become law here." Here are some of [Copied from Editorial of the PRESS and the details will not shock years ago and by the one-sided use of Cabinet who can voice their the points that occur to me on IRISH PRESS, Friday, readers now, so inured to horror has internment. dissociation with the measure by learning of the Clauses of the September 3, 1976] the Northern tragedy made us all, as It is hard to understand how this abstaining tf they do not want to proposed Bill. The controversy over the release much as they would have had they portion of the Irish case was lost. vote"No." become known five years ago, but of the torture findings bids fair to Internment was used in a selective 1. -lt abrogates the Constitution. 6. -Fianna Fail, It would appear, they are appalling in themselves outweigh the nature of the findings fashion-only Catholics were picked 2. -It will affect every man, also favours the Bill except for the themselves, which is in a sense a nice nevertheless. It would be interesting up inttially and it is obviously not woman and child, because with the clause declaring a National comment on the Government's to learn if the men who carried out true to say that the security situation abrogation of the Constitution we Emergency. They may find other embarrassed posture at being caught such practices are still serving in warranted it or that it was in any lose all rights the State has gained clauses In the Bill to object to as pressing the charge with one hand Northern Ireland. There is in fact a way helped by internment because it since its separation from England. well; it remains to be seen. But if all and, with the other, introducing suspicion that some of them have was the introduction of internment, 3. -lt will create impossibilities for the political parties in Dail Elreann legislation which shortens the road since been promoted. combined with the torture, which trade-unionists and prevent them think that c o ercive repressive to such practices being introduced put the North on its final slide to from doing anything that would It was significant that it was stated legislation is the cure for what the here. anarchy. enable them to improve the on ITN yesterday that these methods Government chooses to term conditions under which they are There is no doubt that someone of interrogation are still being taught Our legislators should ponder on "terrorism" and "subversion," they compelled to live. For since this Bill connected with the G overnment to British security personnel-but, the findings of this report. "It should think again, for terrorism makes it an offence to do, or say, leaked the report-apparently the explanation is, only so that they couldn't happen here" is probably stalks the land under many guises anything against the Government, through London for whatever reason can know what to expect and hpw to the general consensus. "Public that evoke no punishment, no the channels of protest and dissent we know not-but the degree of react should they be unfortunate opinion wouldn't allow it," people Special Courts, no imprisonment, yet namely, picketing, striking, marching confusion surrounding the enough to be captured by an enemy will say. The answer is that no all too frequently death and injury Is or protesting against grievances in Government's handling of this aspect and subjected to such practices country in Western Europe can boast the tragic lot of the victim. any way will be denied them. The of the torture case is well evidenced themselves! That will reassure people of a more advanced or enlightened unemployed, the housewife afflicted I refer to the terrorism of carnage by the fact that, up to the time that like Fr.