IAIS: RUC's List of Irish Nationalists "Stolen" id DAA04810; Fri, 17 Oct 1997 03:33:58 -0400 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit RUC LOSE LIST OF NATIONALISTS NAMES 10/16/97 16:50 EST Loyalists stole a list of nationalists' names from a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) vehicle during weekend disturbances at a parade to mark the 200th anniversary of the execution of three United Irishmen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Fermanagh-South Tyrone Sinn Fein representative, Gerry McHugh said he feared the list would fall into the hands of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), which has already murdered several Catholics this year. An RUC spokesman confirmed that a number of people had been advised about their personal safety after their names were among items of police property stolen on Sunday last. It is believed the names were taken from an RUC vehicle which was turned over by a loyalist mob outside Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. The loyalists were protesting at the Roslea parade held to commermorate three United Irishmen from the village who were hanged in 1797. McHugh said the incident was worrying:"I cannot understand why the RUC was carrying sensitive information in such a situation. I would also query how loyalists were able to steal the information with such ease. I am concerned that this information will now be used for targeting purposes. These people are not even operating a ceasefire so it is very sinister." __________________________________________________________ The Irish American Information Service is a non-profit orginization provding up-to-the-minute objective coverage of news as it happens in Ireland and the North. Please visit us on the World Wide Web at http://www.iais.org ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytire-10.17.97-03:33:58-26370