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Britain
Sinn Fein Leader Calls Off New York Trip
2005-11-08
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on Monday called off a trip to New York after the United States refused to lift restrictions barring him from raising money there. Adams, who has spent the past two decades guiding his IRA-allied party into Ireland's political mainstream, had been granted a visa allowing him to travel to the United States on Tuesday to receive a peace award. But the State Department refused a request for him to speak at a $500-a-plate dinner benefiting his party's U.S. organization, Friends of Sinn Fein. Adams said he would speak at a similar dinner in Canada on Saturday.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Pity the Loyalists didn't finish the job they started on him years ago.

All due respect mac, by far, most of the killings and violence in Northern Ireland is now attributed to the Loyalist paramilitaries.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2005-11-08 12:57  

#4  Oh yes of course... that was mother Annie's son striken with Polio in Dublin. The jar at the end of the bar right?
Posted by: Besoeker   2005-11-08 11:32  

#3  No, it just means the money gets raised in U.S. in the time-tested ways. In bars and pubs, at get-togethers, in quiet meetings at pol's homes...
Posted by: Pappy   2005-11-08 11:30  

#2  Adams said he would speak at a similar dinner in Canada on Saturday.

My take on that would be.... raising money in Kanada to support Friends of Sinn Fein (terrorist organization) in the States?

Posted by: Besoeker   2005-11-08 10:11  

#1  Good. That murdering bastard has no business on US soil. Pity the Loyalists didn't finish the job they started on him years ago. I can think of few terrorist MFs who need killing more than him. When he and the bearded scumbag of Havana bite the dust the world will be a lot better off.
Posted by: mac   2005-11-08 06:29  

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