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| Watch for US prisoners, Irish airport staff are told |
| 2006-06-18 |
| Staff working at Shannon Airport are being pressed to report any evidence they see of trafficking of prisoners by the US military. It follows the discovery by a cleaner last Sunday of a manacled soldier on board a US civilian aircraft at the airport. The incident has proved highly embarrassing for the Irish government, which had always accepted assurances that no such traffic passed through its airports. Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern has now signalled that gardai may carry out random checks of US planes using the airport, but in the absence of any concrete decision human rights groups have asked staff at Shannon to report anything out of the ordinary. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #10 I suspect the soldier was American. It sounds like he was -- convicted under military codes and headed for punishment stateside. Of course, they can't make that detail a prominent part of the story; that would rob it of the frisson of evil they need to really bash the US. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-06-18 20:21 |
| #9 so where does this bull**it attitude come from? Brussels. And make no mistake about it. They aren't our allies. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-06-18 18:03 |
| #8 WThat's an awefully high moral tone for people who blew up bars and police stations for 60 years. And who helped the Nazis. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-06-18 17:40 |
| #7 SO now the nation of Ireland will assume that the word of the U.S. Government regarding the contents of US military aircraft isn't good enough, and will require inspections. Hmmmm, is it just me or does this cut two ways? A. Don't fly through there anymore, B. Don't let them pass through US schools, installations or property without similar inspections. Seems to me they make a lot of money from trading with the US, so where does this bull**it attitude come from? |
| Posted by: JustAboutEnough 2006-06-18 17:37 |
| #6 If there was a "manacled soldier" on board the flight, there was an armed escort along with him. I suspect the soldier was American. I doubt it had anything to do with the activities in Iraq or Afghanistan. Soldiers used to be shipped back to the States that way from Mannheim on a regular basis. I've been on two flights with them. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-06-18 17:21 |
| #5 They will be the first to fold to the Islamists too. Shame my ancesters have sunk to such a pathetic low. Perhaps thats why we all are here in the "New World", to keep up the Good fight. |
| Posted by: bk 2006-06-18 11:30 |
| #4 Call me when they bring in Whitey Bulger. |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-06-18 09:26 |
| #3 They will be the first to fold to the Islamists too. Shame my ancesters have sunk to such a pathetic low. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-06-18 09:16 |
| #2 That's an awefully high moral tone for people who blew up bars and police stations for 60 years. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-18 08:59 |
| #1 Biggest free-riders in Europe. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-18 06:16 |