"Peter Thomas" wrote in message
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On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:09:59 GMT, "Michael McKelvy"
wrote:

Only if you mean we want someone using the profits for something
other than terrorism.
But America has used its profits to fund the IRA through Noraid.
That's terrorism. US-funded terrorism.
NORAID is a private organization and purports to oppose terrorsim,

It opposed terrorism, in a way. It opposed terrorism from
loyalist/pro-Ulster groups from Northern Ireland, by, er, funding
terrorist republican groups.

private
donations from private citizens are impossible to prevent. Do you have
any
evidence that the US government provides them with funding?

I used past tense. Here's the proof...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search



BTW, I have never understood why anybody from this country would want to
fund the IRA in any way.

It seems that Bush has had the good sense to agree that they should not be
allowed to get funding from us, so what's the beef?

Try explaining it without the usual histrionics. If you check recent posts
made by me, you will find that I'm not a member of the Republican or
Democrat party, I have much more respect for our Constitution than either of
them.