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10-22-2007, 03:29 PM
By Chris Anderson
Monday October 22 2007
THE victims' group Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR) has cancelled plans to take part in face-to-face talks with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
The group's director, William Frazer, said his organisation had decided to call off the proposed meeting with the Sinn Fein politician following the weekend murder of Paul Quinn in South Armagh.
William Frazer said FAIR was in "no doubt" that the IRA was involved in Paul Quinn's murder. He said his organisation had spoken to people in the area yesterday and had received reliable information that "the IRA was responsible for the death of Mr Quinn".
"Contrary to what Sinn Fein's Connor Murphy has claimed, this murder was the work of the IRA and no amount of explanation will convince anyone otherwise," he said.
"Following Saturday's brutal murder of Paul Quinn, FAIR has decided not to meet with Martin McGuinness. The face-face-talks with the Deputy First Minister have been cancelled."
William Frazer said the decision to meet with self-confessed ex-IRA leader Martin McGuinness had been a difficult one for FAIR to take. He said FAIR had no pleasure in taking part in such a meeting, but had done so in the interests of "moving things forward".
"It would be an insult to the hundreds of victims of IRA terrorism if we were now to proceed and meet Martin McGuinness," he added.
"As long as Martin McGuinness's IRA foots soldiers are actively involved in murder we won't be meeting him. That is our stated position now and for the foreseeable future."
William Frazer said FAIR had known for some time that the IRA was still active in many border regions
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/victims-group-pulls-out-of-meeting-with-mcguinness-1200872.html
Monday October 22 2007
THE victims' group Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR) has cancelled plans to take part in face-to-face talks with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
The group's director, William Frazer, said his organisation had decided to call off the proposed meeting with the Sinn Fein politician following the weekend murder of Paul Quinn in South Armagh.
William Frazer said FAIR was in "no doubt" that the IRA was involved in Paul Quinn's murder. He said his organisation had spoken to people in the area yesterday and had received reliable information that "the IRA was responsible for the death of Mr Quinn".
"Contrary to what Sinn Fein's Connor Murphy has claimed, this murder was the work of the IRA and no amount of explanation will convince anyone otherwise," he said.
"Following Saturday's brutal murder of Paul Quinn, FAIR has decided not to meet with Martin McGuinness. The face-face-talks with the Deputy First Minister have been cancelled."
William Frazer said the decision to meet with self-confessed ex-IRA leader Martin McGuinness had been a difficult one for FAIR to take. He said FAIR had no pleasure in taking part in such a meeting, but had done so in the interests of "moving things forward".
"It would be an insult to the hundreds of victims of IRA terrorism if we were now to proceed and meet Martin McGuinness," he added.
"As long as Martin McGuinness's IRA foots soldiers are actively involved in murder we won't be meeting him. That is our stated position now and for the foreseeable future."
William Frazer said FAIR had known for some time that the IRA was still active in many border regions
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/victims-group-pulls-out-of-meeting-with-mcguinness-1200872.html