IRISH
NATIONAL CAUCUS ON KILLING OF BRITISH SOLDIER
Washington, D.C., February 14, 1997 -- The Capitol Hill-based
Irish National Caucus has reacted in dismay and sadness to the killing
of the British soldier, Stephen Restorick, in Bessbrook, Armanagh.
"I condemn this killing utterly," said Fr. Sean
McManus, Irish National Caucus President.
"How is the cause of justice and peace served by the killing
of one more person in Northern Ireland?," he asked.
"If the killing of over 3000 people by the Security forces
of Republicans and Loyalists has not solved anything, how will one more
killing solve the problem?," he inquired.
"Those who killed the soldier could not have been unaware
that such a killing may be the one thing that would finally cause the
Loyalists to break their cease-fire.
That, therefore, makes the killing doubly wrong."
"I appeal to the Loyalists not to break their cease-fire.
I appeal to the I.R.A. to restore their ceasefire.
And I appeal to the London government to throw a life-line to the
peace-process before it totally goes under."
