Capitol Hill . July 22, 2004 --- President Bush has
been told to tear up the Spicer contract, because it has
Irish blood on it -- the blood of young Peter Mc Bride
who was gunned down, unarmed and innocent, in Northern
Ireland in 1992, by the Scots Guard. The former
commander of that unit , Lt. Col. Tim Spicer, is now
head of a private security company, Aegis Defense
Services, which has been given a $293 Million dollar
contract in Iraq.
Father Sean Mc Manus, president of the Capitol
Hill-based Irish National Caucus has written to
President Bush asking him " in the name of decency to
cancel the Spicer contract as it has Peter Mc Bride's
blood on it". He goes on to tell Mr. Bush, " This could
undo any credit you gained from Irish-Americans for you
support of the Irish peace-process.U.S. dollars should
not subsidize such a person as Lt. Col. Spicer. And
long-suffering Iraq needs him no more
than Northern Ireland needed him".
" We are determined not to accept this terrible insult
to the Mc Bride family and to Irish-Americans. I cannot
believe that President Bush would have approved such an
outrageous contract. He has got to undo this great
wrong. This is going to be an election issue. Iraq does
not need the likes of Spicer , and U.S. dollars should
not be funding him -- and, in effect, endorsing the
murder of Peter Mc Bride", he concluded.
