Subject:  Real IRA Statement in Full |
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Date Posted: 23:09:11 12/15/01 Sat
14 December 2001
As a result of recent events surrounding the ombudsman's report into the Omagh bombing, the leadership of Oglaigh na hÉireann, following one of the longest investigations in its history, would like to clarify certain aspects of this terrible tragedy.
We can confirm that MI5 handled two agent provocateurs, whose identities are known to us. One operated in the north/west area and the other in the north/east region. These agents were instrumental in the planning and implementation of the bombing that occurred that day.
At the time, given their background, we believed them to be genuine republicans, even though they belonged to a different organisation.
They were not our members but had dealings with certain individuals within our ranks.
Because of this co-operation and their use of our code word for three warnings, we felt a moral obligation to accept responsibility for the bombing.
As a result of their actions, our members, over the past three years, have been subjected to a campaign of vilification, despite the fact that people at government level and in the security agencies had knowledge of
the true facts.
In the immediate aftermath we had contact with a senior government representative, as well as a cleric, acting as a mediator, and both confirmed to us on separate occasions, that they were in possession of information that established our minimal involvement in this terrible
tragedy.
We can confirm also that minutes of these meetings exist.
Therefore, we call on these people to come forward now and confirm the truth of the matter.
Failing this, we reserve the right to release into the public domain the information available to us, at a time of our choosing.
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