Aug 28, 2009
Irish News letters page: Who killed the hunger strikers?
Who killed the hunger strikers?
Irish News letters page
Sam Greer, Belfast
28/08/2009
If the people of Cappagh in Co Tyrone love the hunger strikers as much as Francie Molloy says they do, they should ask what those men died for.
It is common knowledge that six lives could have been spared in a deal offered by the British which was turned down by the leadership outside to garner votes for the future British administration in Stormont. Like the loyalists, the republican leadership was bought out.
To the people of Cappagh, I ask: What was it all about?
It has withstood the blows of a million years, and will do so to the end.
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