JENKINS'S BILL is deliberately aimed to intimidate the opponents of British imperialism's bloudy war in the six Countics-Lice these 14 members of the British Withdrawal from Northeru Ircland Campaign' airealy being prosecuted for their The way the bulk of Britain's capitalist press was going on about it there was no. doubt at all that it was the IRA which had been bebind the bombs. Despite the disclaimer by Brendan Magill, spokesman for Sinn Fein, the press plugged this theme for all it was worth. Thair aim was obviously to build up an atmosphere of hysteria so as to pressurise the Labour Govarnment SHICH Thes IAH PrOvINnA SHAn issued a statement denying any complicity in the Birmingham bombings. The Timer, Guerdian, Financie/ Times, Deily Mirrar and Sun were among those who failed even to mention the statement.
The Doily Telegraph mentioned it. but clalmed that the denial 'was being treated with extreme scapticiam by security forces and the intalligence services.' Surprise, surprise. As if British Intelligence, having made full use of the bamb ingu to harass lrish militants and isolate opponents of British policy in ireland, УНІ ПИО У НЕСИТ ПИ РОМО ПИЛІНІ Certainly an air of mystery surrounds the whole situation. The Times, for instance, gave an incredibly contredictory account on Friday of the bombings: "The Birmingham Post received y warring call at 8.11 pmL., La bit further on in the same paragraph Police attompted to cicar the arees but the ex plosions took place within 12 minutes of the warning... La faw lines further down in the same reportl The bombe went off at 8:30pm Now, the time ditference between 8.11 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. is 79 minutes, and neither The Times nor the ather pepers explain why, if there was a 12 or 19 minute warning, the police did not clear the pubs.
The Provisional IRA statement raisas the possibility that the bombings waro planned by some splinter group not associated with the Republicans, but Infiltratad by stite agente; or thet they were carried out by extrama right-wing groups as a deliberate provocation to fonoe the Labour Government into banning the IRA and to strengthen chauvinism towards the frish community in this counry.
The sctivities of the Spocial Branch and the intolligence sarvices in relation to the Lennon and Littlejohn affairs have given us convincing suldence of the 'dirty tricks' of which these groups ane It is in these areas that a reaf investi gation should be mounted. Haring aided in the cover-up of the Littlajohn and Lennon affairs, it is hardty surprising that our "libiral" Home Secretary, Roy Jankins i concentrating his attention in other directions.
C. Howard
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