Irish 'involved' in Bolivia 'assassination attempt'

[kerrynorth]

What's the betting that he is 'former' Brit forces?

Or an unemployed RA man?

[toxic avenger]

If this is true, and was a real right-wing plot, then the eye is inevitably drawn northwards to our Rome-hating friends. Loyalism and extreme-right politics tend to fit snugly...

[Cato]

Quite right.

Of course we had 3 Irishmen involved as some kind of mercenaries for the Colombian narcos the FARC a few years back.

They got off pretty lightly.

You got there before me. I've love the way so-called Irish republicans squeal about human rights when any action is directed towards them, but over-look such considerations when they, or those the sympathize with, are acting.

Not just scum, but hypocritical scum.

[merle haggard]

What's the betting that he is 'former' Brit forces?

id say thats a high likelihood

another possibility is he isnt irish at all but a beneficiary of the irish governments co-operation with agencies such as the CIA which certainly involved passports in the past , such as in the amrs to contras in Nicaragua . An Irish passport was a lot more handy than a US one for visiting iran .

I imagine it would not be agood thing for the Irish governemnt if a mercenary involved in a plot to kill a head of state had been facilitated with an Irish passport .

[Horace Horse]

Or an unemployed RA man?

Yes. It's an old tradition. Veterans of '98 were still young enough to serve in Bolivar's army 20 years later. And quite a few anti-Treatyites wound up in South America after the Civil War.

[Horace Horse]

id say thats a high likelihood

another possibility is he isnt irish at all but a beneficiary of the irish governments co-operation with agencies such as the CIA which certainly involved passports in the past , such as in the amrs to contras in Nicaragua . An Irish passport was a lot more handy than a US one for visiting iran .

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Maybe he's "new Irish"?

In other words a Russian or Pole who has spent a few days in Dublin.

[Victor Meldrew]

Quite right.

Of course we had 3 Irishmen involved as some kind of mercenaries for the Colombian narcos the FARC a few years back.

They got off pretty lightly.

And they were traveling on false passports but then demanded protection (from a state they probably did not recognise for most of their lives) once they were caught....

Priceless stuff...

[merle haggard]

If this is true, and was a real right-wing plot, then the eye is inevitably drawn northwards to our Rome-hating friends. Loyalism and extreme-right politics tend to fit snugly...

apart from the rome loving croatians involved too

[kerrynorth]

id say thats a high likelihood

another possibility is he isnt irish at all but a beneficiary of the irish governments co-operation with agencies such as the CIA which certainly involved passports in the past , such as in the amrs to contras in Nicaragua . An Irish passport was a lot more handy than a US one for visiting iran .

I imagine it would not be agood thing for the Irish governemnt if a mercenary involved in a plot to kill a head of state had been facilitated with an Irish passport .

Primetime said that they knew the identity of the person killed but were not releasing it i.e. all relatives may not yet be informed. So you can scrub that theory.

[merle haggard]

Maybe he's "new Irish"?

In other words a Russian or Pole who has spent a few days in Dublin.

how woukld that get him an Irish passport ? stop being such a cretin