McCrea allegedly warned over Real IRA death threat.

[Mr Crowley]

William McCrea has been warned of a death threat from the Real IRA, it was revealed today.

Police passed on the message to his wife at home on Tuesday and he received it from her on Thursday as he had been in Westminster.

McCrea claimed the handling of his case called into question the police approach to the dissident terrorist threat at the time when the threat was high.

“We are facing a chief constable (Hugh Orde) leaving, he is wishing to abolish the full-time reserve just to get numbers down and recommending the withdrawal of personal protection weapons from ex-members of the security services when there is a dissident security threat,” he added.

“The whole thing in the round smacks to me of not treating this in the serious manner they should.”

A PSNI spokeswoman said they do not discuss the security of individuals.

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Haven't heard from the 'singing bigot' in a while. This is classic attention seeking and scaremongering aimed at the Loyalist electorate with a possible election looming.

Willie Frazer's recent publicity makes more sense now but McCrae fails to realise that the RIRA don't appear to be a popularist movement so nobody will believe that they would contemplate such a potentially popular action.

[mutley]

Never mind he can always seek solace from his song "peace in the midst of the storm"

[Mr Crowley]

Never mind he can always seek solace from his song "peace in the midst of the storm"

Aye but think of the service to humanity and the popularity that would be gained if they did actually plug him.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9HMq9NS-TI]YouTube - rev william mc crea drumcree church hall drumcree[/ame]

[lapsedmethodist]

Never mind he can always seek solace from his song "peace in the midst of the storm"

Or, Are you washed in the Blood of the Lamb.



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f94eXtUSsQ8]YouTube - Darkley Mountain Lodge Pentecostal Church[/ame]

[patronsaint]

Surely, even the brain dead Real IRA wouldn't unleash the sectarian murder campaign on Catholics that would inevitably ensue. Hopefully, they'll be too busy with other activity !

[Mr Crowley]

Or, Are you washed in the Blood of the Lamb.

What has Darkley got to do with McCrea or the cokes? Mind you I'll bet Willie has shagged a sheep or two in his day.

[MartinP]

I think it's pretty clear from recent actions from RIRA and others that they consider their enemy to be the British state rather than politicians such as McCrea.

[joel]

Surely, even the brain dead Real IRA wouldn't unleash the sectarian murder campaign on Catholics that would inevitably ensue. Hopefully, they'll be too busy with other activity !

How do you square your threat with being - nominally at least - a Christian? How do you kill in the name of Jesus?

[TennisFan]

congratulations to the Real IRA for once again being freedom fighters and TRUE republicans

i hope they get that scumbag , and put a bullet through his head

he is a loyalist and he is scum , he obviously is a target for a REASON

[factual]

William McCrea has been warned of a death threat from the Real IRA, it was revealed today.

Police passed on the message to his wife at home on Tuesday and he received it from her on Thursday as he had been in Westminster.

McCrea claimed the handling of his case called into question the police approach to the dissident terrorist threat at the time when the threat was high.

“We are facing a chief constable (Hugh Orde) leaving, he is wishing to abolish the full-time reserve just to get numbers down and recommending the withdrawal of personal protection weapons from ex-members of the security services when there is a dissident security threat,” he added.

“The whole thing in the round smacks to me of not treating this in the serious manner they should.”

A PSNI spokeswoman said they do not discuss the security of individuals.

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Haven't heard from the 'singing bigot' in a while. This is classic attention seeking and scaremongering aimed at the Loyalist electorate with a possible election looming.

Willie Frazer's recent publicity makes more sense now but McCrae fails to realise that the RIRA don't appear to be a popularist movement so nobody will believe that they would contemplate such a potentially popular action.

Any such death threats against unionist politicians by dissident republicans deserve to be condemned.


Only by the use of political methods should ones agenda be moved forward.