SF leadership get fresh dissident death threats

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6167847.stm

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has received a warning from police about a fresh attack by dissident republicans.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland told him dissidents had intended to shoot him, but called off their attack because of his security arrangements.

The threats follow internal party discussions on Sinn Fein's strategy on policing.

However, Mr Adams accused the hardliners of using the policing issue as an excuse.

Speaking at Stormont on Monday, he said it was clear that certain elements were opposed to Sinn Fein's peace strategy.

"The issue of policing is an excuse which is being used and exploited by them," he said.

"It is clearly an important issue, but it is being manipulated as part of the wider hostility to Sinn Fein's peace strategy."

Mr Adams said the warning indicated that dissident republicans had been planning to shoot him, but were deterred by enhanced security arrangements taken by Sinn Fein once it was alerted to the possibility of an attack.

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what a load of ************************e.

[rover]

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are they that desperate for publicity??? sympathy might have boosted berties poll ratings but it wond work for adams

this drip-feed of stories about sinn fein people being under general threat reminds me of something.....

[padraig]

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