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09-30-2003, 05:13 PM
Security Threat?
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Barred Entry to the United States
By LAURA FLANDERS
Irish activist and former Member of Parliament, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey was detained by immigration officials in Chicago, February 21, and denied entry into the United States allegedly on "national security" grounds.
According to her daughter, Deidre, two INS officers threatened to arrest, jail, and even shoot the legendary civil rights campaigner when she arrived at Chicago's O'Hare airport. McAliskey (56) was then photographed, finger-printed and returned to Ireland against her will on the grounds that the State Department had declared that she "poses a serious threat to the security of the United States."
"Mommy was this close to being locked up," said Deidre, Saturday in New York. The two were traveling together from Ireland to the US to attend a christening,
http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20307&group=webcast
"I'm going to throw you in prison," the older man said.
He tried the wrong party. "You can't do that," she said. "I have rights. I have the right to free movement. I have human rights. I have the right to be protected under the Constitution of the United States."
The daughter overheard one of them say, "After 9/11, nobody has any rights."
http://www.underreported.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=872&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Commentary from news readers:
More google fun:
From a Newsday artice about her deportation:
"In 1983, the State Department said it had banned her from entering the country because she was coming here to raise money for a convicted member of the political wing of the Irish Nationalist Liberation Army."
From elsewhere
"In Boston in 1969, PD's Eilis McDermott met local Black Panther Party
leadership and updated them on the situation in Northern Ireland, after
which she was made an "honorary Black Panther sister." A couple of years
later, PD's most prominent member, Bernadette Devlin, cemented links with black radicals by briefing Huey Newton and visiting leading black activist Angela Davis in jail. Davis had been on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, been described by President Richard Nixon as a "terrorist," and was in jail awaiting trial for murder and kidnapping when Devlin visited her in February 1971."
Ah, paydirt! "http://irelandsown.net/INLA.html":
"The Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) were founded on 10 December 1974 by Séamas Costello and Bernadette Devlin McAliskey.
...
The INLA is probably best known for the killing of Margaret Thatcher's close aide, Airey Neave in a car bomb at the House of Commons car park.
Two of their better known bombings are the Mount Gabriel radar station near Cork, Ireland and the Droppin' Well disco in Ballykelly, Co Derry, which killed 11 british soldiers! They have also attacked NATO targets in Germany as part of their 'anti-imperialist' struggle.
Additionally, the INLA has successfully killed a number of loyalist paramilitaries like John McKeage of the Red Hand Commandos and the terrorist leader of the LVF, Billy Wright ( 27 December 1997).1,2
Since August 1994, the INLA has held to a 'No First Strike' policy of not initiating any offensive military action, while continuing to respond in actions against the RUC or in retaliation (e.g. Billy 'The Rat' Wright). "
Sounds like the INS did the right thing. I only wonder why they let her in in the past!
Posted by ralph phelan at March 4, 2003 07:23 AM
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Ralph,
The charges against her daughter were dropped because of questionable evidence.
While I cringe every time Mrs. McAliskey is so gently described as an "activist" and loathe many of her former tactics and politics, she's just a harmless middle-aged woman these days, and she's been let in dozens of times before. Why Gerry Adams, terrorist turn statesman, and not her? Why Martin McGuiness and David Ervine, and not her?
As far as the INLA killing loyalists - bummer for the Red Hands. They chose a life of violence, and were well aware of the immediate danger that they risked at the hands of nationalist extremists. There's no sadness in their death as far as I'm concerned, outside of the wasted human potential, just one murderer taking out another.
Posted by Emily at March 4, 2003 07:39 AM
http://www.news-portal.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=358
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Barred Entry to the United States
By LAURA FLANDERS
Irish activist and former Member of Parliament, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey was detained by immigration officials in Chicago, February 21, and denied entry into the United States allegedly on "national security" grounds.
According to her daughter, Deidre, two INS officers threatened to arrest, jail, and even shoot the legendary civil rights campaigner when she arrived at Chicago's O'Hare airport. McAliskey (56) was then photographed, finger-printed and returned to Ireland against her will on the grounds that the State Department had declared that she "poses a serious threat to the security of the United States."
"Mommy was this close to being locked up," said Deidre, Saturday in New York. The two were traveling together from Ireland to the US to attend a christening,
http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20307&group=webcast
"I'm going to throw you in prison," the older man said.
He tried the wrong party. "You can't do that," she said. "I have rights. I have the right to free movement. I have human rights. I have the right to be protected under the Constitution of the United States."
The daughter overheard one of them say, "After 9/11, nobody has any rights."
http://www.underreported.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=872&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Commentary from news readers:
More google fun:
From a Newsday artice about her deportation:
"In 1983, the State Department said it had banned her from entering the country because she was coming here to raise money for a convicted member of the political wing of the Irish Nationalist Liberation Army."
From elsewhere
"In Boston in 1969, PD's Eilis McDermott met local Black Panther Party
leadership and updated them on the situation in Northern Ireland, after
which she was made an "honorary Black Panther sister." A couple of years
later, PD's most prominent member, Bernadette Devlin, cemented links with black radicals by briefing Huey Newton and visiting leading black activist Angela Davis in jail. Davis had been on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, been described by President Richard Nixon as a "terrorist," and was in jail awaiting trial for murder and kidnapping when Devlin visited her in February 1971."
Ah, paydirt! "http://irelandsown.net/INLA.html":
"The Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) were founded on 10 December 1974 by Séamas Costello and Bernadette Devlin McAliskey.
...
The INLA is probably best known for the killing of Margaret Thatcher's close aide, Airey Neave in a car bomb at the House of Commons car park.
Two of their better known bombings are the Mount Gabriel radar station near Cork, Ireland and the Droppin' Well disco in Ballykelly, Co Derry, which killed 11 british soldiers! They have also attacked NATO targets in Germany as part of their 'anti-imperialist' struggle.
Additionally, the INLA has successfully killed a number of loyalist paramilitaries like John McKeage of the Red Hand Commandos and the terrorist leader of the LVF, Billy Wright ( 27 December 1997).1,2
Since August 1994, the INLA has held to a 'No First Strike' policy of not initiating any offensive military action, while continuing to respond in actions against the RUC or in retaliation (e.g. Billy 'The Rat' Wright). "
Sounds like the INS did the right thing. I only wonder why they let her in in the past!
Posted by ralph phelan at March 4, 2003 07:23 AM
****
Ralph,
The charges against her daughter were dropped because of questionable evidence.
While I cringe every time Mrs. McAliskey is so gently described as an "activist" and loathe many of her former tactics and politics, she's just a harmless middle-aged woman these days, and she's been let in dozens of times before. Why Gerry Adams, terrorist turn statesman, and not her? Why Martin McGuiness and David Ervine, and not her?
As far as the INLA killing loyalists - bummer for the Red Hands. They chose a life of violence, and were well aware of the immediate danger that they risked at the hands of nationalist extremists. There's no sadness in their death as far as I'm concerned, outside of the wasted human potential, just one murderer taking out another.
Posted by Emily at March 4, 2003 07:39 AM
http://www.news-portal.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=358