Challenging Real IRA / 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32 CSM) funding
<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="08ea11c3.gif"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Omagh Bombing 15 August 1998</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" >| <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Omagh Bombing 15 August 1998"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The events and the victims"><U>The events and the victims</U></A> | <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Response reports and articles "><U>Response reports and articles </U></A> | <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Omagh bombing anniversary "><U>Omagh bombing anniversary </U></A> | <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Civil Court Action"><U>The Civil Court Action</U></A> | <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Suspects"><U>The Suspects</U></A> | <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BBC Panorama Who bombed Omagh ?"><U>BBC Panorama - Who bombed Omagh ?</U></A> | <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Terrorism"><U>Terrorism</U></A> | <B>Challenging Real IRA / 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32 CSM) funding</B> | <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Emergency Planning"><U>Emergency Planning</U></A> | <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recovery"><U>Recovery</U></A> | <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peace Groups Links"><U>Peace Groups Links</U></A> | <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Irish Child Soldiers"><U>Irish Child Soldiers</U></A> | <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="040f4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Challenging Real IRA / 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32 CSM) funding</div> <bR> <div> Families of the children, women and men murdered in the Omagh bomb confront the fundraisers and then hold a quite vigil outside the events. The reason for this is two fold, one to disrupt the event and secondly to raise public awareness. The Omagh families receive support for their vigil from the local community in west Belfast and London.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="August 2000 Brennans Bar Hannahstown"><U>August 2000 - Brennan's Bar</U></A> Hannahstown</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ulsternet-ni.co.uk/tconwk34/conpages/CMAIN.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ulsternet-ni.co.uk/tconwk34/c"><U><IMG SRC="097bb890.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="137" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Husbands, mothers, fathers, sisters, sons </div> <div> of those murdered in the Omagh bomb.</div> <bR> <div> They declared { the families} "we have come here tonight to protest at the continuing campaign run by the 32 County Sovereignty Committee and to remind the world of the constant suffering which all the families of the 29 murdered in Omagh on August 15 1998 endure. It is shameful that at a public house tonight, members of the 32 County Sovereignty Committee/Real IRA will, in the words of their own advertisement for the event, be having craic agus ceol (fun and music)." </div> <div> Among those due to attend last night's event was American sympathiser Martin Galvin. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >Martin Galvan said of the families protest and the media coverage </FONT>" if this event were cancelled, the real victims would be the wives and children of the Irish political prisoners, and the Republican prisoners themselves, whether in Maghaberry, England, or Portlaoise. That is something which will never be allowed to happen."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="November 2000 Cock Tavern London"><U>November 2000 - Cock Tavern London</U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_1041000/1041038.stm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/nort"><U><IMG SRC="095ae680.jpg" border=0 width="174" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Husband, mother and father, </div> <div> of a wife and children murdered in the Omagh bomb.</div> <bR> <div> About a dozen relatives from the Omagh Victims' Legal Action Group flew in from Northern Ireland to hold a "peaceful vigil" at a London pub where a branch of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement was holding a social function. </div> <bR> <div> Michael Gallagher, whose 21-year-old son Adrian died in the Omagh bombing, said money raised could end up buying bullets and semtex. </div> <div> "I believe the 32 County Sovereignty Movement has an agenda to keep the bodybag in Irish politics," he said. </div> <div> Victor Barker, who lost his 12-year-old son James, said: "We don't think events like this should be going on for people who use violence and intimidation to achieve their objectives." </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Omagh Support & Self Help Group </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:omaghssh@netscapeonline.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:omaghssh@netscapeonline.co.uk"><U><B>Contact</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>