up for the UDA by describing it as "essentially political".
The attempted murder of Bernadette McAliskey is a chill reminder of the dangers facing any Irish person who dares to take up the struggle for their country's freedom.
More than anyone else, Bernadette symbolises this struggle. She entered the fight for Irish freedom 13 years ago, at the time of the mass civil rights marches. She became a prominent spokesperson of the nationalist minority struggling for its rights against the repressive weight of both the loyalists and their BritAs a result of her role in this fight, she was elected to Parliament in 1971. There she became the deadliest enemy of the Tories, exposing their repressive methods at every killers...
National H Block/Armagh statement on the attempted assassination of Bernadette McAliskey.
The National H Block/Armagh Committee is shocked to learn of the attempted assassination of Bernadette McAliskey and her husband Michael. We express our abhorrence at this latest shooting which is clearly part of a concerted campaign of murder against H Block activists and leaders.
To date, several leading members of the campaign have been murdered, including two members of the National H Block/Armagh Committee, Miriam Daley and Noel Little...Little or no attempt has been made by the British authorities to apprehend the Bernadette is the latest victim of the assassins obviously because she is seen to embody the determ. ination and success of the cam. paign. She is Public Relations Off icer of the National H-Block/ Armagh Committee and, as such, has travelled all over Ireland and Europe holding press conferences and speaking at public meetings.
While expressing our sorrow at this attempt to kill Bernadette and her husband, we are equally determined, as she and Michael are, to press this campaign to a successful conclusion. Our sym. pathy goes out to her family, neighbours and friends.