Willie Frazer from FAIR - Did he really say this?

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http://www.unison.ie/breakingnews/?ca=9&si=87763&breakingnews=1

The organiser of Saturday's loyalist march in Dublin has blamed President Mary McAleese for the republican rioting that accompanied the parade.

Willie Frazer, who arranged the controversial Love Ulster rally, is blaming Mrs McAleese for the trouble on the grounds that the rioters involved were allegedly making Nazi salutes.

Last year, Mrs McAleese was forced to apologise when she said some Protestants had raised their children to hate Catholics the same way Nazis hated the Jews.

Mr Frazer, a spokesman for the Families Acting for Innocent Relatives group, also hinted that he wanted to rearrange the cancelled Love Ulster march for another date.

I am posting this without comment as I am too stunned to make one. Your thoughts?

Hobbes

In other news Willie Frazer claimed that Bertie also assisted the rioters as the rioters were clearly breathing and Bertie has been known to breath sometimes. Bertie denies the claim and has fired 2 junior ministers in retaliation.

.. btw, I thought I misheard it on TV3 but now I am not so sure but on TV3 yesterday they were interviewing him and I could of sworn he said that they had done what they set out to do. Probably misheard so until someone finds a link to it treat it as ramblings.

Hobart

He could have a point. I caught this image on my camera on Saturday. I can't put my finger on it but something just doesn't ring right about it.

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How it is so surprising?...

Talkback had a ‘Love Ulster’ focus yesterday(Tuesday), with an intriguing debate between Willie Frazer and a Dublin-based Rev. David Frazer on this weekend’s march and rally in Dublin. The debate was memorable for an irate Willie demanding that the Anglican minister ‘take pills’ and convert to catholicism after expressing an opposing opinion on the parade.
http://www.sluggerotoole.com/index.php/weblog/comments/frazer_vs_frazer_love_ulster_chapter_201/

...After hearing him on the Last Word I wouldn’t be surprised at any thing he says.

A Dub in Glasgo

I am surprised that people find this surprising. Anyone who has taken the time to actually listen to Willie Frazer over the last couple of years will not be surprised by this at all

RESPONSIBILITY for the orgy of violence unleashed on the Love Ulster rally in Dublin on Saturday was laid yesterday at the feet of Irish President Mary McAleese and the Rev Alec Reid. Love Ulster campaigner Willie Frazer, who made the accusation, said republican rioters shouted Nazi insults and made Nazi salutes.

He also insisted that campaigners from Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR) were "more than likely to return to Dublin". He said the "damning words" of Mrs McAleese and later Fr Reid had reignited republican hatred. In January last year in a live radio interview marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, President McAleese - who grew up in Ardoyne, north Belfast - claimed Northern Ireland Protestant children were taught to hate Roman Catholics in the same way Nazis despised Jews. Then, last October, Fr Reid - the priest who witnessed IRA decommissioning - compared the unionist community to Nazis for past treatment of Catholics. Fr Reid's remarks were made at a public meeting in south Belfast, also attended by the Rev Harold Good, the Protestant decommissioning witness. Last night, Mr Frazer said: "I blame the words of Mary McAleese and Fr Reid for the reaction on the streets. They played a major part in it. They were responsible for it.

"The people there shouting the Nazi insults and the Nazi salutes, that came from the incident with Mary McAleese and Fr Reid. They have apologised, but never come out and said they were wrong." President McAleese said yesterday: "The unnecessary violence which erupted in Dublin city centre is totally unacceptable."

Mr Frazer said that although the violence was blamed on Republican Sinn Fein, he knew they did not have the numbers or the capability to organise the large-scale riot. He said: "Sinn Fein can deny it all they want. Apparently, rioters were in buildings and had everything just waiting for the parade to come down. "They had petrol bombs and blast bombs. Their intention was to come out among the parade. When the gardai caught on to what they were doing, their numbers went from 200 to 2,000. "The gardai did a good job, but they were obviously quite unprepared for what took place. They had never faced the like of it. " The so-called rioters were stealing from the shops and robbing people on the streets." Mr Frazer, whose victims' group will meet senior representatives of the DUP and UUP in coming days, said he would advise them not to negotiate with republicans.

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/story/26293/1/

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