Security forces apprehend IRA bomb expert in West Bank

[Gimel]

A member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was arrested on Saturday south of Ramallah under suspicion that he had come to Israel to teach
Palestinian terrorists how to upgrade their explosives.

British sources told the Observer newspaper Sunday that the man, John Morgan, was a member of the mainstream IRA guerrilla group, but four years ago switched allegiances to the dissident splinter group known
as the Real IRA, which refuses to accept the Good Friday agreement of 1998 concerning cessation of acts of war in Northern Ireland.

Apparently, Morgan has been known as a terrorist for more than a decade,...more

[Scurrilous]

1. Mistaken Identity?

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/317447.html

<snip>
"The British media reported Monday that an Irish
national arrested by Israel on suspicion of coming
to teach Palestinian terrorists how to upgrade
their explosives is a journalist and not a member
of the Real IRA."




"Israeli security sources said
that they had received a report
of a possible case of mistaken
identity Monday evening, and
that they are investigating."

[Scurrilous]

2. Update.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/ShTickers.html

Police to free N. Irish journalist John Morgan, arrested last week after mistaken for member of Real IRA.

[Gimel]

3. Strange case

Glad it was rectified and the man was set free. What ever happened to the other guy?
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/318413.html

[Scurrilous]

4. The IRA guy is apparently 'laying low'....

Hopefully six feet under. As the Irish say: Go gcreime na péisteoga do thóin bheagmhaitheasach. May the worms gnaw at your worthless butt.