23rd September 2000 Following yesterday's disruption of the Scottish National Party's Annual Conference in Inverness, when Alex Salmond's farewell speech was interrupted by an alleged bomb threat, the Press has been having a field day with its attempts to blame Siol nan Gaidheal. Siol nan Gaidheal is, first and foremost, a cultural organisation whose stated aim is the restoration of Scotland's freedom and independence. It is not a terrorist organisation, and the only party which it loosely supports is the only Scottish party, the SNP. Despite remaining proscribed within the SNP, it has a large groundswell of support within the rank and file members of the party. Differences of opinion about the best way to achieve independence aside, is it likely that such an organisation would make bomb threats at the conference of the party it supports? Or is there something much more sinister going on here? From Press reports in today's newspapers, the police apparently received a "coded call" revealing the presence of a bomb in the Eden Court Theatre. Allegedly, other calls were made to a local news agency, and the Samaritans. This is standard practice with terrorist organisations. But SnG is not such an organisation. Can the police or other agencies reveal just how many "terrorist" activities have been preceded by similar calls with the same "code word"? Compare this situation with the on-going one with Adam Busby. Sitting safe in his dingy little Dublin flat, his website espouses "Direct Action" against the British State, and regularly sends out e-mails encouraging Scots to daub racist slogans on road signs, and threaten the offspring of the royal family should he dare to attempt to get an education in Scotland. Just how much action has been taken against this clown, who openly threatens the titular head of the state and her family? The SAS could kill terrorists in Gibraltar, the police can have criminals extradited from Spain, but the combined resources of the State cannot stop the actions of a man who threatens the life of their future King? Think about it for a while... This is a blatant attempt by the British State to divide nationalists, and to try to plant in the minds of Scots a fear that Scotland will somehow be turned into a Six Counties situation by those with an agenda for violence. This has not been the Scottish way, as evinced by the peaceful protests against the illegal Poll Tax. When the same tax was imposed on the English a full year later, large scale riots in England forced the government of the day to back down and make all sorts of changes to the imposition of the tax. Treat this Unionist propaganda with the contempt it deserves, and believe nothing you read in the Press with regard to "Tartan Terrorism". Return to Articles Index |
