Quotes of the Week
Sunday February 20 2005
"I want to see a united Ireland. I don't want to be tainted with criminality." Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams after Garda uncovered
a multimillion sterling laundering operation in
Cork with connections to republicanism.
"If the planet goes to hell in a hand basket, we could not care less." Matthew Kiernan , the Canadian chief executive of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, which counsels institutional shareholders on long-term investment risks such as AIDS or climate change. The aim is to safeguard their investments, not to save Mother Earth.
"The brutal killing ran contrary to republican ideals and the family should be helped." A statement issued by the IRA on the killing of Robert McCartney by suspected republicans and welcomed by Mr McCartney's family.
"If the figures are wrong
then this looks like serious incompetence from an industry that deals with highly dangerous resources." Liberal Democrat environment spokesman Norman Baker on an audit report from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) that enough plutonium to build seven nuclear bombs is said to have gone missing from the books of the power station at Sellafield.
"Al-Majid's role in the genocide against the Kurds is well-known, but it appears his hands are dirty in Basra in 1999 as well." Human Rights Watch official Joe Stork on new charges being levelled against 'Chemical Ali' currently in US custody.
"The elections were not perfect, they were never meant to be, but they were extremely successful." Chief UN election adviser Carlos Valenzuela . The Shia United Iraqi Alliance party has won a majority of seats - 140 out of 175 - while interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party took 40 seats.
"They should regroup and rename. Instead of Sinn Fein they could perhaps call themselves Fianna Fein and save a fortune on marketing costs." Gathering of political students in Dublin speaking of the current situation of the Sinn Fein party.
"Victory for planet Earth."
A banner from Greenpeace as the Koyoto protocol on climate change came into effect after its conception seven years ago.
