David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is international human rights day and Deputies Wallace and Clare Daly were arrested last night and carted to Limerick at considerable expense to the taxpayer. Deputy Wallace was released within 90 minutes and the whole thing was an absolute farce. I listened to "The Late Debate" where a collection of self-righteous political hypocrites condemned them in the most inflammatory language. I praise them. I support them. I regret that I was not there to protest against the involvement of this country in the aggressive war being waged by the United States against various countries in the Middle East. They were admirable to do it. Ed Horgan, a former senior army officer who was at the jail last night, and his group, supplied me with information as a result of which I was able to demonstrate an unbroken cycle of rendition involving this country. We were clearly implicated in it. Government after Government has lied about this. War crimes are being committed by the United States of America in the Middle East by the massive saturation bombing of people in Iraq and the use of white phosphorus in Fallujah. These unspeakable things were going on. These Deputies were 100% right to protest. All decent people should sympathise with them.I am astonished at the decision of the judge in that case. There was no damage done. A ladder was used which I understand is now reposing in a local school.