INLA AMNESTY FOR INFORMERS
Republican News - 18-22 June 2006
The Irish National Liberation Army has offered informers a one-week amnesty after reportedly uncovering a PSNI Special Branch agent in County Derry.
A 51-year-old man is understood to have confessed to working for PSNI Special Branch for the past 12 months.
The man, who comes from the north of the county, was responsible for setting up and recruiting a number of young people into an INLA cell in south Derry.
INLA members have said that the man has admitted on tape to having organised a number of attacks on Orange halls in south Derry in recent weeks on the instructions of Special Branch handlers.
A source close to the INLA’s leadership last night said the organisation is offering a one-week amnesty to all informers.
“It is noteworthy that this man has not been killed. There is now a one-week amnesty for all informers to come forward. This man was told to recruit members into the INLA and was trying to start tensions with other republican groupings. He was responsible for passing on information, both real and false. He would have portrayed himself as a senior INLA figure.”
