Guns for the Guards?
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Jardei and particularly for the establishment of an elite 'trouble2xcuse for sll this has been the recent spate of benk robberies and sepitalist society are the agents Patrol Group are regularly used shooting’ armed unit like the British Special Patrol Group. The the Minister for Justice, Gerry Collins has said the Government is sonsidering the issue. Already they have used the same excuse to oring in Jeep-losds of armed troops to escort security vans in Dublin.
The proposal for armed Gardai we an €lite armed unit is very angerous and should be fought hard by all workers and anti-imperialists. The police in any of the ruling clase and the South 5 tg no different. Any elite unit of and against black and Asian { che Gerdei will be used firstly protesters. There Gave been persistent calls recently for the arming of the againet republicans and then (even, without their guns) against strikare, protesting tenants, small farmers and demonstrations of any description. The British Special against strikers as at Grumwick,