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U.S. bans Sinn Fein from fundraising in US
Sinn Fein, the political ally of the Irish Republican Army) (IRA) has been banned from fundraising in the United States, The Times newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources.
It said the order, passed to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams via State Department channels, followed White House anger over accusations the IRA was continuing criminal activity.
The paper did not say how long the ban would last.
McCartney's five sisters and fiancee have mounted a high profile campaign to bring his killers to justice, and have been invited to meet President Bush at the annual St Patrick's Day reception at the White House on Thursday.
For the first time in a decade Northern Ireland's political leaders have not been invited to the White House to celebrate the feast day of Ireland's patron saint.
The Times also reported that Britain had raised the threat level for Irish republican guerrilla activity in Britain for the first time since Northern Ireland's " Good Friday" peace agreement in 1998.
A Home Office spokeswoman declined to comment. "We don't give a running commentary on our assessment of threat levels," she said. |
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![A telegraph pole with a sign supporting the Irish Republican Army in south Armagh. MPs stripped their four Sinn Fein colleagues of their annual allowances after the party's military wing, the IRA, was blamed for crimes in Northern Ireland. [AFP/File]](xin_440302140955562315197.jpg)
