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Originally Posted by martyh
We cannot test decommissioned weapons to forensically link them to crimes
If a body(one of the disapeared) is discovered or the IRA tell us where one is we cannot examine that body other than to identify it
John Larkin has said that so much evidence or potential evidence has been made unavailable for use then the next logical step would be to not prosecute anything from before the good friday agreement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03hmpx5
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Yes, quite.
I was pointing out that your assertion
"As part of the peace process we are not allowed to gather evidence relating to murders by the ira ..." was wrong.
Additionally, the remit of the HET is not restricted to murders committed by the IRA. It also investigates murders by loyalist paramilitaries. In recent years its emphasis has been focused on murders carried out by means of state collusion and by the security forces.
As far as I am aware this position is simply Larkins position and he has not consulted at victim, ministerial or Governmental level before going public with his thoughts.