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the off, We've the threat the MICHAEL McAliskey has now revealed that approximately two months the assassination attempt, north of Ireland the Royal Ulster Constabulary visited Bernadette and him to tell them that an attempt would be made on their lives.
But, says Michael, the RUC was unwilling to attach any importance to the Michael reveals:
The police warned us of attack about eight weeks ago. They laughed it saying 'don't pass any remarks about these things".
Threat It was the first time the police had ever come to us to tell us about a threat.
had threats ourse ves mav a unc bullets through the post and that sort of thing. But that was the first time the ponce ever callie to us *In fact they even said where the threat was com ing from. That's the amazing thing 'We had always assumed that if we were to be attacked it would come from the local area. But when police visited they specifically told us the was coming from direction, which of course was where it did come from.
*They told us they had new information, aL we were too or som hit list. But they laughed it Michael has also detailed how the RUC had refused the McAliskeys a firearms licence.
in 1974. The local police agreed, but the application went through the RUC headquarters and it was turned down there.