ID cards must be considered carefully

If al-Qaida sympathisers living in this country pose a threat, they will be deported, Defence Minister Willie O’Dea stated yesterday.

ID cards must be considered carefully

He was responding to a call from the Labour Party's spokesperson on Justice, Joe Costello. The Taoiseach acknowledged last week that al-Qaida sympathisers are operating in this country, but he said they are being watched carefully by the army and the gardaí.

The security authorities here have already passed on files to the British on about 40 al-Qaida sympathisers, who are being kept under surveillance.

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