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Arthur Green <ajgreen@iol.ie> wrote:


> I remember TV covered this at the time. ISTR Albert Reynolds announcing
> that he was on his way to "Le Touchet" to deal with the situation. Since
> he had to take a scheduled flight, I suspect the siege was over before
> he arrived :-) As far as Downey's motivation is concerned, I suspect 
> "bonkers" probably summarises it fairly well. Those of a religious 
> disposition may disagree, of course ...

I agree. He deserved his 5 years in a French jail. He could have caused
somebody to have a heart attack. The documentary was on RTE last night
and he does come across as a bit nuts. 


> The Sunday Times claimed at the time that the 3rd secret of Fatima had
> something to do with one of Mohammed's daughters. How this is linked to
> the Vatican is something best left to conspiracy theorists.

They thought he was saying "Fatwah" or something like that instead of
"Fatima". I find it highly embarrasing that people in Ireland knew what
he was on about! Make a good movie.

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tommy - kfuzzbox@tinet.ie