A victims campaigner has called on cops on both sides of the border to seal
off three houses and test for the DNA of double agent Stakeknife.
Willie Frazer of Families Acting for Innocent Relatives believes the
properties were all used by Freddie Scappaticci and his feared Provo
'Nutting Squad' during the Troubles.
Yesterday, FAIR said it had pinpointed two houses close to the village of
Omeath, Co Louth where IRA members were taken for interrogation.
A number of those interrogated there were later executed and their bodies
dumped along the border area.
The third house is in the south Armagh area close to its boundary with Co
Louth.
It is understood the IRA had also used one of the Omeath houses as a bomb
factory. The bombs were later used against targets inside Northern Ireland.
Frazer said he was in no doubt that all three houses had been used by the
IRA for years.
The outspoken victims worker said reliable sources had supplied detailed
information on the houses and the actions of the IRA, which made it clear
all three locations, had been used to interrogate dozens of people.
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Frazer said Nicky O'Hare, a leading republican, had provided one of the
Omeath Houses. O'Hare was later shot dead by Republicans in Dundalk's
Clanbrassil Street.
"Our sources have said all three locations were used by the IRA's Internal
Security Unit," said Frazer.
"They have also identified a number of IRA volunteers who took part in the
interrogations. One of them was top Provo John Joe Magee. Another was
Freddie Scappaticci, the person now identified as the army agent,
Stakeknife."
FAIR's project officer outlined how the IRA abducted any suspect informer.
He said the suspect would be told to turn up at a pre-arranged location on
the premise that they were about to attend an IRA training camp.
Unaware of the fate that lay ahead of them suspects would have then been
'arrested' by the IRA and taken to one of the three interrogation houses
along the border.
"The windows of the houses were blacked out. Food for the Internal Security
Unit would already be there and access to the houses was controlled by the
IRA during the interrogation of a suspect," said Frazer.
"Once an IRA volunteer admitted he was an informer he was executed and his
body dumped close to the border."
William Frazer said his sources had told him the IRA's Nutting Squad made
Audio recordings of their interrogation procedures.
The tapes were handed over to a senior south Armagh republican for analysis
on a machine similar to a lie detector.
The senior Republican is still active in the Crossmaglen area of south
Armagh.
Willie Frazer said he was now calling on the Gardai and PSNI to carry out a
detailed examination of all three locations.
"Freddie Scappaticci must also be arrested and questioned about his
involvement with the IRA's Internal Security Unit."
