THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003: Thursday was once again witness to Brit Occupation Forces who were heavy on the ground. In north Belfast foot patrols backed up by mobile patrols backed up by mobile patrols moved around a number of times throughout the day. Belfast was again hit with a number of bomb scares, Frame's Club and the Belfast Telegraph near to Royal Avenue were hit for a time in what has now become countless bomb scares around that area. There were no reports of trouble.
The British government once again proved they rule the Six Counties when they cancelled the already postponed Stormont elections due to be held on May 29 because the military wing of the Provisionals had failed to comply with conditions put to them by the British. Michael Lavelle, Co Fermanagh, who is being held in Maghaberry prison on charges of being a member of the IRA and possessing arms and explosives, was refused bail in the High Court in Belfast because Lord Justice McCollum said "he was a very dangerous man". What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2003: Friday morning around 11am was witness to Brit Occupation Forces foot patrols in Belfast city centre. The Brits, British fusiliers, moved around side streets close to Royal Avenue.
The mother of murdered nationalist youth Ciarán Cummings, killed by a loyalist death squad in 2001 as he waited for a lift to work, pleaded with loyalists who attacked her home in the Greystone estate, smashing double-glazed windows and damaging the family car, to allow her and her family to live in peace.
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2003: There were reports on Saturday afternoon that another top loyalist was arrested in the Twaddell Avenue area of north Belfast. It's believed the man was arrested in connection with the disappearance of Loyalist Alan McCullough who has been missing since Wednesday night when two top UDA men took him from his Shankill home.
The RUC/PSNI called off their search for McCullough's body at the Waterworks
in north Belfast. McCullough is believed to be high up in Johnny Adair's
C Coy, Lower Shankill. Reports now claim he may have been as high as second
to Adair.
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