British army now assisting ethnic cleansing, claims DUP man

The decision to site British Army to leave and have their bases far from the old border is all part of a policy of ethnic cleansing of unionists from republican strongholds, claims DUP Assemblyman Maurice Morrow
“Unionists have been intimidated out of their homes and there’s been an ethnic cleansing program which will continue in a different format. the first visible sign of that is the Army bases being closed. It leaves unionists very vulnerable, feeling unwanted, unwelcome, isolated and marginalised.”
He said there would soon be little to differentiate parts of Fermanagh, Tyrone and Armagh from the Republic.

British military sites including Bessbrook, Co Armagh and Omagh, Co Tyrone, have been closed as part of the Army end of the 38-year Operation Banner. At the height of the troubles there were 27,000 troops on streets across the North.
The UK's Ministry of Defence said there were no security installations in those counties for cost reasons following the end of operations here but Mr Morrow said the true motive was political.
“The troops in the Army bases had to be put out of the border areas because there was an assimilation program carried out to make it so you wouldn’t know if you are in the north of Ireland or the South,” the Fermanagh South Tyrone representative said.

However SDLP Upper Bann Assembly member Dolores Kelly said Mr Morrow’s attitude was disappointing.
“The DUP have a long way to go in terms of building a shared future or understanding nationalists or republicans and in particular the role of the British Army during the last 38 years. it shows an immature attitude towards the realities of a modern army and it is that clinging to the past rather than having confidence in the future that is very disappointing.”

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British army now assisting ethnic cleansing, claims DUP man