I'm not sure how I got sucked into reading these NI threads,but it happened.   And I went to Mr Frazer's website which seemed to contain a fairly well-documented litany of IRA sectarian murders in his home district of South Armagh. But then I came across a story titled "Ten Reasons Why Martin is a Tout!"

This article claims that Martin McGuinness, A big shot in the IRA and the current Sinn Fein leadership is really a British agent. The proof is the ineffectiveness of the Derry IRA under his leadership in pulling off sectarian murders. In short, they just didn't shoot very many innocent Prods. (Unlike the other county IRA commisioners who filled their quotas with gusto.)

Well, if it's true then Mr Frazer might well be the Scooter Libby of NI. Outing an agent he doesn't like. [Mr Libby, my apologies if and when you're acquitted] But there are other reasons why Mr McGuinness might have underperformed and I'm only too happy to give my list:

1) He's incompetent. Good schmoozer, bad organizer.

2) He's the last member of "United Irishmen" and actually believes that a political union of Irish Protestants and Catholics is a good and inevitable thing. Fighting the British Army is one thing, but why blow up future constituents?

3) He's really a double-triple-quadruple agent, and was much too busy double-triple-quadruple crossing people to organize bombings/shootings etc.

4) He's actually an agent of the Irish government in Dublin. This would explain the bit about how easily he got over to visit his Granny in Donegal.

5) He's really Martin Guinness, and works for the family brewery on the sly. His job back then was to make sure the beer kept flowing in Derry. "To Hell with shootings and bombings, just make it to the pub on time, boys!"

Any other suggesions from you Mudcatters, Republican Mordering Scoom, and Paisleyite "King James Only" Bible Thumpers on what really makes Martin McG. tick?

Joe