Listen: Tom Elliott tells Haas IRA bombers must be treated the same as New York bombers
Speaking on local radio on Wednesday (September 18) he and his DUP colleague Jeffrey Donaldson also appeared to draw a red line in the sand for the forthcoming talks on flags, parades and the past.
Both men indicated there are certain first principles that won’t be compromised.
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Hide AdMr Elliott said: “We hear recently that some people are trying to change the definition of terrorism
“There can be no difference between those who carried out the bombs and terrorist acts in 9/11 in America to those who carried out the Enniskillen bomb, the Omagh bomb, McGurk’s bomb and murdered over 3,000 people in our society.
Mr Donalsdon said: “There are certain fundamentals that we won’t compormise on.”