The Five Demands

Si terranno il prossimo giovedì (27 novembre 2008) i funerali di Ihab Shoukri, morto di overdose (secondo le fonti ufficiali n.d.r.) lo scorso week end a Newtownabbey.
I funerali si terranno alle ore 12  presso la Holy Trinity Parish Church, a Ballysillan. La salma verrà poi tumulata al Carnmoney Ardeen Cemetery.
Fonti UDA hanno lasciato trapelare che non è prevista alcuna cerimonia in stile paramilitare, sulla base di attriti all’interno dell’organizzazione.
Shoukri era un personaggio molto noto dato il suo alto profilo ruolo all’interno dell’Ulster Defense Association (UDA). Incarcerato per 15 mesi,  venne poi rilasciato all’inizio di quest’anno causa scadenza dei termini di custodia cautelare.
Ihab viveva a Rathcoole con la sua ragazza Emma Evans, vedova e madre di due figli.
Restano attualmente ancora poco chiare le circostanze che hanno portato alla morte dell’ex leader lealista, ma sembra che Shoukri fosse soggetto a crisi epilettiche.

‘No paramilitary-style funeral’ for Shoukri
LOYALIST Ihab Shoukri will be laid to rest at a funeral service on Thursday, it has been confirmed.
In a death insertion in a daily newspaper, it is stated a funeral service for the 34-year-old will take place in Holy Trinity Parish Church, Ballysillan at noon.
Shoukri suffered ‘epileptic fit’
Internment will be conducted afterwards in Carnmoney Ardeen Cemetery.
UDA sources are not expecting a paramilitary-style burial given frictions within the organisation.
Shoukri, who died suddenly at the weekend following a reported drugs overdose, was well known for his high-profile role within the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).
The former paramailitary godfather was jailed for 15 months in June for his part in UDA show of strength in a north Belfast bar, but was released earlier this year.
His brother, Andre, also a prominent loyalist, is currently serving a sentence in prison.
Ihab had been living in Rathcoole with his girlfriend Emma Evans, a widowed mother-of-two.
It remains unclear as to how exactly the loyalist actually died. Family and friends are awaiting post-mortem details, but it is believed Shoukri had been susceptible to epileptic fits.