The great likelihood is that they were there for a different purpose, which was to impart technology in terror to the Farc guerrillas in Colombia.
The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, rejecting claims that James Monaghan, Martin McCauley and Niall Connolly went to Colombia to advance the peace process.
If it is pushed too far, religion becomes almost a consumer product.
Pope Benedict XVI cautioning against "do-it-yourself" New Age beliefs.
In 1918 we lost . . . 40 million people worldwide. This virus could be even nastier.
Prof Hugh Pennington, of the University of Aberdeen, explaining the seriousness of the Asian bird-flu virus.
A child who witnesses such scenes, or a child whose home is attacked, bears more than just physical scars - this is a psychological trauma.
Nigel Williams, Northern Ireland's Children's Commissioner, suggesting that juveniles who are exposed to paramilitary violence can suffer long-term psychological damage.
We are leaving against our will, but we are not going out with heads bowed. The saplings that are being uprooted here we will plant throughout the country until we make our return to Netzarim.
Rabbi Tzion Tzion-Tawil, speaking after helping to lead a prayer service of settlers and soldiers in Netzarim, the last Jewish settlement to be evacuated in Gaza.
A man who wants to take a second wife must be sensitive to his first wife's feelings . . . a woman's heart is like a glass: very fragile and easily shattered.
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, spiritual leader of the Islamic Party of Malaysia, calling on wives of Muslim men not to react violently to polygamy so long as their husbands indulge in it thoughtfully.
We haven't seen a lot of people yet, as they have to be in serious pain, but we have seen cases where people have had difficulty holding a hurley or hockey [ stick] or even doing up their clothes.
Eileen Murphy, of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, noting that compulsive text-messaging can damage people's thumbs.
We should be putting up flags and banners all over the place, not taking them down.
Pat McDonagh, chief executive of Supermac's, the fast-food chain which has been ordered by Galway City Council to remove a banner wishing the Galway hurling team good luck.
Irish manufacturing is now in free-fall.
Pat Delaney, director-general of the Small Firms' Association, speaking after Hospira, the medical equipment manufacturer, announced the closure of its plant in Donegal, with the loss of 560 jobs.
The signs are taken as fast as they are put up - they couldn't keep making them, they were being removed so fast. They end up in Irish theme pubs in the States and other places.
Michael Creed, Lord Mayor of Cork, noting that signposts leading to Béal na mBláth in west Cork, where Michael Collins was shot dead in August 1922, are being stolen faster than they can be replaced.