A dissident Republican group in Fermanagh says they will "not be hypocrites" and have refused to condemn the recent murder of Constable Ronan Kerr.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement, who have a grouping in the county, have chillingly predicted more deaths in the province, saying what they describe as "the IRA" continues to carry out its terror campaign. Following the murder of Enniskillen-based policeman Ronan Kerr in Omagh, a leading Republican from Newtownbutler has come forward to be interviewed by The Impartial Reporter.

In a frank exchange, Sean Maguire, a spokesperson for the Fermanagh 32-CSM, has: HIT back at Martin McGuinness for branding dissidents 'traitors'.

DENIED they are in talks with the British Government in the wake of an increased terror campaign.

REVEALED they are prepared to meet with Sinn Fein.

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement is regarded as the political wing of the Real IRA who were responsible for the Omagh bomb in 1998 that killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins. However, during our exclusive interview the spokesperson stated he "wasn't speaking for the IRA" when asked if he thought there would be more bloodshed and murder on our streets.

"The IRA can speak for themselves and have done so on various occasions and no doubt will do so in the future. I would say going by what we have seen, the IRA intends to carry out more actions, but again we are not speaking for the IRA," he said.

Republican group hits back at Sinn Fein A member of the 32-County Sovereignty Movement in Fermanagh has denied that they are the political wing of the Real IRA.

In an interview with The Impartial Reporter, Sean Maguire refused to condemn the murder of Ronan Kerr who was killed when a bomb exploded underneath his car over two weeks ago, saying the 25-year-old "paid the ultimate price" for being in the police.

"No. We're not going to be hypocrites. We don't condemn the actions of republicans carrying out attacks on occupying forces. We'll be consistent in that. I mean, it is completely hypocritical for the likes of Martin McGuinness to condemn these attacks when he was orchestrating them a very short time ago and for Sinn Fein to pretend they have been constitutional nationalists in the entire existence of their party is ridiculous. These people were condoning, carrying out and planning the exact same type of actions.

"All violence is regrettable but there is a conflict on and that if the violence is to stop then the underlying political conditions have to change - the six counties are continuing to be occupied by British colonial administrators and by the British army. Unfortunately Ronan Kerr joined a colonial militia and paid the ultimate price for it. We say his death was regrettable and his death was unnecessary but the British government refuses to address the underlying political conditions and until they do things like that will keep occurring. We can only go by what different groups are saying but the IRA have said that until the issue of national sovereignty is resolved they are going to keep their campaign going," he said.

Mr. Maguire claims that under the Good Friday Agreement sectarianism has been "institutionalised".

"Even if you look at the way this course has been developed since the death of Constable Kerr - talking about him as a Catholic and not even as a human being - how dare they kill a Catholic police officer, they say. Why does it matter if Ronan Kerr was a Catholic? It doesn't. He wasn't killed because he was a Catholic. He was killed because he was in the RUC (sic). Would it have been any different if Constable Kerr was a Muslim or any other religion? What they are trying to frame this as is a sectarian frame .

"They are trying to appeal to the so-called nationalist community for a backlash. "That's what they do - they stoke sectarian tensions and that's totally contrary to the message of republicanism," he said.

Mr. Maguire heavily criticised Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness after the Sinn Fein politician slammed dissident republicans as "traitors" in the wake of Ronan Kerr's murder.

"If Martin McGuinness cast his mind back he could call up a few phrases of his own about how the IRA were the cutting edge of the struggle and how no matter how many elections Sinn Fein won that would always be the case. If Martin was going to be honest he would look back and realise that he is a hypocrite and he has changed his message. And now all of a sudden, we are traitors in the eyes of Martin.

"He was standing beside the head of the occupational police force when he said that and even Sinn Fein members were horrified by it. I've talked to a number of Sinn Fein members who were absolutely disgusted by his comments. I noticed Gerry Adams was very careful not to use that language. He sent Martin out as a lightening rod to test the waters and when it didn't go down well in republican constituencies he kind of backed off a bit". He says Fermanagh 32-CSM have on "numerous occasions" offered to meet Sinn Fein for talks, despite Adams' party saying this has not been the case.

"What they want to do is manipulate any representation dialogue on their own behalf. What we're saying is, if they were genuine about dialogue, instead of going through the media and trying to distort reality, they would have met us. We would talk to any group on the basis of an open and honest platform. We're not going to do this behind closed doors. Sinn Fein have not proved themselves capable of taking part in talks in an honest manner," he said.

And he said the group were "not engaged" in any talks with the British Government as claimed by Mr. McGuinness.

"We can't speak for any other group, nor would we seek to. To the best of my knowledge the 32 County Sovereignty Movement is definitely not engaged in any talks with the British Government and the only thing worth talking to them about is when they are leaving".

According to Mr. Maguire, the 32 County Sovereignty Movement doesn't have a military wing.

"We are not republican militants, we are republicans. We are not an armed group, we don't speak as an armed group and we never have," he said.

Despite this, he says he doesn't believe physical force is 'outdated'.

"We are not a militant group but we accept the right of republicans to use military force when necessary and in an appropriate manner against the occupying forces. That has been the republican position since republicanism existed on this island and we have been consisted in that," he said.

He says the group's political strategy is to work in communities on the issue of sovereignty.

"We will work with any other republican groups - we have worked with most of them on previous occasion. We are trying to challenge the issue of normalisation and bring the issue to the forefront. We have done that through our various strategies. Through our protests, through our different community issues. And we would ask all republicans to get behind the prisoners in Maghaberry and put aside any differences. We would urge people to get out on the street to support those men. In towns like Newtownbutler, Rosslea and Lisnaskea, you have seen the republican message has been taken on and the support is growing. You have traditional republican heart lands who are continuing on the struggle and getting behind the men. Fermanagh has always been a strong republican county," he said.

Dissidents have a track record THE threat of further violence by dissident Republicans in Fermanagh doesn't come in isolation. Groups operating in the county have a track record of carrying out a sustained terror campaign.

They have, for 15 years, been defying the Provisional IRA ceasefire with a series of near misses here.

In August 2008, the IRA attempted to murder two police officers in Lisnaskea using an improvised rocket propelled grenade, previously used by the Provisional IRA and packed with Semtex. In June of the same year, the Continuity IRA attempted to murder two police officers in Rosslea but failed after a huge bomb consisting of two creamery cans packed with home-made explosives failed to detonate as a patrol car was passing.

In 2009, dissident Republicans allegedly carried out a failed murder bid on a Catholic police officer living in Garrison.

And the terror groups are understood to be behind a series of chilling death threats made against retired police officers living in Fermanagh.

Around four ex-police officers have received death threats since September 2010, a well-placed security source has told this newspaper.

The PSNI - including Chief Constable Matt Baggott - have continuously admitted the threat of terrorist activity in Fermanagh is "severe".