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Wed 05 May 2004Ahern rejects Adams's claim on killersThe Taoiseach disputed Mr Gerry Adams's version of events on the proposed release of the killers of Det Garda Jerry McCabe."On what the president of Sinn Féin said today, it is clear that Mr Adams is under an enormous misapprehension," said Mr Ahern. "The Government made it clear at the time of the Good Friday agreement that the release of Jerry McCabe's killers was not covered by the agreement. I said so on several occasions, including in a letter and in subsequent statements in this House and elsewhere."