Word: anti-british
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Some Unionists feared that Paisley's stridently anti-British stand might provoke a break with London. To preserve harmony in the Protestant cause-a doubtful prospect-Loyalist parties sent representatives to a hastily convened summit in Londonderry. But officials in both Belfast and London suspected that Paisley had other things than Protestant unity in mind. Said one Cabinet minister: "Ian Paisley sees himself as the first President of an independent Ulster...
During World War II, Captain Sadat collaborated with the Germans in several anti-British plots, which landed him in jail in 1942. Arrested again two years later in connection with the assassination of a pro-British Egyptian aristocrat, Sadat remained in prison until his trial and acquittal in 1948. Shortly after his release, he divorced his first wife and married Jehan Raouf, a beautiful Anglo-Egyptian girl who eventually gave him four children (he had three by his first marriage...
Last week the government of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher welcomed "the decision of some prisoners or their families to end this distressing protest," in the words of a British official. The hard-line position may have paid off for the moment, but the H-block crisis has further polarized Catholic and Protestant factions in Northern Ireland and revived anti-British feeling in the Irish Republic. Says Bishop Edward Daly of Derry: "Whether the hunger strike crumbles or not, a lot has been lost...
...block has been costly, especially in the U.S. Since the death of Hunger Striker Bobby Sands in May, direct and indirect contributions to the I.R.A. from Irish-Americans have reportedly tripled. During a visit to New York last month, Prince Charles was the target of loud anti-British demonstrations. Last week Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret-who caused a furor in a 1979 visit to the U.S. when she was reported to have called the Irish "pigs"-was persuaded by Thatcher to cancel a proposed trip to Washington scheduled for next week. The reason: fears of further protests...
...British soldiers had wounded a 15-year-old boy when they used real bullets instead of plastic ones to disperse youngsters throwing gasoline bombs. But Daly's account did not ring true at the London Daily Mail. After an investigation, the Daily Mail labeled the column "viciously anti-British" and "a pack of lies," with at least 14 errors or outright fabrications. Its chief accusation: Daly's principal source, a British soldier named Christopher Spell, did not exist...