Word: attwoods
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...close contacts to the I.R.A. argue that he was deliberately kept in the dark about the bombings so that he could claim ignorance and remain the acceptable face of Irish republicanism. For the moment, Adams is still an important--and perhaps indispensable--part of the peace process. Says Alex Attwood, a Belfast city councilor representing a ward in Roman Catholic West Belfast: "Adams and his first- line managers are the best and the brightest. People may not like them, but they need to be sustained if we are going to secure peace...