Word: belfast
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...known locally as the Troubles. Carroll was the first police officer to be killed by Northern Irish terrorists in over a decade. "I had begun to take the process for granted and to regard the peace as irreversible," says Lord Bew, professor of Irish politics at Queen's University Belfast and a legislator in Britain's Upper House. "I was shocked to death [by the killings]," says Belfast native Jim McNally as he strolls along the city's Falls Road. "I just think it's awful. I don't think people were expecting it." (See pictures of Belfast at peace...
...Troubles. Overwhelmingly Protestant in its membership, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was detested by many Catholics, with the staunchest republican neighborhoods effectively becoming no-go areas for RUC officers. Over 300 policemen and women were murdered during Northern Ireland's 30-year conflict. (See pictures of new hope for Belfast...
...pictures of new hope for Belfast...
...shooting at the Massereene army base in Antrim, north of Belfast, killed two young soldiers and seriously injured four others, including two civilians. Police say the soldiers came under attack when they stepped out to collect a pizza delivery. And by all accounts, the gunmen were intent on nothing less than murder. After they fired their initial shots, they approached the soldiers, some of whom were lying on the ground, and shot them a second time. (See TIME's photos: "New Hope For Belfast...
...which refers to the implosion of Reykjavik's banks last October and the subsequent political crisis, was a wry reminder of Ireland's financial fall from grace. But one reason people laughed was they believed things in Ireland would never get that bad. (See pictures of hope in Belfast...