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...member of Britain's Special Air Service was killed in a shoot-out in Belfast with Doherty and three other I.R.A. members preparing an ambush. Charged with murder, Doherty escaped just as his trial was concluding. After his arrest in 1983 for entering the U.S. illegally, the British government sought his extradition. But a federal judge in Manhattan ruled that the murder had been a political act and denied the application. Doherty remained in jail, and his cause was taken up by members of the Irish-American community, including prominent politicians...
...since 1982 has Northern Ireland been so besieged by terrorism. The I.R.A. opened its latest campaign with a spate of bombings in November that severely damaged parts of the center of Belfast. Since then, more buildings have been bombed, and there has been an upsurge in murders by the I.R.A., as well as by Ulster loyalist extremists. The bombings have spread to London, Manchester and other British cities...
...more demoralizing because only a few months ago they were confident the worst was over. Now, demands for increased security have prompted the government in London to send two more army battalions to the province, bringing military strength to 17,800. Prime Minister John Major flew to Belfast last week and declared that the I.R.A. "cannot bomb Northern Ireland out of its way of life, and they cannot bomb the British government out of its policy." He added, "The I.R.A. are not going to win. Not now and not ever...
...photojournalists fanned out over the Emerald Isle for a period of 24 hours. The resulting contrasts are lyric enough for poetry (brides and nuns, musicians and farmers) or too bitter for words (glowering British soldiers in Belfast, homeless Dubliners sheltering in an abandoned...
Some listeners might be tempted to say this Belfast cowboy -- as the Band's Robbie Robertson once called him in a song -- is, in fact, a little mad. But if so, his is a fine madness. Morrison asks his own questions ("Can you feel the silence?") and provides his own answers ("((We)) carried on dreaming in God"). Those very dreams are the songs he shares. His music is a perpetual state of grace...