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...found nothing. NORTHERN IRELAND Unionists Quit Protestant leaders resigned from the power-sharing government in Belfast, pushing Ulster's home rule closer to total collapse. Unionists said they would return only if the Irish Republican Army began disarming within a week. Although the I.R.A.'s political wing Sinn Fein hinted that progress was possible, the tight timescale may mean a return to direct rule from London...
Like all political battles, there is a large group with shared opinions and goals (insofar as the goals are political and not military), and then there is its extreme, dedicated to achieving those goals (and other, more brutal ones) at all costs. Sinn Fein has the Irish Republican Army, the Palestinian Authority has Hamas, the Basque nationalists have Euskadi Ta Askatasuna...
...condemn bin Laden and his followers). At a crucial moment in the process, it becomes detrimental to the goals of the political movement to condone violent extremists, and then, usually, they are self-policed into oblivion. This week the legitimate political wing of the Northern Ireland nationalist movement (Sinn Fein), for instance, asked its violent extremists (the Provos) to disarm. In Spain, ETA has targeted Basque nationalist politicians who have joined the Spanish democratic process, knowing as their power grows, the ETA’s will diminish...
...Sinn Fein. Its leaders can either make a pragmatic decision based on mutual cooperation, or they can reaffirm their alliance with the forces of terror...
...goes, a disarmament initiative would serve as a gesture of good will towards the United States and its upcoming war on terrorism. From a regional perspective, it would help Sinn Fein establish a greater degree of trust with Trimble’s party and also prevent a collapse of the volatile coalition government in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has cautioned that “the politics of pressure against the IRA is counterproductive.” It remains to be seen whether or not disarmament is a legitimate possibility...