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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...
...Trimble has obviously received this message and acted upon it. He correctly noted that the UUP could no longer remain part of a government which featured a terrorist-controlled party, saying, “It would be impossible for UUP ministers to continue participating in government with Sinn Fein; we couldn’t do so with credibility, we will...
...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...