Word: iraã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...IRA??s unwillingness to hand over its arms despite the provisions of the Good Friday peace accords had caused Trimble to resign in July. Trimble’s return now, coupled with the new constructive tone of the Nationalist forces, bodes well for a lasting peace process. At a time when extremism and terrorism are posing new dangers to the world, the progress in Northern Ireland provides welcome relief. Now the various parties must together seize the opportunity for peace and move beyond blind violence and sectarian division...
Unfortunately, the extreme unionists withdrew their support for the agreement during the negotiation for the IRA??s disarmament. Hard-line unionists, led by Rev. Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), want to prevent the peace process from continuing by blocking Trimble’s reelection today. In effect, if he is not reelected, the region will return to rule from London and the IRA might stop disarming. It is widely agreed that Trimble is the only man who can get enough support on both sides to be First Minister...
...wake of the horrific terrorist attacks on America, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is now encountering a more resolute, determined opposition. This past Saturday, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader David Trimble delivered an ultimatum to Sinn Fein, the IRA??s political wing. Trimble announced that unless the paramilitary group began “a credible process of decommissioning” its weapons in accordance with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the UUP would withdraw its three ministers from the executive and abandon Northern Ireland’s unstable alliance government...
...made no tangible moves towards fulfilling this obligation. Indeed, the organization rescinded its offer of a weapons handover this past August, contending that it was negotiating with General John de Chastelain’s Independent International Commission on Decommissioning. Unionists were understandably upset over the IRA??s brazen disregard of the Good Friday Agreement’s protocol. Trimble argued that while the UUP had “supported an inclusive system” and “given republicans the opportunity to participate…it was on the basis that they carry out their obligations under...
Trimble’s words reinforce the no-nonsense stance on terrorism that has recently engulfed the international community. Now is not the time to accept the IRA??s hollow calls for decommissioning “talks.” Action is needed...