Word: iras
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...impassioned speech last night at the Institute of Politics, Gerry Adams--the president of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA)--called for immediate negotiations to unite the two halves of Ireland as an independent nation...
...Adams said London is stioll resorting to tactical maneuvers to avoid negotiating with the IRA in peacetime...
There have been a few terrorist attacks since the cease-fire, attacks for which the IRA claims no responsibility...
...IRA has completely ceased any military operations in the last month, Adams said...
...defense of the often violent tactics of the IRA, Adams quoted President John F. Kennedy '40 and reminded his audience of the United States' historically stalwart defense of the rights of the individual...