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BELFAST: As one cease-fire draws to a close in the Persian Gulf, could another be deteriorating in Northern Ireland? A power struggle within Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, has led to the resignation of 12 party members ? and more disconcertingly, two key members of the guerrilla organization appear to have defected to a breakaway movement known as Continuity IRA...
...defectors' names were unknown, but British security sources said they had held senior positions in the Republican Army council ?Quartermaster General and an ex-chief of staff. There were fears that this could have led to some of the organization?s armory being leaked to the aptly-named Continuity IRA, which does not consider itself bound by the cease-fire...
Irish peace hopes face a new threat as hard-liners break away from the IRA. More...
Your excellent article "The Search for the Unicorn" [AMERICAN SCENE, Sept. 29] told the public what the infamous hippie Ira Einhorn did to my sister Holly and how he has been on the run since 1981, hiding and laughing at the rest of us. Our father parachuted into Normandy on June 6, 1944, and was one of the first Americans to help liberate France from Nazi tyranny. Our mother was stationed in France with the Red Cross. Do the French now repay these real debts by releasing my sister's murderer? The spirits of Holly and my parents...
...course, shaking hands with Gerry Adams, which Blair did Monday during his visit to the all-party talks at Stormont, does not come without its drawbacks. Clinton was embarrassed when the IRA cease-fire collapsed only three months after he "happened to bump into" the Sinn Fein leader...