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...Trouble in Ireland Michael Elliot's view that it will take a long time to drain the poison from Northern Ireland is very perceptive [March 23]. The latest outbreak of IRA violence is like a recurring tumor, the cause of which is a pernicious cancer in the Nationalist body politic, namely: our fixation with a "united Ireland." As long as we succumb to our animal territorial instinct and harbour this futile dream, every generation will produce some young hotheads prepared to use violence to achieve it. Of course, like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness et al, they will come...
...first clue comes in the bewildering slew of acronyms that clog up every discussion of the situation. RIRA - the self-styled Real IRA - has said that it killed the soldiers, while CIRA - Continuity IRA - laid claim to gunning down Carroll. Factional splits and bloody internecine feuds were long a feature of the covert paramilitary republican movement, and RIRA and CIRA are dissident groups dedicated to destabilizing the peace process. Both groups are breakaways from the Provisional IRA, which, together with its political wing, Sinn Fein, have embraced power-sharing in Northern Ireland and renounced violence. The dissidents accuse them...
...Provisional IRA, the largest and deadliest of the republican paramilitary organizations, declared a cease-fire in 1997 and formally ended its armed campaign in 2005. Sinn Fein has transformed itself from a fringe party to the dominant political party in the Catholic community, and the second largest in Northern Ireland. Former IRA leader Martin McGuinness serves as Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland's devolved government. "I supported the IRA during the conflict. I myself was a member of the IRA, but that war is over," said McGuinness in a strong condemnation of the renewed violence. "[The dissidents] are clearly...
...fragmented and geographically segmented." Sinn Fein has called on its republican supporters to assist the police in combating the dissidents' efforts to reignite violence in Northern Ireland. And that has been welcomed by the party's longtime opponents. Because many of the dissidents are former members of the Provisional IRA, the republican community, including its political leaders, is more likely to have crossed paths with them in the past. "If you're talking about seasoned terrorists, which some of these dissidents seem to be, there's no better source than Sinn Fein itself," says Alex Kane, director of communications...
...Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass,” even proved their most musically consistent, sonically adventurous album since “Heart Beat.”So what does any of this have to do with Condo Fucks? Condo Fucks are Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew. Yo La Tengo is Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew. But Condo Fucks are not Yo La Tengo—not quite, at least. From their cover of the Kinks’ “Big Sky” on their debut to the Beach Boys?...