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...outbreak of violence between these two extremes of the sectarian struggle comes at an importune--and nervous--time. The Protestant unionist parties participating in the talks were already discontent with the way British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Marjorie Mowlam was handling the negotiations. Says M.P. Ken Maginnis, a senior member of the Ulster Unionist Party: "She has been giving concession after concession to Sinn Fein and the I.R.A., while frustrating our interests time and time again. This can only lead to tears." Maginnis demanded Mowlam's resignation, and some unionists in his party are threatening to pull...
British Secretary of State Mo Mowlam has always shown a keen ability to cut through seemingly intractable problems with bold strokes, and her highly personal, risk-taking style has once again paid off. In an unprecedented visit to jailed Protestant terrorists inside the top-security Maze prison, she convinced the Protestant paramilitary groups to remain committed to peace talks for Northern Ireland. That means negotiations will reopen as scheduled on Monday with representatives present from both the pro-British Protestants and Sinn Fein...
...Mowlam's 90-minute visit with convicts like Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair, who once said that the only Catholic he'd ever had in a car was a dead one, angered many in the British press who saw the visit as a legitimizing of the terrorists. The Belfast Telegraph harrumphed that "Dr. Mowlam may secure a short-term gain today, but the worry must be that she has demoted the cause of democracy in Northern Ireland." Meanwhile, the Independent praised the decision as a courageous gambit to keep the imperiled talks moving. At least...
...Dogs and Englishwomen Mo Mowlam keeps Northern Ireland peace talks on track with an unprecedented visit to the Maze prison...
Even after last week's bombing, Trimble arrived for the talks. "Two years ago," said Marjorie ("Mo") Mowlam, the tough-talking, no-nonsense British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, "it would not have been possible for Trimble to move forward after a bomb like that. Now Unionism wants its leaders to be talking." And in the North, that is surprising progress...