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...July 1, moderate unionist leader David Trimble resigned his post as first minister of the coalition home-rule government of Northern Ireland with the intention of forcing the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to begin disarming (as it had promised to do under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement). Now that the IRA has finally begun disarming, the hope is that Trimble can win today’s election, return to his job and continue leading the peace process...
There are 60 members of the Northern Ireland legislative assembly voting in today’s election, and only a simple majority is needed to put Trimble back in office. However, the DUP and even some members of Trimble’s own party (the Ulster Unionists Party or UUP) are objecting to pushing forward with the peace process because they think the IRA hasn’t put in enough effort to disarm. Unfortunately, the decommissioning (or disarming) process is all very secretive, and it is overseen by a neutral decommissioning body, led by General John de Chastelain...
...root of all the conflict is, of course, the voting public of Northern Ireland. Many people have their minds strongly set on being either Irish citizens or British citizens. The problem with the compromise is that as the government moves closer and closer to the middle, some people will inevitably feel alienated and gravitate more towards the extremes. With the IRA disarming, some hard-line republicans will switch their support to the Real IRA, but we can only hope that support for terrorism will be low following Sept...
...member of America’s “anti-terror” coalition, and Syria, a U.S. ally during the Persian Gulf War 10 years ago, chose Yom Kippur 1973 as the appropriate day on which to launch an extensive combined assault on Israel’s northern and southern borders. Warring Muslim nations have not traditionally established ceasefires during their own holy month either. In the nearly decade-long war between Iran and Iraq, fighting occurred without pause during Ramadan each year...
...pfight for IM victory,’ the Quad residence was called North House. The masters’ interest in cold weather regions (hello Boston) and a collection of polar bear photographs combined with the fact that North house is...wait for it...the northern most residential house, gave the idea of a house mascot the push it needed to come under House Council consideration...