Thursday, August 12, 2010

Are The 'Troubles' Returning To Northern Ireland?

The Government is involved in secret talks with dissident republicans,
Martin McGuinness claims. Photo from The Independent


Car Bombers Again Stalk Belfast -- Global Post

A new breed of anti-British republicans is acting to reignite tensions in Northern Ireland.

BELFAST, Ireland — On Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, a former police officer in his 50s left his house in County Tyrone climbed into his red Ford Mondeo and set out for the police station, where he worked as a security guard.

There was a bang as a bomb partially exploded under the car along Sweep Road. The man, badly shaken, walked away unscathed. If the explosive device had fully detonated he would be dead, according to district police commander Michael Skuce, who called his survival “unbelievable.”

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More News On Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein: British, Irish talk with IRA dissidents -- AP
'Secret talks' held with dissidents -- The Independent
London, Belfast in secret dissident talks: McGuinness -- AFP
Irish dissidents 'in talks with British government', says Martin McGuinness -- The Guardian
Governments talking to dissidents: McGuinness -- BBC
'Talks ongoing with dissidents' - SF -- Irish Times
Gerry Adams in bid to calm fresh Ulster violence - Feature -- Earth Times

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