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The IRA no longer a terrorist threat

DRB

DRB

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Oct 24, 2002
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15128882/from/RS.2/

DUBLIN, Ireland - The Irish Republican Army has begun reducing its membership and shut down key units responsible for weapons-making, arms smuggling and training, an expert panel reported Wednesday in findings designed to spur a revival of Catholic-Protestant cooperation in Northern Ireland.

The British and Irish governments warmly welcomed the 60-page assessment of the Independent Monitoring Commission, a four-man panel that includes former directors of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the anti-terrorist unit of Scotland Yard.
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ohio

ohio

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Nov 26, 2001
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So what worked, and what methods can we transfer to our dealings with Islamic terrorist groups?
 
Changleen

Changleen

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ohio said:
So what worked, and what methods can we transfer to our dealings with Islamic terrorist groups?
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The UK acknowledged they had a (sorta) legitimate grievance and allowed Sinn Fein (the political wing) a voice in politics. That was some time ago. After that the IRA began to disarm.

Then, after Sinn Fein had their say, and some of their messages were partly adopted by the more mainstream politcal parties. This in part helped Ireland move ahead in the EU to where we see it today.

Then Sinn Fein kinda went a bit nuts, and everyone saw they were mainly a bunch a whack jobs and they lost a lot of support, and the IRA along with it. Now they're mainly drug dealers.

The lesson is: Engage, listen, maybe change a bit, and everyone can be a bit happier. Certainly you will be able to marginalise the more extremist elements. As we all know, the best way to make an extremist look stupid is to let him speak out.
 
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