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Article: U.S. backs hard line on the IRA; IRA,SINN FEIN,NORTHERN IRELAND.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2005
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Byline: GRAEME WILSON
THE IRA was left isolated last night after the U.S.
joined calls for an end to its reign of terror.
The intervention came amid growing speculation that George Bush may snub Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams at this year's St Patrick's Day celebrations in Washington.
And the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland joined the chorus of criticism with a plea for an end to paramilitary gangsterism.
The White House has been infuriated by the IRA's role in December's [pounds sterling]26.5million bank heist in Belfast.
Yesterday the U.S. State Department condemned the IRA's decision this week to ...