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Article: Peace loses currency in Northern Ireland; Bank heist accusations falling on Sinn Fein, IRA.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: EUROPE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- February 27, 2005
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Byline: Al Webb, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
LONDON - The fallout from one of the most spectacular bank robberies in Britain's history has brought the Northern Ireland peace process to a halt and thrown the Irish republican movement in the province into acrimonious turmoil.
Accusations by police in London and Dublin that the Dec. 20 heist at Belfast's Northern Bank that netted the bandits more than $50 million was pulled off by the Provisional Irish Republican Army has focused the public spotlight on the IRA as never before.
In Belfast, John Grieve of the Independent Monitoring Commission told reporters on Feb. 10 that Sinn Fein, one of the key players ...