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Article: IRA contends British did not act in good faith.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- February 27, 1996
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LONDON _ It was an exciting, hopeful day when the Irish Republican Army announced a cease-fire on Aug. 31, 1994 _ all the more so because it acted unilaterally. Six weeks later, Protestant paramilitary groups announced their own cease-fire.
Over the next 17 months, Londoners practically forgot what it was like to live in fear of IRA bombs. In Belfast, Northern Ireland's capital, the mood was giddy. British troops were withdrawn from the streets. Businesses boomed; Christmases were gleeful; shoppers began pouring in by the busload from Dublin and the rest of Ireland.
Irish nationalists and unionists, along with British and Irish government leaders, were meeting ...