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Article: IRA BACKPEDALS ON DISARMAMENT PROPOSAL N. IRELAND PEACE PLAN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE AMID STRONG HOSTILITY TO POWER SHARING.(News)

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August 15, 2001
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Byline: CHARLES M. SENNOTT The Boston Globe

LONDON -- An unsteady Northern Ireland peace process was knocked further off balance yesterday as the Irish Republican Army announced that it was rescinding its offer to disarm because of Britain's suspension of the power-sharing government in Belfast over the weekend.

"We are withdrawing our proposal. The IRA leadership will continue to monitor developments. Peacekeeping is a collective effort," the IRA said in a statement.

The IRA said the British government had violated agreements when it stripped the Catholic-Protestant government of power for one day. It also accused the Ulster Unionists, the ...

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