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Article: Sinn Fein's leaders gave green light for IRA robberies, key report finds
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- February 11, 2005
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The crisis in the Irish peace process was reflected on the streets
of Irish cities and towns last night as republicans protested against
accusations that Sinn Fein's leaders sanctioned the UK's biggest bank
robbery.The protests came as Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein's president,
angrily challenged the Dublin authorities to arrest him and Martin
McGuinness if they believed they knew in advance about December's
£26.5m bank robbery in Belfast.This followed a new official
report, which repeated allegations that Sinn Fein leaders knew in
advance about the robbery and recommended sanctions against the
republican party. The events of the day deepened the atmosphere of
confrontation and deadlock that ...
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