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Article: Britain weighs apology for `Bloody Sunday'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- December 17, 1997
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LONDON Britain, eager to pump new life into the flagging Northern
Ireland peace process, is considering whether to apologize for the
killing of 14 Catholic civilians by its own security forces nearly 26
years ago.
Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam is examining
claims by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern that the civilians were
gunned down by ill-disciplined British troops.
The killings in Londonderry, Northern Ireland's second-largest
city, on what became known as "Bloody Sunday" - Jan. 30, 1972 -
remain a source of bitter resentment in the province's Catholic
community.
The incident has frequently been cited as a reason nationalists
hesitate to accept British assurances ...