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To: maceng2 who wrote (149)	12/14/2001 2:00:05 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

Parents of bomb victims to meet McGuinness. [Note from pearly:- I know this story has little to do with the Middle East. However, there seems to be a kind of experimental process in the UK to reduce conflict tensions that is having -some- success. The Northern Ireland conflict has been a bitter one. A plain example of previous British Government (1920's) "divide and conquer" idea starkly shown to be wrong imho. Pi**ed off people = problems. Consensus agreement = peace] The parents of IRA bomb victims Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball are preparing for a meeting with Martin McGuinness. Colin and Wendy Parry and Wilf and Marie Ball will meet the former IRA commander in Warrington, where two bombs killed their sons and injured 56 others in 1993. The group will have a private meeting at the Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball Young People's Centre, which was opened last year. After the meeting Mr McGuinness, the four parents and other families affected by the bomb will attend an advent concert organised to promote peace and build bridges between Ireland and the UK. Mr Parry, 55, says he has mixed feelings about his first-ever meeting with an IRA member-turned-politician. He said: "I expect I will have mixed emotions. I totally disapprove of his past but the fact is he is now an elected politician and a prominent individual in the future of Northern Ireland so it is important to meet him. "I will not go into specific details of what we will be talking about but we will be covering personal matters as well as political issues. "I have met several active IRA members before - I met the Brighton bomber Patrick Magee last weekend - but this is the first time I have met one who has become a politician. I imagine this will be a one-off opportunity to speak to him so it is vital that we have the chance to meet." The advent concert, called A Bridge To Peace, takes place at Parr Hall in Warrington and features youth choirs from the town and also from Omagh. It was organised by The Bridge, a Warrington-based group which works to forge closer ties to all parts of Ireland. Tim Parry was 12 and Johnathan Ball was three when they were killed on the day before Mothering Sunday in 1993. ananova.com