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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (16491)	1/15/2002 2:32:24 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine Carroll; Re: "IRA terrorism was not given in to. The IRA demanded that the British leave. They didn't. The negotiation comes after a prolonged period of stalemate." <<< On the basis of agreement by the British government to negotiate with Irish leaders - and with no question of a surrender of arms - the *IRA called a Truce in July 1921. Subsequent negotiations produced a Treaty which split nationalist Ireland. >>> users.westnet.gr What you're describing is is a simplification of what the IRA demands were. They also demanded stuff like fair treatment for Catholics in Northern Ireland, etc. "After the border campaign ended the leadership of the IRA decided that support should be given to campaigns to highlight the status of second-class citizenship for nationalists in the Six Counties. The emergence of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-1960s was to transform the political situation. Their demand for basic rights - to jobs, housing, voting* - threw the Six-County state into a crisis. The peaceful demand for civil rights was met with violence from the forces of the sectarian state." A lot of their demands were eventually met. If you look at the IRA as being the continuation of the Irish rebels of the previous centuries, the fact is that they won the majority of what they wanted, though it took 500 years. And the future would indicate that with the higher Catholic birth rate in Northern Ireland, they'll eventually win the rest of the island. In some ways, the Irish situation is similar to the Israeli one. The Catholics had a religion that was at odds with the one that was officially supported by England. The Catholics felt that they were getting the short end of the stick in terms of access to everything from civil service jobs, education, to treatment by police. The conflict went on for hundreds of years. Eventually the majority got their way, despite the better technology and economy of their enemy. -- Carl