Northern Ireland struggles to put bloody past behind it

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BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's worst period of violence since a 1998 peace deal ended three decades of conflict has highlighted just how fragile that accord is and raised fears that the province cannot fully emerge from its bloody past. Petrol bombs and guns returned to the streets of Belfast after a vote by local councilors to end a century-old tradition of flying Britain's flag from City Hall every day provoked pro-British loyalists into riots that have raged for much of the past five weeks. ...




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I agree and as usual Britain is caught in the middle. Pull out and the loyalists will scream and shout they are left in the crap, stay and the Army is an army of occupation.
 
Let's just send in the Para's and RM's again to restore order. Arm them with rubber bullets and a big stick. :D That'll learn 'em (again).
 
Yes, but we can't start just putting lead in people just because they are causing a riot, no matter how tempting it is.
 
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