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Dissident republicans blamed for N. Ireland army base shooting
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by mudricky | March 8, 2009 at 03:33 am
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Dissident republicans, who are opposed to the peace process, are being blamed for yesterday's killing of two soldiers at an Army base in Northern Ireland.
This is the first murder of British soldiers in N. Ireland since 1997 when an IRA sniper killed Lance Bombardier Stephen Restorick.
Two gunmen started shooting using automatic rifles as Pizzas were delivered to the Massereene base in County Antrim, 16 miles north of Belfast.
There was one set of shots from the gunmen that put their victims on the ground, they then moved closer and opened fire again with a second round of shots..
Two soldiers were killed and four other males were injured and have been taken to Antrim Area Hospital about a mile from the base.
Of the four injured, one person is critical, two are in a serious condition and another is serious but stable. The pizza delivery staff were among those hurt.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as you would expect, condemned the attacks.
He said [to the BBC]: "I think the whole country is shocked and outraged at the evil and cowardly attacks on soldiers serving their country
"We will do everything in our power to make sure that Northern Ireland is safe and secure and I assure you we will bring these murderers to justice.
"No murderer will be able to derail a peace process that has the support of the great majority of Northern Ireland."
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Shaun Woodward condemned the shooting as an “act of criminal barbarism”.
It happened just 36 hours after Northern Ireland Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde confirmed that undercover soldiers had been called in to carry out surveillance operations on dissidents amid warnings that the threat against his officers and military personnel was at its highest for almost a decade.
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Dissident republican group suspected in assassination of two British army personnel at base in Antrim.
A MASSIVE security operation was under way today after two soldiers were shot dead outside an army barracks in Northern Ireland.
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at 07:50 on March 8th, 2009
Ah, my beautiful Northern Ireland. I grew up there, and it was horrible to witness these events day in and day out. We had all rather hoped that they had come to an end and it saddens me greatly that this has happened.
at 11:31 on March 8th, 2009
I lived in Dublin for a year or so. I love both Ireland and Norther Ireland! Just as we thought is was over - but it never is, is it...
Let that be a reminder to us when it comes to Bosnia, too. It really never ends.
at 12:13 on March 8th, 2009
I love Ireland too, zeet. It is and always will be my home, regardless of where I hang my hat!
at 10:46 on March 8th, 2009
Americans can't follow this story well. Our historical context doesn't make for understanding of how two different Celtic groups, both Christian, both educated, can have this thing go on and on and on.
For one thing, we can't really understand how the problem came to be in the first place. We don't readily get how having an "Orangeman" parade just to rub a victory in someone's face after centuries could work, but it works because a person who works in the historic context and has an essence of the context in his daily life, has an identification and experience that makes the parade a highly charged and symbolic event.
Living abroad gave me the chance to explore identity better and see how it gets used and manipulated. So, I think I understand better than once upon a time.
In any case, Northern Ireland has made a lot of progress of late.
at 10:56 on March 8th, 2009
You summed that up rather well.
at 11:26 on March 8th, 2009
Roy, it is so horrendously complicated and entrenched, I couldn't even begin to explain it here. My family and I have never had any political (and certainly no paramilitary) involvement in Northern Ireland but it was around us all the time, every hour, every day. The troubles in Northern Ireland were more prevalent than anything else there - it doesn't matter that the Catholic struggle started, in essence, 800 years ago, it has been perpetuated through the generations and in some parts of the province is still as strong as ever. Even though I am a 'Child of the Troubles' I find it very difficult to explain it to other people, and it is a very emotional topic for me. It's almost like something that is inextricably part of our very beings because we have been immersed in it for so long.
at 11:43 on March 8th, 2009
That was one discussion I avoided as much as possible when I first moved to the UK... when hanging out with Northern Irish friends, if a new acquaintance asked me "which school [I] went to", I made sure to crank up my Yank accent as much as possible when replying, "... a California school!"
at 12:03 on March 8th, 2009
Jordan, I have spent TOO many nights in the pub (and elsewhere) avoiding the subject and then fighting about it for 3 hours! It's best to stay well away!
mudricky, yes, I don't think it comes easily to anyone.
at 11:51 on March 8th, 2009
I have some Northern Irish friends who have been cought up int he troubles and they find it hard to talk about too.
at 11:37 on March 8th, 2009
Thanks, for that reply. I feel a little better knowing that even someone involved finds it horribly complicated and entrenched.
There are real lessons there for humanity. The mistake is to think that we are superior and that, in this case, "there but for the Grace of God go I" is not operational.
This is what the very rational end of the Golden Rule is about.