> WillBo wrote: > Not for nothin' but nobody but Americans (and maybe the English) > attempt to trace "The Troubles" back only as far as 1969...
Well the point was to outine the modern form of terrorism in Northern Ireland and branching out from there to Dublin and London (e.g., the attempted assignation of Margret Thatcher). You've basically got 2 groups: 1.) The Republicans who want a united Ireland and are mostly Catholic, and 2.) The Loyalists who want a Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom. The 2 groups then have militant and political branches such as Sinn Fein, one of the most (in)famous. There's also the UVF, UFF, etc. So the question is, when did this modern form begin taking shape? Well, most people say the early 60s were fairly calm and that the founding of the UVF in the mid-sixites was the very early beginning with the riots of 1968 during the NICRA marches to be the spark. The UVF bombings in 1969 are considered to be the "first blood" of the modern era. So, with as much as we hear about the IRA, if we look at those late 60s events, we could say that the UVF and Loyalists started it. But THAT'S a whole different thread :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212520 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
