>From The New Republic
>>Same old garbage out of the Isles. Reemember: these are the folks who are
setting about to enlighten the world as to the error of its (which one? you
pick) ways. A<>E<>R <<
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Mandelson orders in hundreds of extra troops
Foreign Affairs Opinion (Published)
Source: Daily Telegraph
Published: 08/27/00 Author: David Cracknell, Deputy Political Editor
Posted on 08/27/2000 09:10:55 PDT by Miss Antiwar
PETER MANDELSON has sent reinforcements of hundreds of troops to the Shankill
area of Belfast to prevent the volatile dispute between loyalist paramilitaries
escalating into open sectarian warfare.
Peter Mandelson: 'If any event demands it, I'll have no hesitation in
increasing the deployment'
The Northern Ireland Secretary drafted in No 3 Squadron of the Royal Air Force
Regiment this weekend, taking the number of servicemen available to patrol the
city's loyalist stronghold up to 600. It is feared that more violence will
erupt over the coming days and that behind-the-scenes talks to resolve the feud
between the leaderships of the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Freedom
Fighters will come to nothing.
The Ministry of Defence said yesterday that the additional troops will relieve
and supplement those from the Royal Green Jackets, who were called in on Monday
for an emergency duty in circumstances which RUC officers describe as
"horrendous". It was the first time in two years that the British Army had been
seen parolling Ulster's capital since troops were withdrawn to barracks in
1998.
Troop numbers throughout the whole Province currently stand at about 13,500.
The phased reduction from about 18,000 at the time of the first IRA ceasefire
in 1994 is expected to lead to an eventual level of between 6,000 and 8,000.
But it is now feared that Mr Mandelson's actions could herald a reversal of the
trend. The RAF Regiment, created to protect airfields, was drafted in to
bolster the "surgical" deployment in the Shankill area to put a lid on the
loyalist feud.
Other loyalists warned that they plan to shift their illegal activities away
from the now tightly policed Shankill area - the stronghold of loyalist
paramilitaries - to other parts of the province which are less heavily
patrolled and where they hope to settle a number of private scores which have
been festering for up to four years.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Mandelson said that he would continue to
take a hard line, adding: "If any event demands it, I'll have no hesitation in
increasing the deployment for this reason: that the support of the Army allows
the police to get on with policing." Mr Mandelson admitted that the loyalist
feud, which has resulted in three murders in the past week, was in danger of
drawing in republican terrorists and threatening to derail the peace process.
He said: "It is always the risk in these sectarian situations that what starts
off as a loyalist feud, then spills over into sectarian conflict and violence,
is then taken from one side of the community to the other. That creates a much
more dangerous, explosive situation even than the one we've faced this week.
Tribal [conflict] could easily spiral into sectarian warfare."
Mr Mandelson disclosed his pessimism about the chances of any further moves
towards decommissioning of weapons by the Provisional IRA following last week's
violence, when loyalists openly waved guns on the streets of Belfast. He added:
"I never let the issue drop in any discussion that we have [with republicans],
but we have to be realistic with loyalist paramilitary organisations toting
guns, using them as extensively as they have been recently. That's hardly an
encouragement to republican decommissioning."
He said that loyalists should also address disarmament following the limited
opening of IRA arms dumps to inspectors, adding: "Loyalist paramilitaries who
originally went ahead of the republicans in their commitment to decommissioning
are now lagging behind." The minister revealed that he had considered ordering
the arrest of two other loyalist activists last week as well as Johnny "Mad
Dog" Adair, leader of the Ulster Freedom Fighters.
Huge crowds yesterday attended the funeral of the third victim of the loyalist
feud in Belfast's Shankill Road area. Sam Rocket, 22, was given a paramilitary
ceremony after a private service in his home. Meanwhile, a cache of bombs has
been found buried in a wood in Oxfordshire, just a few miles from the country
homes of Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, and Douglas Hurd, the former Northern
Ireland and Home Secretary, police said yesterday.
Anti-terrorist officers were examining eight home-made bombs described last
night by police as "sophisticated devices" which could easily maim or kill.
Thames Valley police said: "We are keeping an open mind as to who may have
hidden these devices and we are not linking it to any particular organisation."
26 August 2000: Victims of loyalist shootings are buried
25 August 2000: RUC seize loyalist guns 'meant for pub massacre'
24 August 2000: Father, 21, killed in loyalist feud
23 August 2000: 'Mad Dog' Adair back in jail as Mandelson suspends licence
22 August 2000: They call this a ceasefire
20 August 2000: Six injured as terrorists spray pub with bullets
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>From www.foxnews.com/world/0827/i_rt_0827_15.sml
>>This next one shows where some tax $$$ are going. A<>E<>R <<
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Iraq Says Western Planes Bomb North
2.14 p.m. ET (1827 GMT) August 27, 2000
BAGHDAD (Reuters) � Iraq said U.S. and British planes bombed civilian areas in
a raid on northern Iraq on Sunday, but no casualties were reported.
An Iraqi military spokesman, quoted by the state INA news agency, said eight
"enemy formations'' flew over Nineveh province at 10:30 a.m., attacking
civilian and service installations north of the province.
The spokesman did not mention any casualties but he said Iraqi air defense
units fired on the jets and forced them to return to their bases in Turkey.
He said other Western planes carried out sorties from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
over the southern Iraqi provinces of Basra, Dhi qar, Muthanna, Qadissiya, Najaf
and Missan.
There was no immediate word on the report from Washington or London.
U.S. and British planes patrol no-fly zones over southern and northern Iraq set
up after the 1991 Gulf War. The zones, which Baghdad does not recognize, were
imposed to protect a Kurdish enclave in the north and Shi'ite Muslims in the
south from possible attacks by Iraqi government forces.
The planes have been bombing targets in the no-fly zones frequently since
Baghdad stepped up its defiance of the Western- imposed restrictions in
December 1998. Iraq says 300 civilians have been killed and 900 wounded in
these attacks.
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