Belfast Telegraph
30 September 2000

INLA to extend its truce
By Martin Breen

The INLA ceasefire was under the spotlight today for the first time since it
was declared two years ago.

But the group's political wing, who were meeting for their first annual
conference since then in west Belfast, was adamant that the truce would
remain intact.

A motion at the Irish Republican Socialist Party's Ard Fheis on the Falls
Road cited support for the ceasefire and the party believes it will be
universally endorsed.

However, they revealed that the INLA truce, which was called in August 1998,
is subject to a rolling review in terms of loyalist violence.

Irish Republican Socialist Party member Eddie McGarrigle said he was
confident the ceasefire would not break and rubbished reports that the INLA
had assisted dissident republicans in the Real IRA and Continuity IRA to
carry out attacks.

He said: "The ceasefire is solid. There would be an ongoing review in regard
to loyalist activities".




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