----- Original Message ----- From: "RM_Distribution" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>> Flash: IRA New Year Statement > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > This the full text of the IRA statement released tonight > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > The leadership of Oglaigh na hEireann extends New Year greetings > to all our volunteers, friends and supporters at home and abroad. > > We send solidarity to our imprisoned comrades and their families > and to the families of our dead volunteers. > > As we enter 2001 we reaffirm our commitment to the achievement of > our objectives, and the creation of a national democracy through > a united, independent and free Ireland. > > More than six years have elapsed since our first cessation of all > military operations. In the interim we have honoured all > commitments given. > > The search for a durable peace has presented many challenges for > Irish republicans. > > For our part we have risen to these challenges and helped to move > the peace process forward. > > In the course of recent times the leadership of Oglaigh na > hEireann has taken a number of unprecedented initiatives to > enhance all genuine efforts to realise a just and lasting peace. > > The British Government has failed to seize the opportunity > created by these initiatives. > > The leadership of the IRA is committed to a resolution of the > issue of arms. > > This will not be resolved unless the British Prime Minister takes > political responsibility for it. > > P O'Neill > > > > > > c. RM Distribution and others. Articles may be reprinted with credit. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > RM Distribution > Irish Republican News and Information > http://irlnet.com/rmlist/ > > PO Box 160, Galway, Ireland Phone/Fax: (353)1-6335113 > PO Box 8630, Austin TX 78713, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > RMD1010101191000p10 >
