STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Or should that be Rambo-yay? While the Albrights and Robertsons of the world heavy-handedly intervene on behalf of foreign gangsters - their clients and the beneficiaries of their military largesse - waging war against sovereign nations for control of narcotics and other smuggling routes, their allies lay down the law to indigenous groups who are legitimately struggling against foreign occupation and for national and civil rights. That the Orangeman Brian Aherne chooses Edinburgh as the venue for his declaration of war against the Sinn Fein has a perverse logic about it. File away for future reference the next time an Anglo-American NATO proconsul delivers himself of some "human rights" tripe.] Wednesday June 20 9:00 AM ET Irish PM Says IRA Must Disarm to Save Peace EDINBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has warned that a definitive disarmament move by the IRA is crucial within the next 10 days if Northern Ireland's fragile peace process is to survive, Irish newspapers said Wednesday. Ahern said the opening up of its arms dumps to independent inspectors by the republican guerrilla group was not enough and that embattled Protestant leader David Trimble's position was under threat without ``very clear�� action on disarmament. ``A process with a vague timetable would not get us anywhere,�� Ahern was quoted as telling the Irish parliament. Northern Ireland's power-sharing assembly, set up under 1998's landmark Good Friday peace accord, faces a crisis at the end of this month, with Trimble vowing to resign his post as first minister if there is no progress on IRA disarmament. In Edinburgh, where he is to address the Scottish Parliament, Ahern Wednesday predicted a period of tough talks as the deadline loomed. ``We�ve worked out an agenda for the next week or so, but it�s going to be a difficult 10 days, there�s no doubt about that -- and the stakes are very high,�� Ahern told reporters. He added that Monday's meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair had been ``very good,�� even though there appeared to be few signs of progress in breaking the long-running deadlock over decommissioning of republican guerrilla weapons. Ahern placed responsibility for progress squarely on the IRA's political ally Sinn Fein -- a stance that shifts away from previous Irish government policy of not making any one party solely accountable for advancing the peace process. The Irish Times said Ahern's remarks to parliament followed soundings taken since this month's elections in Northern Ireland which saw Sinn Fein making substantial political gains and, in the eyes of senior Irish officials, becoming less willing to compromise. Trimble, under pressure from within his own Ulster Unionist Party, has set a deadline of July 1 for IRA movement on the weapons issue. He says he will resign if nothing is forthcoming. A Trimble resignation would be followed by a six-week period of stalemate at an unstable time of the year in Northern Ireland, following which the secretary of state would have to make a decision on a fresh assembly election, Ahern said. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
