BBC: Family of Murdered Belfast Man To Meet Kennedy In U.S.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4352649.stm

McCartneys to meet Kennedy in US

Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 March, 2005, 00:34 GMT
The family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney is to meet US Senator Ted Kennedy in Washington.

Mr Kennedy has refused to meet Gerry Adams during the Sinn Fein leader's St Patrick's Day trip to the US. A spokeswoman for Senator Kennedy said he had cancelled a meeting because of the IRA's "ongoing criminal activity".

Mr McCartney's sister Catherine said their US trip was aimed at dispelling any "romantic vision" that Americans may have of the IRA's struggle.

"We are now dealing with criminal gangs who are using the cloak of romanticism around the IRA to murder people on the streets and walk away from it," she said. "We are going to bring that reality home to Americans who have political and financial influence in Ireland."

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