McGUINNESS TELLS IRA NOT TO BREAK CEASEFIRE

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McGUINNESS TELLS IRA NOT TO BREAK CEASEFIRE
02/06/05 11:18 EST

Sinn Fein urged the IRA today not to return to violence
after its withdrawal of its offer to put all its weapons
beyond use.


"Sinn Fein is totally and absolutely opposed to any return
to conflict," deputy leader Mr Martin McGuinness said today.


When pressed on whether he would "categorically" tell
Republican paramilitaries and the IRA not to break the
ceasefire, Mr McGuinness said he would tell all parties to
avoid violence: "That is very strongly my position. Not just
to people on the Republican side, but to people on the
loyalist side, to undercover elements within the British
military and to the British Army in South Armagh."


Efforts to forge a political settlement ground to a halt in
December after a GBP £26.5 million bank heist which has been
blamed on the IRA.


Last week the outlawed group withdrew a conditional offer to
put its weapons beyond use, although the statement did not
explicitly threaten to end its 1997 ceasefire.


Mr McGuinness said the political stalemate would not be
broken by fresh unrest. "We believe the peace process is the
best way forward."
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1. Hooray for Martin McGuinness

This so called "Terrorist" has done more to advance the Peace Process than any of the damn fools in Dublin, Belfast and London.

Up Sinn Fein!

Brits Out!