Violence Hits Northern Ireland

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March 9, 2009
A group called the Real I.R.A. claims responsibility for two killings in Northern Ireland. Newsy.com tracks reaction.
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No PhotoCraig Richards
March 10, 2009
07:24 PM
Sometimes it's hard to spot a problem until it bites you in the butt. Of course people were more focused on Islamic terrorists because they were the ones making the news and causing problems. If a group lays low, it's hard to make sure you keep them on your radar and usually are forgotten about. A 10 year wait is a pretty good way to make someone put their guard down. Now, awareness of the group will go up. It's just so hard to have all of your bases covered when it comes to safety. In hindsight, maybe more attention should have been paid in Northern Ireland....but if a different attack happened, and people asked, "Why didn't you stop this," and Ireland responds, "we were waiting for the Real IRA to attack, you know, the group that attacked us in 1997. This would probably cause some major criticism. Let's just hope the Real IRA, or any other group does not cause anymore harm in Ireland or anywhere else.
myfairladymyfairlady
March 9, 2009
04:46 PM
I agree with DaBearsss, it is very important that we stay knowledgeable about domestic terrorists, but I don't necessarily think we have been too focused on Islamic terrorists.
robotsoulrobotsoul
March 9, 2009
04:15 PM
Ethnic tension and a history of colonialism is a recipe for terrorism. I think that we have ignored what nations like Ireland have to teach us about fighting terrorism. Ireland has a rich history of ethnic infighting and a working peace didn't come until 1997 and even that is beginning to deteriorate.
DaBearsssDaBearsss
March 9, 2009
04:15 PM
true that we get tunnel vision when talking about violence in the mid-east but i think for good reasons. As the story stated this is the first violence in ten years and it killed two and wounded four. Its hard to count the number of busses cars and civilian deaths that have been tallied on the Palestinian border in the last decade.
danielleismynamedanielleismyname
March 9, 2009
01:25 PM
I agree that we are all too focused on Islamic terrorism that we often forget about the terrorism that faces us at home. Hopefully, this event in Ireland will remind us of that and the same type of thing will not happen here in the U.S.
apple2kapple2k
March 9, 2009
01:14 PM
I do think the focus on Islamic terrorists has blinded us to the fact that we have terrorists at home that can be just as destructive. As an American, I hope an event like this would be a wake up call for us and god forbid it takes an event like an Oklahoma City bombing to remind us of the threat of domestic terrorism.
ColoradoMadMaxColoradoMadMax
March 9, 2009
12:35 PM
Wow, first spot of violence since 1997, let's hope that this doesn't drum up bad feelings between the two adversaries. There has been no violence for over 10 years and I think we need to keep it that way.
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