Re: Hard Look at the Hard Men

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Irish Echo
17 July 2002

Hard Look at the Hard Men
By Jack Holland

"That's it," said Ed Moloney, firmly and unambiguously. He was
referring to the completion of his massive history of the IRA --
which he calls its "secret history" -- as marking the end of his
coverage of the Northern Ireland conflict. It was, he told me, a
defining moment. This is the story he has been wanting to tell, and
now that he has told it, Northern Ireland holds no further interest
for him.

Monday, 22 July, 2002, 08:02 GMT 09:02 UK
Man shot dead in Belfast

A man was shot at on the Oldpark Road

A man has been shot dead in north Belfast during a night of violence which
saw a series of sectarian attacks in the city.
The victim, believed to be Catholic and in his early 20s, was shot near the
interface Whitewell Road area where sectarian tensions have been high in
recent months.

The victim was walking alone from the Antrim Road towards the Whitewell Road
when he was attacked at about midnight on Sunday.

People close by heard four or five shots. The man died at the scene. The
police are treating the incident as sectarian.

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Earlier on Sunday evening, a Protestant teenager was shot and injured in the
Glenbryn area of Ardoyne.

The 19-year-old victim was hit when a gunman reportedly fired over the peace
line from a Catholic area.

He was taken to the Mater Hospital in north Belfast where a spokeswoman
described his condition as "ill but stable".

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DUP councillor Nelson McCausland condemned the violence, but also criticised
the government's handling of the situation.

"The truth is that paramilitary ceasefires are being broken on a regular
basis," he said.

"In particular, the so-called IRA ceasefire and yet Sinn Fein are still
sitting in the government of our country."


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