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Northern Ireland Struggles to Distance Itself From Terrorism Even As a Belfast Reporter Isgunned Down By Paramilitary Loyalists

As the world focuses on global terror attacks, Northern Irish leaders are struggling to distance the region fromterror movements. During a Sinn Fein conference this weekend in Dublin, Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, thepolitical party allied with the Irish Republican Army, made a point of calling terrorism "ethically indefensible".And yesterday, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble called on the government to match its freezing of alleged Talibanassets in the UK with a crackdown on the profits made by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland.


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