IRA withdraws weapons commitment

[sir_drinks_alot]

The IRA has withdrawn its offer to complete the decommissioning process.



In a statement passed to the An Phoblacht newspaper, the organisation said it had taken the offer off the table.

Last year, the IRA said it would complete the decommissioning process within weeks and move into what it called a new mode. The statement said the British and Irish Governments had tried the organisation's patience to the limit".

-from bbc news

where dose this leave the peace process ?

[NitroNutter]

You mean there really was one in the first place ? Asking an army wether recognised or not to disarm would have been a form of surrender yet the IRA were far from defeated. Sounded completely impracticle to me and most unliley to really hapen

Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

The IRA has withdrawn its offer to complete the decommissioning process.



In a statement passed to the An Phoblacht newspaper, the organisation said it had taken the offer off the table.

Last year, the IRA said it would complete the decommissioning process within weeks and move into what it called a new mode. The statement said the British and Irish Governments had tried the organisation's patience to the limit".

-from bbc news

where dose this leave the peace process ?

Where it has been for months, stalled and going nowhere.

IMO, unless the IRA start using less ambigious (sp?) language in relation to the disarmament process, then the unionist community will never believe them. The IRA talk about putting ''weapons beyond use'', I have no idea what this means exactly. Seeing as the IMC cannot report what weapons have been ''put beyond use'' and the manner that they where ''put beyond use'', I have no faith in anything they say. Unless they are willing to ''prove'' their intent in deed, as well as word, then I remain to be convinced as to the verasity of their intent.

And as Gerry Adams once famously said ''They havent gone away you know''.

[Damien]

So, is it going to start again.....

[MetaWraith]

Can't say i'm surprised at the outcome.

Originally Posted by Damien

So, is it going to start again.....

I have no idea, but if I was in charge and the provos kicked it off again, then I'd send in ''The Regiment'' with orders to ''Terminate With Extreme Prejudice''. All the terrorists in Northern Ireland are a cancer, and should be removed perminantly.