Wednesday, March 30th 2005
What’s New
Kevin D. Dayaratna explains what Ireland and Iraq have in common. Besides starting with the letter “I”:
On Sunday, rebel leaders in Northern Ireland staged rallies across Ireland in memory of a failed 1916 rebellion. These leaders, belonging to the Sinn Fein party, stand accused of complicity in helping the Irish Republican Army cover up the murder of a Catholic man in a pub in Northern Ireland two weeks ago. The conflict in Northern Ireland is one of the longest-standing and most hotly contested issues of the twentieth century. The roots behind this conflict, however, are no different from many other conflicts in today’s changing world. Understanding the situation in Northern Ireland may thus help us deal with other problems worldwide, particularly those in Iraq.
