B & B to hold war summit in Ireland.
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| Sat, 04-05-2003 - 8:15am |
;-)
Look what Sharon cooked-up in the Middle East, with support from Bush.
Complete article see link....
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/04/sprj.irq.bush.ireland.ap/index.html
>"The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the meeting near Belfast on Monday and Tuesday also will focus on efforts to bring peace to Northern Ireland and the Middle East.
It will be their third face-to-face talk in just over three weeks. The leaders met in the Azores on March 16, along with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, to announce the end of their diplomatic campaign. Bush and Blair held private talks at the Camp David, Maryland, presidential retreat March 27, more than a week after the war began."<
>"The pact's key accomplishment -- a joint Catholic-Protestant administration for the British territory -- fell apart last October after police uncovered evidence that the Irish Republican Army was running a spying operation from inside the heart of the administration. The scandal stoked Protestant opposition to continuing to work with Catholic hard-liners from Sinn Fein, the IRA-linked party.
A Bush visit now would be designed to maximize political pressure on all sides -- but particularly Sinn Fein and the major Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists -- to swallow unpalatable new compromises for the sake of wider peace."<
>"On the Middle East, Bush promised at Blair's behest to release his long-sought formula for peace once a new Palestinian prime minister is confirmed. The British prime minister has urged Bush to keep focus on the Middle East in an effort to temper criticism that the Iraqi conflict will inflame the Arab world."<

>"National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said a UN role was not currently under discussion, but Secretary of State Colin Powell said a dialogue on the UN role had already begun."<
(More see link)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2919631.stm
>"SDLP leader Mark Durkan said his party was perturbed by the summit.
"Hillsborough is being used for meetings to plan the further prosecution of the war in Iraq as well as to hold separate discussions on our own situation," he said.
"I cannot disguise my personal unhappiness at this, given my own opposition to this war and my concern for the integrity of our own peace process.""<
(More see link)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2922567.stm
Hope the people of Ireland are tolerant of our presidentaial administration's ignorance. We really are getting a black eye in the world's view.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/098/nation/Geography_errors_underscore_Bush_s_low_interest_in_Belfast+.shtml
They'd better bone-up on their geography before 'waging' peace between Israel & Palestine. Heard on the news that's the next target.