Sauf que... certains groupuscules sont contre le Good Friday Agreement et le maintien de l'Irlande du Nord dans le Royaume-Uni. Et continuent toujours les voitures piégées et les attentats terroristes. On en a eu un exemple pas plus tard que mardi dernier. Voilà ce qu'on pouvait lire dans le Belfast Telegraph quelques heure après:
"A 400lb bomb was left at the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Policing Board in an escalation of dissident republican activity over the weekend. It only partly detonated. The Board's headquarters are in a modern office complex beside the River Lagan, and are something of a symbol of Belfast's commercial and political progress.
While no one was injured in either incident, both have driven home the unwelcome fact that, despite heightened attempts to reduce republican activity in recent months, the dissidents remain a source of violence.
Those responsible have been condemned for trying to derail peace negotiations, which are at a critical stage. Loyalist and nationalist politicians are currently at loggerheads over when responsibility for policing and justice should return to the province. Currently, those functions are carried out by politicians in London.
"Very clearly these people are trying to undermine the progress that has been made in Northern Ireland in recent years," said Britain's Northern Ireland Security Minister Paul Goggins, "When attacks like these happen, it brings people together with the strong message that these dissidents will not succeed," he said. Police said that they were doing everything possible to stop attacks. "It is a reckless act, not just in doing damage but also the potential loss of life," said Northern Ireland's police chief, Matt Baggott. "This attack is an attack on the well-being of everybody in Northern Ireland," he said."
Ajoutez à cela un échange de coups de feu à Garrison pendant le week end, entre dissidents républicains et la police, plus un attentat similaire le 16 octobre dernier, où une femme de 38 ans a été blessée en sortant de chez elle, dans un quartier jusque là épargné par les violences, même pendant les "troubles", et vous vous rendez compte que c'est quand même pas gagné pour l'Irlande du Nord.
Nationalismes se faisant face
Promis, je vous fais très vite un billet sur les troubles.
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