GERMAN PAPERS
Belfast Finger Pointing
Violence has returned to Northern Ireland, and German editorialists say there is plenty of blame to go around for Belfast's Protestants, Catholics, and even Tony Blair.
- > http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,374484,00.html
Rioting continues for third night in BelfastCrowds of Protestants blocked key roads in Belfast and rioted for the third straight night on Monday in what analysts called a long-building explosion of frustration at Northern Ireland's peace process.
- > http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=vn20050913100217356C122987
‘N. Ireland Protestants face choice betweeen law and chaos’; 50 policemen, 10 civilians injured
BELFAST: Northern Ireland’s Protestants face a “moment of choice” between law and gangsterism, Britain warned Monday after rioters hurling pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails and paving slabs injured at least 50 police and 10 civilians.“This is a moment of choice for everybody, for politicians and for people right the way down through every part of the community,” said Peter Hain, Britain’s secretary for Northern Ireland affairs, as he studied steps to take after a second night of rioting.
- > http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/world/Viewdet.asp?ID=5864&cat=a
Tensions linger after riots in BelfastBelfast ground to a halt yesterday evening after Protestant demonstrators blocked roads and commuters, fearing a resumption of the weekend's rioting, scrambled to leave the city early.Earlier, Belfast residents struggled to work through streets littered with burnt-out cars and broken glass after two days of rioting by Protestants frustrated at what community leaders call government failure to deal with their security fears.
- > http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=199086
Northern Ireland's largest outlawed Protestant group appealed Tuesday for an end to three nights of mayhem on the streets of Belfast involving gun and grenade attacks on police, car hijackings and mob intimidation. The Ulster Defense Association, an anti-Catholic paramilitary group with an estimated 3,000 members, said the violence was destroying "our own communities." "We are instructing our own membership to avoid any confrontation on the streets and steer away from any acts of violence," the group said.
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