When fiscal disasters hit delicate populations of recently settled, century long battles for freedom, it sparks the insecurities these parties had to invest in to in order to stop the conflict they inherited as a matter of identity in order to survive.
One of the reasons why violence is easy to come by in regions of the world where hatred ruled the day, is the identity of strength. With the Irish of Northern Ireland generations of sacrifice didn't need an economy to close English prisons and anchor religious freedom and acceptance. If a global financial crisis sparks old fears this easily, the diplomats that find the solutions need to also secure and guarantee an economy to stop the war forever.
This out burst of anger, which did not come unescorted by fiscal disregard due to an American administration eight years engaging in illegal war and homeland oppression and poverty, has to be viewed as aggravated and not based just in history. This incident in Ireland is a warning of the potential a global fiscal crisis, even the new USA administration identifies as a greater threat than any terrorist network, can spark. The authorities overseeing the violence in Ireland must find a way to engage economic oppression and turn it into opportunity, otherwise peace may continue to be illusive for a long time again.
Ex-IRA prisoner held over murders (click here)
Henry McDonald, Ireland editor
Saturday 14 March 2009 19.39 GMT
Colin Duffy, a prominent republican and former IRA prisoner, is one of three men being questioned over the murder of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland.
Police arrested Duffy, 41, today at his home on a private housing estate in Lurgan, Co Armagh. During the arrest-and-search operation, police cars and jeeps were attacked by youths hurling bricks, bottles and stones. The other two men were arrested in the Bellaghy area of south Derry this morning, a PSNI spokeswoman confirmed.
Three other men, including a 17-year-old and a former Sinn Féin councillor, are in custody in connection with the murder of constable Stephen Carroll.
Security remains tight throughout Northern Ireland and particularly around Greater Belfast this weekend, as the PSNI seeks to foil a feared Real IRA bomb plot. Last week security sources warned that the Real IRA had smuggled an explosive device into Northern Ireland from the Republic. Mobile checkpoints manned by armed police officers have been set up on several major arterial routes into the city....
PSNI officers search 3 homes in the Bellaghy area after the arrests of three men over the murder of two soldiers at Massereene Army barracks in Antrim last weekend
Masked rioters block the railway lines in Lurgan tonight after the arrest of Colin Duffy.
A masked youth prepares to throw a petrol bomb at police officers close to where a leading Irish Republican was arrested in connection with the recent murders of two British soldiers
Adams invites US Irish to join in conversation
Speaking at the National Press Club, Adams called on Irish Americans to participate in the conversation about Ireland's future through conferences organized by Sinn Fein to be held on June 13 in New York and on June 27 in San Francisco. A key goal of the conferences, he said, was to seek the Irish diaspora's advice about the best strategy to try to reunify the country through peaceful means.
"Our intention is to engage with the Irish diaspora and to marshal its political strength in support of a united Ireland,' " he said....
