One thing can be said with confidence about the decision of dissident republicans to mount a checkpoint in South Armagh on Friday: they had made the judgement that it would be safe for them to block the road and to display weapons in the open air. That judgement was vindicated. They were right. A PSNI [...]
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Checkpoint
Posted in Politics, Northern Ireland on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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