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International News reaction to the Masserene Killings

category international | crime and justice | other press author Sunday March 08, 2009 17:13author by macavity - the hidden paw Report this post to the editors

Because of what is perceived to be at stake (a peace process which is widely acknowledged to have brought, rather than bringing, to an end an internecine conflict of extraordinary savagery and duration) - it is not surprising that the killing of 2 British army soldiers in an attack which also 2 civilian pizza delivery employees threatened - has moved from breaking newswires to front page position across not only European and US media but globally.

Already there are over 200 news reports in Spanish langauge media across the South American continent with some titles and news agencies also providing background sections on "The Troubles" and linking to the condemnatory statement this afternoon by Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.

I have here collected a few of the more interesting reactions outside of the English speaking world "for the record" & consideration.

* The Euskera language news platform "Berria" has reported on the attacks using a close translation of the copy issued by "Europress" in the last hour (at time of writing)
http://www.berria.info/paperekoa/mundua/2009-03-07/022/...i.htm

* The Catalan independence republican platform which is closer than most has reported the facts with a speculatory subtitle that there have been rumours of "a split amongst the dissidents of the IRA"
http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=3552868

* "El Periodico" the largest selling newspaper in Catalonia has led with the condemnation of Sinn Fein of the attacks as an attempt to bring open conflict back to the region, soldiers onto the street - & one might speculate provoke a similiarly bloodthirsty action from others in either the province of Ulster or the territory of the Irish state. http://www.google.es/news/url?sa=t&ct2=es%2F0_0_s_20_0_...D1007 That line is repeated in varied form of priority to either Gordon Brown's reaction or Adams by all the Spanish mainstream newspapers and radios. "El Pais" includes reports that MI5 has launched a counter-terrorism offensive http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Brown/aseg...4/Tes

* the French "leftwing" daily "Liberation" has similarly stuck to the core press statement of "2 dead & 11 wounded" without adding speculation or referring to either Adams or Robinson. http://www.liberation.fr/monde/0101552881-irlande-du-no...nique

*the Italian "communist" daily "Unita" refers to an attack on an "english" base in Ulster and alone in the mainstream European coverage chooses not to refer to Brown but quotes PSNI chief Orde instead. http://www.unita.it/news/82562/base_militare_inglese_at...lster

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So far the commentators which have received the most attention & thus those to whom credibility to comment has been ascribed are ( in order of media appearance and quotation ) :-

Gordon Brown - PM HMG UK & NI
Thomas Burns ( SDLP South Antrim MLA )
Gerry Adams (President SF and MLA)
Martin Mc Guinness (second minister for NI assembly and MLA)
Peter Robinson (first minister of MLA and higher certificate in crochet)
Brian Cowen (taoiseach of Ireland and diploma in banking)
Hugh Orde (top cop in PSNI)

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Please feel free to add links to coverage or reaction or perhaps more interestingly for the purposes of archive - speculation & comment from far away places which may not neccesarily understand the daily ins & outs, ups and downs or life in either statelet of Ireland or the underlying causes of why cultural potlical conflict on the island may be capitalised on to bring violence back into the equation.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   "We are proud of the comradely way in which this truly historic discussion was conducted'     macavity    Sun Mar 08, 2009 18:28 
   Polish TV evening News reacts to the RIRA claiming of the attack on a Polish citizen.     macavity    Sun Mar 08, 2009 20:19 
   The Polish worker     Séamus    Sun Mar 08, 2009 22:27 
   Monday morning global news either explains "RIRA" or announces return of "IRA".     macavity    Mon Mar 09, 2009 00:37 
   A mountain out of a mole hill     Jim    Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:17 
   re: Polish TV evening News reacts to the RIRA claiming of the attack on a Polish citizen.     redjade    Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:28 
   A tad Naive Jim - look further     Des    Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:35 
   No need to panic     Jim    Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:12 
   Jim and Des : both good points     Devils advocate    Mon Mar 09, 2009 16:16 
 10   backfiring.     Séamus    Mon Mar 09, 2009 17:45 
 11   A waste of time a waste of lives     Dermie    Mon Mar 09, 2009 18:46 
 12   Send the right message     Gruffalo    Mon Mar 09, 2009 18:56 
 13   Polish media have forgotten all about their Domino Pizza migrant worker now.     macavity    Mon Mar 09, 2009 19:11 
 14   We need a cross community peace march through the streets of Belfast EVERY YEAR     Jim    Tue Mar 10, 2009 13:23 
 15   Peace Day     Dermie    Tue Mar 10, 2009 18:45 
 16   Peace Day?     conn    Tue Mar 10, 2009 21:19 
 17   IRA     victor charlie    Wed Mar 11, 2009 06:45 
 18   You are reactionaries     Elliot    Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:01 
 19   Gos save us from self-styled patriots.     Shane    Wed Mar 11, 2009 15:39 
 20   Sick of retards     Jim K.    Wed Mar 11, 2009 19:35 
 21   Ruairi O Bradaigh did though, didn't he?     macavity    Wed Mar 11, 2009 19:48 


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