An Address to the IRA .

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From the Troops Out Movement News:

The following is the text of a speech by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams in Belfast this afternoon:

"I want to speak directly to the men and women of Oglaigh na hÉireann, the volunteer soldiers of the Irish Republican Army.

In time of great peril you stepped into the Bearna Bhaoil, the gap of danger. When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a huge military foe, the British crown forces and their surrogates in the unionist death squads.

Eleven years ago the Army leadership ordered a complete cessation of military operations. This courageous decision was in response to proposals put forward by the Sinn Féin leadership to construct a peace process, build democratic politics and achieve a lasting peace.


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