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Thursday, March 7, 2002 |
Arab Countries and Yugoslavia
Liam O RuaircAnother model for Sinn Fein during the 1970s was the different varieties of Arab Socialism. The two regimes being referred to most favourably were Colonel Gaddafi's regime in Libya and Houari Boumedienne's dictatorship in Algeria. It should be noted that there is no evidence that Irish Republicans did express interest in baathite regimes like Syria or Irak; and the Marxist regime in South Yemen was never praised for its achievements. Colonel Gaddafi's support for the IRA has been well documented. Lesser known is the fact that Sinn Fein once looked at Gaddafi's Libya as an example to emulate. The non-aligned socialist regime appealed to Republicans. For a while, Republicans expressed a keen interest in Gaddafi's Green Book . A "special correspondent" in Libya praised the virtues of Gaddafi's regime. "Gaddafi's attempt to put into concrete terms the dreams of man since the very beginning -to live in freedom, to have his destiny in his own hands, to be his own master and never again experience humiliation and servitude at the hands of fellow men will have a familiar ring to Irish Republicans. Like all great political thought, Gaddafi's message relates to a much wider canvas than the desert societies of North Africa and Arabia from which so much great political and religious thought has sprung from in the past." ("A Government by the People: Gaddafi's Vision of Direct Democracy", An Phoblacht (vol.7 n.7), 20 February 1976, p.5).
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The Provos have abandoned all Republican ideals
Des Long, Vice President, Republican Sinn Féin
March 2, 2002
The next logical step for the Provos is to recognise the role of the British Army in Ireland, the Vice-President of Republican Sinn Féin, Des Long said today. (Saturday 2 March)
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