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Death wish in Ulster
Once again Ulster was awash in violence. For the second week in a row, Catholic youths in Londonderry and five other towns engaged police and soldiers in sporadic street fighting. The spark for the latest explosion was Bobby Sands, a 27-year-old member of the outlaw Irish Republican Army—and newly e...
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Published in: | Newsweek 1981-05, Vol.97 (18), p.40 |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Magazinearticle |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | Once again Ulster was awash in violence. For the second week in a row, Catholic youths in Londonderry and five other towns engaged police and soldiers in sporadic street fighting. The spark for the latest explosion was Bobby Sands, a 27-year-old member of the outlaw Irish Republican Army—and newly elected Member of Parliament—who has been staging a hunger strike at Maze Prison near Belfast since March 1. |
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ISSN: | 0028-9604 1069-840X |