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IRAが民間犠牲者に初の謝罪
北アイルランドの武装組織IRA(アイルランド共和軍)が16日、過去の武装闘争で犠牲になった民間人に対して初めて謝罪した。
IRA issues apology for civilian deaths
The Irish Republican Army issued an unprecedented apology July 16 for hundreds of civilian deaths during 30 years of bombings and other attacks.
Prime Minister Tony Blair's government quickly welcomed the strength of the IRA statement, saying it comes at a time when the peace process forged in 1998 is under severe strain from continuing sectarian violence.
The apology marks the anniversary of Bloody Friday, when the IRA set off more than 20 bombs within an hour in Belfast on July 21, 1972, killing seven civilians and two soldiers and wounding scores.
Although the IRA has stated its regret in the past for individual acts, it has not previously issued so sweeping an apology, nor was it required to do so by the 1998 peace accord.
The outlawed organization, which is responsible for more than 1,800 deaths, also acknowledged the grief and pain of the families of the combatants killed during the violence.
But David Trimble, leader of Northern Ireland's biggest Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists, and head of the Catholic-Protestant government, had reservations about the apology and warned Blair to set a tougher policy on alleged violations of the IRA ceasefire.
Shukan ST: July 26, 2002
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- IRA(=Irish Republican Army)
- アイルランド共和軍
- apology
- 謝罪
- civilian
- 民間人
- unprecedented
- 前例のない
- Prime Minister Tony Blair
- ブレア英首相
- forged
- 築かれた
- is under severe strain
- 重圧をかけられている
- sectarian
- 宗派にからんだ
- anniversary
- 記念日
- set off 〜
- 〜を爆発させた
- scores
- 多数の人々
- regret
- 遺憾の念
- sweeping
- 包括的な
- peace accord
- 和平合意
- outlawed
- 非合法な
- acknowledged 〜
- 〜を認めた
- combatants
- 戦闘員
- Ulster Unionists
- アルスター統一党
- had reservations about 〜
- 〜を完全には受け入れていない
- alleged violations of 〜
- 〜違反とされる行為
- ceasefire
- 停戦