Now let's see JimmyC, statistically if 10 people from a cross community street had been killed in the 'Troubles' Roughly, 6 would have been killed by the PIRA, 3 by the Loyalists and 1 by the British/Irish Security Forces - Who did you say the PIRA were protecting again?

On the basis described above had the Official IRA line held 60% would still be alive today.

"I come from the New Lodge, where 396 people lost their lives many on account of army action." Now I suppose that depends on what Army action is (According to Divis Sweeney that is going into a public house to buy a drink - the IRA who are protecting you feel that it is entirely reasonable to lob a bomb through the door and kill 6 of their own just to get 1 squaddy) To put it into perspective, in North Belfast from 1969 to 2001, 576 people lost their lives. From 1969 to 2001 the total number of deaths caused by UK forces in N.I., UK & Europe related to the 'troubles' was 363 - JimmyC define "many on account of army action" - the Army must have been awfully busy in North Belfast. Perhaps something like the torture and subsequent death of Mrs Jean McConville, the Army action involved in this particular case was that this poor woman had the human decency and compassion to comfort a dying man, a British Soldier who had been shot by a sniper. Mrs McConville as we now all know was hauled off by members of the PIRA, tortured and murdered, her body was hidden in a secret grave - JimmyC and Divis tell us all how long it took before you bloody heros had the guts to own up to what you had done and provide assistance in recovering the body. Also tell us what august body advised the family not to make too much of her funeral. Heros - hardly Divis, they will go down in history as the murdering scum that they undoubtedly were.