Boston.com / News / Local / Kennedy refuses to meet with Adams
The Bush administration didn't invite Adams to the White House on St. Patrick's Day, for the first time since 1995.
Kennedy, the nation's best-known Irish-American politician, also has met with Adams every St. Patrick's Day since the Good Friday peace pact seven years ago.
But the Massachusetts Democrat, who is Roman Catholic, has informed Adams there won't be a meeting this year, according to Kennedy spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner.
Adams was scheduled to meet with Kennedy in his Washington, D.C., office Thursday afternoon, but Kennedy decided Saturday to cancel the meeting.
Here is a little more on the recent going on:
The New York Times > International > Europe > Families in Northern Ireland Break Silence About Killings The usually slick publicity machine for Sinn Fein, the I.R.A.'s political wing, has been unable to dampen outrage over the killing of Mr. McCartney, a Catholic man unaffiliated with any paramilitary groups. That case, coming after increased pressure from foreign governments and widely accepted accusations that the I.R.A. robbed $50 million from a Belfast bank in December, has seemingly begun chipping away at the intimidation and fear that have kept so many killings quiet, and so many killers unprosecuted.
The IRA and Sinn Fein are murders thugs and terrorists just like any other. It is about time that we admit it. Kennedy's snub is at least a step in the right direction. Gee, I wonder what prompted this new view of the IRA?
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