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  • Ireland: Politicians not welcome at massacre memorial service (Families of IRA victims make request)

    01/06/2007 6:48:54 PM PST · by Stoat · 46 replies · 1,018+ views
    The Belfast Telegraph ^ | Januray 6, 2007 | Claire McNeilly
    Politicians not welcome at massacre memorial service [Published: Saturday 6, January 2007 - 09:21]By Claire McNeilly Ulster politicians were yesterday absent from an annual memorial service after victims' group FAIR asked them to stay away. More than 30 relatives of the victims gathered at the site of the IRA Kingsmill massacre in order to commemorate those who perished 31 years ago. The short 15-minute service took place at 11am at the site of the 10 killings, half-a-mile from the village of Whitecross, Co Armagh. FAIR spokesman Willie Frazer said that both the prospect of Sinn Fein in government and...