Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness had an unannounced meeting yesterday with Tony Blair. This looks like the most concrete of a number of signs that an IRA statement may be imminent.
The others are the decision of the head of the decommissioning body, Canadian General John De Chastelaine to extended a visit to Ireland begun earlier this month, and the reported resignation of Adams, Maginness, and Martin Ferris from the IRA’s Army coundil.
A statement has been anticipated since April when Adams called on the IRA to move to exclusively political and democratic activity.
For an insight into what grassroots republicans expect from the statement, check out this post by Chris Gaskin over at Balrog.
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