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Gerry Adams was 'dispensable' and 'no Mandela', Ken Maginnis told Bill Clinton adviser

Today sees the release of hundreds of previously secret government files in Belfast and Dublin. From confidential discussions about paramilitary killings and the 1994 ceasefires, to cross-border and transatlantic diplomatic rows, they shed light on key events during the Troubles and emerging peace process. Reports by political historian Dr Éamon Phoenix and the Press Association

Gerry Adams was described by a senior Ulster Unionist as 'no Mandela'. Picture by Niall Carson, Press Association
Dr Éamon Phoenix
GERRY Adams had not "sold" the IRA ceasefire to "hard men in south Armagh", a senior Ulster Unionist told a US official several weeks after the paramilitary group's cessation o[...]

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