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>Broad welcome within our network greeted the news of a >proposed meeting of various 'dissident' republican >groups. It was to be held in Co. Derry this evening. >It appears that it may be cancelled at short notice >due to adverse weekend press reportage which >endeavoured to suggest that such would be associated >with a return to physical force politics. The Irish >Anti-Partition League's network has since the signing >of the GFA advoated such a purely political conference >to discuss the way forward amongst non-'mainstream' >republicans. There may be several differences within >and between groups, but there is obviously >common-ground on which to agree and mobilise e.g. the >struggle within the prisons which needs to be much >more strongly hgighlighted. > >Sections of the press, it appears are being used by >'dirty-tricks' merchants, as experienced in Derry City >during 2003, even though the media had been invited to >both conferences. There appears to be others within >the non-mainstream who appear to be opposed to any >efforts towards unified action, which was certainly >the case in the city in 2003. They did no favours >either to the prisoners, or the civil rights' >struggle. Shame on them, if they are responsible for >"leaks" to the generally pro-Stormont media.

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