(12 Aug 09 - RV) The Police Service of Northern Ireland today accused Irish Republican
Army dissidents of shooting two men in the legs in the town of Derry.
Local
clergy and Derry's former mayor accused IRA dissidents of trying to fill a power vacuum
left behind by the demilitarization of the official IRA.
For decades the paramilitary
organization crippled common criminals in so-called «punishment attacks».
Part
of the Northern Irish peace process was the establishment of a new police force in
the region.
Belfast-based policy analyst Robin Wilson told Charled Collins
that despite the recent violence, this reform has been a success...