![]() Sean O'Hare of the Springfield Residents' Action Group says he condemns any sectarian attacks on Protestants but claims unionists haven't provide evidence that they are taking place. They don't want Protestants coming out to the church and school on the road or, in future, to the university campus which is being built and where Protestants might hope to get jobs." ![]() "It's part of their campaign to ethnically cleanse the area. Mr McGimpsey claims the nightly violence suits the Provisional IRA as it wants the permanent closure of the Lanark Way gate and Protestants kept off the Springfield Road. The RUC told me leading IRA members from the Lower Falls have stood in the front line of the picket." "The Protestant community is not entirely blameless, but nationalists have been deliberately confrontational. I've been on the streets appealing for calm. For the first few nights loyalists ignored them, but now they are responding. "Nationalists protesting about the Orange Order parade have been gathering for a week on the Springfield Road. Mr McGimpsey says Protestants have been involved in rioting but claims they have been provoked. Several Protestant streets were evacuated when a suspect device was left on the peace line. ![]()
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