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Sinn Fein: Senior IRA figure Brian Keenan has died of cancer in Belfast

                   
iht.com
May 21, 2008
        
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The Sinn Fein party has announced that senior IRA commander Brian Keenan has died of cancer. The 66-year-old Belfast native died Wednesday. He was a key figure throughout the Irish Republican Army's epic journey from war to peace. Keenan joined the fledgling Provisional IRA in 1970 just as the... [read full story]                    

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May 23, 2008
        

of his death will come as a great shock to republicans throughout Ireland and beyond. Brian Keenan, IRA ‘Long War’ strategist BRIAN KEENAN, one of the IRA’s foremost strategists in ‘The Long War’ over three decades, was once described by Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff at 10 Downing Street, Jonathan...

                   
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May 23, 2008
        

Mastermind of IRA bombing campaigns who became the organisation's negotiator over decommissioning. Brian Keenan, who died on Wednesday aged 66, was a linchpin of the IRA and one of the most ruthless and formidable members of its leadership; during the 1970s he...

                   

IRA guerrilla leader Brian Keenan dies

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May 23, 2008
        

Reuters, Belfast- Brian Keenan, a former guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who fought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, has died, his close ally Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams said on Wednesday. Born in 1942, Keenan still believed close to his death that the IRA could...

                   

Brian Keenan, major figure in IRA, dies at 66

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May 23, 2008
        

Brian Keenan, a commanding figure during the Irish Republican Army's long march from war to peace, died Wednesday at age 66. The cause was cancer, said the Sinn Fein party, which announced his death. Keenan of Belfast, Northern Ireland, built up the IRA's arsenal in the 1970s, directed its...

                   

Former IRA leader Keenan dies of cancer

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May 22, 2008
        

DUBLIN: Brian Keenan, 66, a commanding figure during the Irish Republican Army's (IRA) long march from war to peace, died of cancer yesterday, the Sinn Fein party announced. Keenan built up the IRA's weapons arsenal in the 1970s, directed its bombing campaign in England, and served on the IRA's...

                   

Brian Keenan: The Guardian - Deaglan de Breadun

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May 22, 2008
        

Brian Keenan, who has died of cancer aged 66, was one of the leading Irish republicans of his generation, a fiercely committed guerrilla strategist, and a formidable foe of the British state. Earlier, Keenan had travelled the world establishing contacts in East Germany, Lebanon and Syria, and...

                   

Brian Keenan, former IRA leader

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May 22, 2008
        

Brian Keenan, a commanding figure during the Irish Republican Army's long march from war to peace, died Wednesday of cancer, the Sinn Fein party said. He was 66.He built up the IRA's weapons arsenal in the 1970s, directed its bombing campaign in England and served on the IRA's ruling "army...

                   

Brian Keenan, IRA peace negotiator, dies

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May 21, 2008
        

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May 21 (UPI) -- Brian Keenan, who played a key role in the Irish Republican Army's peace negotiations, died of cancer Wednesday in Belfast. Keenan, 66, joined the IRA around 1970 and eventually became quartermaster of the Belfast brigade and involved in Belfast...

                   

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May 21, 2008
        

Northern Ireland's sectarian conflict, which raged most seriously from 1969 to 1998, pitted Protestant "unionists," who want to maintain their link with London, against Roman Catholic "nationalists" or "republicans," who want to reunite Northern Ireland with the independent Republic of Ireland....

                   

Brian Keenan, IRA peace negotiator, dies

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May 21, 2008
        

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May 21 (UPI) -- Brian Keenan, who played a key role in the Irish Republican Army's peace negotiations, died of cancer Wednesday in Belfast. Keenan, 66, joined the IRA around 1970 and eventually became quartermaster of the Belfast brigade and involved in Belfast...

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