At the end of it all thiteen catholaes lay dead, with more in hospital *Bioney Sunday' rocked the whole Had In Dublin the British Emtrutral stnce followed By March Stormont had gone, and Direct Rule But the very existence of the liberated area of Free Derry had always been an embarrassment for British imPolitically it was a major problem for Unionist leader Faulner, for the area where no troops dared tread support. was a living symbol of the refuse! of the catholics to be how-beaten into submission, Militarily it provided a reluge for the aried Republicans and refated claims that the army By summer 1972 it was clear that the eid was near. The protestants were creating their own "no-po" arcas in protest. Many of the minority after time. The blatant sectarianism of the army knew no bounds.
SUNNINGDALE
The Sunningdale agreement of Nowember 1973. designed to unite the "moderates of both communities around British aims for Ireland, was Abe high point of Britain's stratery Power sharing was the carrot, the anny was the stick. The continued resistance of the catholics, in particuJar the military resistance of the IRA. was the major factor in the denise of Sunningdale. The death blow was administered in May, when the Uster Workers Council began the strike that was to gain mass protestant Rison watched the British strat egy crumble. Desperately he tried to get the troops to break the strike But he learnt a lesson about his 'impartial army that the catholics could have taught him years ago.
Riddled with officers of UnionIst background, copaged in frantic repression against a catholic population that hated them, the army
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