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Originally Posted by Shasown

Wrong again he did criticise the taking of life by the ANC many many times.

If they had wanted to charge him with murder they would have, if he had been found guilty, which if they had anything at all on him he would have been, he would have been executed. End of a pain in the butt for the South African government.

As for sanctioning the Church Street bombing, if thats what you were referring to, well we only have his word he did, plus if you accept his word on that you should by default also accept him saying it was this act that steered him away from violence. You cant have it both ways.

He never flatly condemned their tactics while he was in prison, that's the bottom line. His actions are that of a crafty and astute politician as well as fighter. Divorcing Winnie was politically motivated. Adams and McGuinness have never been directly linked to any bombings that took place after a certain time - that's how these organizations exist.