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New 1981 hunger strike documents disclosed

Never before seen documents related to the hunger strikes in Belfast in 1981 have been kept secret until now.

The recently discovered documents, which were released by the Northern Ireland Office, revel how the English government dealt with the IRA hunger strike.

The documents, which were released under the Freedom of Information Act, show how the Margaret Thatcher's government was determined to present a strong face in public while trying to come to an arrangement with the IRA in secret.

It had been alluded to in the past that the IRA sacrificed the hunger strikers to boost their electoral strategy and that they never told the strikers about offers provided by England to end the strikes....
Read entire article at Irish Central