1.0 link 66381 <![CDATA[Northern Irish, South Africa Leaders in Secret Peace Discussion with Iraqi Parties]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/northern-irish-south-afri_b_66381.html Sunni and Shi'a leaders began a potential peace process at secret meetings with leaders of the new Northern Ireland and South Africa one month, signing draft set of principles which resemble the protocols that guided the peace settlements in those two countries.

Chairing the closed meetings near Helsinki were Martin McGuinness, the former Irish Republican Army commander, lead negotiator with the British, and now Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Roelf Meyer, former leader of the pro-apartheid National Party in...

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