5,000 troops -- a funny sort of normal
5,000 troops -- a funny sort of normal

By Jude Collins (for the Irish News)

Last week the SDLP’s Alex Attwood said that if ‘paramilitarism’ was ended, all the objectives of reducing the number of British army bases and troops in Northern Ireland could be achieved by the end of this year.

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