BECAusE irElAnD is An islAnD gEogrAphiCAlly nEAr thE mAinlAnD oF thE unitED kingDom,English rulErs hAvE Fought sinCE thE miDDlEAgEs to rEtAin politiCAl Control ovEr it.AttrACtED By thE lush FArmlAnD,English AnD sCottish lAnDownErs sEttlED thErE, AnD in timE oF FAminE or politiCAl unrEst, thE loCAl workErs suFFErED, whilE thEir lAnDlorDs wErE CushionED By thEir wEAlth. thE history oF moDErn irElAnD is, in FACt, lArgEly A story oF AntAgonism AnD rEsEntmEnt BEtwEEn thE irish AnD thEirEnglish AnD sCottish rulErs.
sinCE thE 1920’s, irElAnD hAs BEEn DiviDED into two pArts: northErn irElAnD (ulstEr) AnD thE rEpuBliC oF irElAnDEirE). thE north is still pArt oF thE unitED kingDom AnD is prEDominAntly protEstAnt; thE south is ’An inDEpEnDEnt rEpuBliC AnD is mAinlyCAtholiC、thE mAjority in ulstEr ACCEpt this politiCAl CompromisE, But thE ACtivE AnD mAinlyCAtholiC minority ArE Fighting For union with thE inDEpEnDEnt rEpuBliC oF southErn irElAn
D、thE irA, thE irish rEpuBliCAnArmy, hAvE mountED BomBing CAmpAigns on militAry AnD Civil tArgEts in ulstEr AnDEnglAnD; thEy hAvE sEnt lEttEr-BomBs to puBliC FigurEs; thEy hAvE shot FEllow irishmEn who support thEBritish or BElong to opposing,
AnD now EquAlly militAnt protEstAnt groups.As A rEsult oF this, thEBritish hAvE stAtionED An Army inBElFAst, thE ir
A、hAvE BEEn outlAwED, AnD sEvErAl oF thEm hAvE spEnt mAny yEArs in prison or hAvE DiED in support oF thEir CAusE. whEthEr this lEvEl oF violEnCE AnD rEprEssion is justiFiABlE, AnD whEthEr thE violEnCE thAt CoulD rEsult From politiCAl ChAngE woulD BE .worthwhilE ArE thE ControvErsiAl issuEs thAt DiviDE EvEryBoDy involvE
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whiCh oF thE Following is truE、ABout BomB AttACks
A、thEy oCCur only inEnglAn
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B、thEy oCCur only in militAry BuilDings.
C、thEy oCCur inEnglAnD AnD northErn irElAn
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D、thEy oCCur whEn puBliC FigurEs tAlk ABout irElAn
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