1. Sunday Bloody Sunday
Artist: U2

2. I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes, and make it go away
How long... How long must we sing this song?
How long? How long...
cause tonight...we can be as one…tonight...
Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call, it puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall
Sunday, Bloody Sunday

3. And the battle's just begun There's many lost, but tell me who has won
The trench is dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters,torn apart
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
How long... How long must we sing this song?
How long? How long...
cause tonight...we can be as one tonight...tonight... 

4. Wipe the tears from your eyes…Wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away…Oh, wipe your tears away
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
Oh, wipe your blood shot eyes
Sunday, Bloody Sunday

5. And it's true we are immune When fact is fiction and TV reality
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
(Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won on...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday...

6. The British Isles: A Connection of Crisis
British Isles consist of 2 countries:
United Kingdom =
Great Britain (England, Scotland & Wales)
Northern Ireland (N. most portion of the island of Ireland
                
Ireland (remainder of the island of Ireland)

8. “The Troubles” N. Ireland Part of the UK Majority British & protestant
Minority Irish & Catholic, who want to be part of the Republic of Ireland

9. 1949: Ireland wins independence from the U. K
1949: Ireland wins independence from the U.K., but Ulster (6 northern counties) remains part of the U.K.
1960’s: Groups organize to fight British
treatment of Catholic minorities which
erupted into violent clashes.

10. Irish Republican Army (IRA) & Sinn Fein
formed
The IRA is a terrorist group of Irish minorities
in N. Ireland.
Sinn Fein is a political group often associated
with the IRA

11. Protestants retaliate with violence (often
this includes the U.K.’s military)
Violence continues into the 1990’s (1000’s have been killed)
1994: Cease-fire declared by the IRA & peace negotiations begin, but later collapse

12. 1998: Good Friday Agreement signed:
Created a joint Irish/Catholic & British/Protestant legislature
U.K. scales back military
13 weeks later fighting breaks out, many
killed
From alone, 3,636 killed & 36,000
injured (most innocent civilians)

13. 2000: Clinton travels to N. Ireland to
mediate support in restoring the agreement
The joint legislature remains, but sporadic fighting still occurs; legislature has been suspended 4 times, most recently 10/14/02 - 5/7/07