1.   Four provinces remain under emergency rule despite two years of calm after the Kurdish separatists guerrillas laid down their weapons after the arrest of their leader, Abdullah Ocalan.

2.   Most northern Protestants, and many Catholics, want the province to remain British.

3.   Most Protestants want the province to remain part of Britain.

4.   Protestant leaders want the province to remain British.

5.   Saad said in an interview Saturday that only Kandahar, Paktia, and Helmand provinces remained in Taliban control.

6.   The Protestant guerrillas, like their political leaders, want the province to remain British.

7.   They are opposed by Unionists, who want the mostly Protestant province to remain with Britain.

8.   This is opposed by Unionist leaders, who want the province to remain part of Britain.

9.   This Republican goal is abhorred by Protestant leaders, who want the province to remain British.

10.   To Protestant leaders, who want the province to remain British, a united Ireland is an abomination.