Enniskillen survivor opposes Clinton honour

A bomb victim has criticised plans to name a Northern Irelandpeace project after former US President Bill Clinton.

A bomb victim has criticised plans to name a Northern Irelandpeace project after former US President Bill Clinton.

Mr Jim Dixon survived a Remembrance Day bombing which left 11 peopledead in Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh where Mr Clinton is to be honouredtomorrow for his part in the peace process.

But Mr Dixon claimed: "He is an international failure."

A new £3.2 million sterling international peace project on the site of the 1987 IRA bombwill be officially named the William Jefferson Clinton Peace Centre.

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Mr Dixon, who suffered horrific injuries in the blast, will be amongsurvivors due meet him.

He promised he would not take protest action but said tonight: "I'm totally opposed to it being named after him because hispolicies have been a disaster.

"He wanted peace at any price but all he's leaving is a trail oftragedy behind him."

Mr Dixon (63) a retired businessman opposed to the Belfast Agreementwhich Mr Clinton helped broker, is standing as an IndependentUnionist in next month's UK election.

Mr Clinton's visit to Enniskillen comes on the second day of hisfourth trip to Northern Ireland.

The Clinton centre aims to become the focus of peace-building effortsthroughout Ireland and abroad.

Cash backing will be provided by Mr Clinton's office. It is thesecond stage of a £5.5 million sterling Higher Bridges Project set up by the Fermanagh University Partnership Board in 1998.

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