Transcript of an interview with George Mitchell, former United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, by Peter Sissons for BBC Breakfast with Frost on 7 July 2002. As community tensions mounted in Belfast in early 2002, Mitchell assesses the threat of republican and loyalist paramilitaries to the peace process. Later that day rioting erupted over the Drumcree parade in Belfast while on 21 July two Catholic and Protestant teenagers were killed in sectarian attacks in the city. Breakfast with Frost was a weekly BBC current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 7 July 2002
Name of First Interviewee: George Mitchell
Role at time of Interview: Former United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
Interviewer: Peter Sissons
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © BBC Breakfast with Frost
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Breakfast with Frost
Time Period covered: 2002
Key Individuals: George Mitchell
Key Words: 9/11 attacks, Middle East, Sinn Féin, IRA, UVF, criminality in Northern Ireland, need for perspective, progress, paramilitaries