DONNA KELLEY, CNN ANCHOR: In Northern Ireland, a small bomb exploded west of Belfast on Sunday. No one was injured, but it was the first such attack since 1998. Authorities evacuated a hotel in Irvinestown after a telephone caller warned journalists of a bomb. An Irish Republican Party splinter group is claiming responsibility for the blast. Britain's prime minister is encouraging both sides in the peace process to continue working together. ITN's John Irvine reports.</s>JOHN IRVINE, ITN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tony Blair acknowledged that for the IRA the weapons issue is symbolic. But he said that in politics there comes a moment when you must decide whether the symbols you cling to are more important than the vision you really believe in.</s>TONY BLAIR, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: And I'm not speaking in anger. I'm not standing here as the British prime minister making demands. I can't make anyone do this. I can only say that now is when we need to know whether it's going to happen or it's not.</s>IRVINE: But Republicans say they do not see decommissioning happening before Friday, and that if the assembly is suspended then and direct rule restored, they may mount a legal challenge.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I mean, it would be our assessment that the action by the government here, the British government here, is actually illegal, possibly even unconstitutional, and we're going to have to fully explore that.</s>IRVINE (on camera): If the IRA makes a positive statement on decommissioning this week, then the government will be tempted not to suspend the Northern Ireland assembly. But the Unionists say that words from the provisionals are no longer enough and that if decommissioning doesn't happen they will walk out of the power-sharing administration. Either way, it's very difficult to see how the assembly can survive beyond Friday. John Irvine, ITN, Belfast.
Disarmament of IRA Continues to Plague Completion of Northern Ireland Peace Process