(5 Jul 1997) Natural Sound
British security forces are standing guard in Portadown in Northern Ireland as the count down to Sunday's Orange Order Drumcree parade ticks away.
A decision on whether the traditional Unionist (mainly Protestant) march goes ahead through the Nationalist (mainly Catholic) Garvaghy Road is due to be announced on Saturday.
Efforts continue by the Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam to find a compromise that will satisfy both sides.
As tensions continue to mount extra troops have been drafted into Drumcree and road blocks set up on many roads to monitor movements in and prevent any build-up of support for either side.
Portadown Orangemen met behind closed doors on Friday night in nearby Craigavon and afterwards said they were prepared to reach an accommodation - but their bottom line is that the parade will go ahead.
They rejected a call from the Orange Order Grand Master Robert Saulters for them to consider waiving their right to march this year in a bid to reduce community tensions.
On the Garvaghy Road the Resident's Coalition was standing firm that the parade was not wanted.
Both the Protestant Orangemen and the Catholic Nationalist residents insist they want peace to prevail but their refusal to compromise on the parade has thrown a massive shadow across Northern Ireland.
There is serious concern that whatever decision is taken on the parade violence will be the only result - Unionist (mainly Protestant) violence if it is halted, Nationalist (mainly Catholic) violence if it goes ahead.
And violence not just in Portadown itself but spreading across the whole province from Belfast to Londonderry, as it did last year when the parade was first halted by police and then forced through by them in the face of massive Unionist street disorder.
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