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The Brave Babes aren’t only in Lebanon. These women impress the hell out of me.

<br/> Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern (back to camera) meets Claire (L) and Catherine McCartney, two of the five sisters of Robert McCartney who was killed in a January bar brawl, prior to the 13th annual gala dinner of the American Ireland Fund in Washington March 16, 2005. Ahern met for a private meeting with the women, who have denounced the IRA over the brutal stabbing murder of McCartney. REUTERS/Chip Somodevilla

<br/> Bridgeen Hagans, the partner of murdered Northern Ireland man Robert McCartney, arrives with McCartney’s sisters at Baltimore-Washington International Airport March 15, 2005. Hagans is one of six Northern Irish women who have denounced the IRA over a brutal stabbing shrugged off suggestions their campaign is being manipulated for political ends. The five sisters and partner of Robert McCartney, killed in a January bar brawl by a gang including IRA members, have caused acute embarrassment for the guerrilla group and its political ally Sinn Fein by openly criticising their involvement. The six women flew to the United States where they will meet President George W. Bush at the White House on Thursday. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst