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HAL: Ulang Tahunku 2011 Dan Ratu Inggris Pertama Kali Berkunjung Ke Rep. Irlandia
| Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has arrived in Ireland in the wake of two bomb threats, one real and one fake. She is the first British monarch to visit the Emerald Isle since 1911, just a century, when Ireland had been part of Britain. | ||
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| The Queen inspects the Guard of Honour at at the Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of the President of Ireland. dailymail.co.uk/GettyImages | ||
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| Map locates bomb threats in and around Dublin and provides details about the visit of Queen Elizabeth II Tue May 17, 3:23 PM ET | ||
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| Ireland’s President Mary McAleese (L) welcomes Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at her residence during the Queen’s state visit in Dublin May 17, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (IRELAND – Tags: POLITICS ROYALS) Tue May 17, 8:53 AM ET | |
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| Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II,and Irish President Mary Mc Aleese walk together following a tree planting ceremony at Aras An Uachtarain, the Irish President’s residence in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Tuesday May 17, 2011. The Queen set foot on Irish soil at the start of a historic state visit which will herald a new era in relations between Britain and the Republic. Politicians on both side of the Irish Sea have described the four-day event as momentous. At rear are Prince Philip and Dr. Martin McAleese. (AP Photo/Tony Maxwell, pool) Tue May 17, 9:20 AM ET | Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny (left) speaks with Prime Minister David Cameron in Dublin prior to attending a state dinner in honour of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. The queen expressed regret and “deep sympathy” to the victims of Britain and Ireland’s turbulent shared history in a speech seen as setting a new tone in relations between the two countries. (AFP/Pool/Niall Carson) Thu May 19, 6:42 AM ET | ||
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| Irish pop band Westlife perform at the Convention Centre during the visit of Queen Elizabeth in Dublin May 19, 2011. REUTERS/Keith Arkins/POOL (IRELAND – Tags: POLITICS ROYALS PROFILE MEDIA) Thu May 19, 4:38 PM ET | |
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| Men walk past a shop selling souvenirs in Moneygall May 16, 2011. Three days after the departure of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, U.S. President Barack Obama will arrive in Ireland to meet the Irish president and prime minister and visit the Co.Offaly town of Moneygall from where one of his ancestors emigrated in the 1800s. Obama may also address a public gathering in Dublin in his May 23-24 visit. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (IRELAND – Tags: POLITICS TRAVEL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) Mon May 16, 12:00 PM ET |
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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Irish President Mary Mc Aleese leave the Irish President’s residence in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Tuesday May 17, 2011 to take part in a tree-planting ceremony. The Queen set foot on Irish soil at the start of a historic state visit which will herald a new era in relations between Britain and the Republic. Politicians on both side of the Irish Sea have described the four-day event as momentous. At rear are Prince Philip and Dr. Martin McAleese. (AP Photo /Tony Maxwell, pool) Tue May 17, 9:27 AM ET | |
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Police officers stand behind a security sealed post box outside Dublin Castle in Dublin on May 16, 2011, on the eve of an historic trip by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland. (AFP/Paul Ellis) Tue May 17, 4:38 AM ET | |
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| Armed police patrol around Westminster close to the Houses of Parliament following a bomb threat by Irish republican dissidents, Monday May 16, 2011. A dissident Irish Republican group warned Monday that it planned to set off a bomb in London a day ahead of a visit by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland, police said. The Metropolitan Police said it had received a warning of a threat to central London but the information did not include a specific location or time. UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE(AP Photo/PA, Ian Nicholson) Mon May 16, 10:02 AM ET | A British police officer carries out his normal duties of standing guard outside Parliament after a bomb threat was issued in London, Monday, May 16, 2011. Dissident Irish republican terrorists issued a bomb threat for central London, police said Monday, hours ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s groundbreaking but sensitive visit to Ireland. Encouraged by the largely successful peace process in Northern Ireland, the queen will on Tuesday become the first British monarch to set foot in the Republic of Ireland, where troops and even ground-to-air missiles were being deployed amid tight security. (AP Photo /Matt Dunham) Mon May 16, 11:28 AM ET | |||
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Armed Police guard Downing Street in London, Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II embarks on a sensitive visit to Ireland Tuesday amid high security. US President Obama will visit Britain next week for an official state visit. (AP Photo /Kirsty Wigglesworth) Tue May 17, 7:43 AM ET | |||
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| An armed British police stands guard by an outdoor bar on the Thames River side of Parliament after a bomb threat was issued in London, Monday, May 16, 2011. Dissident Irish republican terrorists issued a bomb threat for central London, police said Monday, hours ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s groundbreaking but sensitive visit to Ireland. Encouraged by the largely successful peace process in Northern Ireland, the queen will on Tuesday become the first British monarch to set foot in the Republic of Ireland, where troops and even ground-to-air missiles were being deployed amid tight security. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Mon May 16, 3:30 PM ET | |
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| A member of the Metropolitan Police underwater and confined space search team emerges from a manhole on the Mall in central London May 16, 2011. A central London avenue leading to Buckingham Palace was closed in a security alert on Monday on the eve of a visit to Ireland by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and a week before U.S. President Barack Obama visits Britain. REUTERS/Andrew Winning (BRITAIN – Tags: CRIME LAW ROYALS) Mon May 16, 7:25 AM ET | |
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| Flowers lay on a memorial for the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan 1974 bombings in Dublin May 16, 2011. Ireland will mount its biggest security operation to welcome Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and U.S. President Barack Obama in the space of a week. Militant groups opposed to Britain’s control of Northern Ireland are the biggest risk during the queen’s four-day visit. REUTERS/Darren Staples (IRELAND – Tags: ROYALS CRIME LAW ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS) Mon May 16, 12:10 PM ET | |
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| Dissident Republicans clash with Irish police officers during a demonstration in north Dublin, May 17, 2011. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth arrived in Dublin on Tuesday for a historic state visit steeped in symbolism and surrounded by security after a makeshift bomb was found, highlighting the lingering hostility of a small minority. REUTERS/Darren Staples (IRELAND – Tags: ROYALS CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) Tue May 17, 12:41 PM ET | Irish police officers run through a cloud of coloured smoke during a demonstration in north Dublin May 17, 2011. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth arrived in Dublin on Tuesday for a historic state visit steeped in symbolism and surrounded by security after a makeshift bomb was found, highlighting the lingering hostility of a small minority. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (IRELAND – Tags: ROYALS POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) Tue May 17, 10:49 AM ET | |||
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Dissident Republicans clash with Irish police officers during a demonstration in north Dublin, May 17, 2011. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth arrived in Dublin on Tuesday for a historic state visit steeped in symbolism and surrounded by security after a makeshift bomb was found, highlighting the lingering hostility of a small minority. REUTERS/Darren Staples (IRELAND – Tags: ROYALS CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) Tue May 17, 12:39 PM ET | |||
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| A baby stroller adorned with signs of protest against the upcoming visit of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is pushed along Grafton Street in Dublin May 16, 2011. Bitain’s Queen Elizabeth will make a four day state visit to Ireland on Tuesday which is the first state visit by a British monarch since Ireland’s independence. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (IRELAND – Tags: ROYALS SOCIETY POLITICS) Mon May 16, 12:58 PM ET | Protestors hold a republican Sinn Fein banner as they gather in Dublin to demonstrate against the visit of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday. The Queen arrived for the first trip by a British monarch to the Irish Republic as the discovery of a bomb near the capital underscored the threat from republican hardliners. (AFP/Carl de Souza) Tue May 17, 11:06 AM ET | |||
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| A man is arrested by Irish police officers during a protest over the visit by Britian’s Queen Elizabeth in Dublin May 18, 2011. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND – Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS) Wed May 18, 3:08 PM ET | Dissident Republicans throw missiles at Irish police officers during a demonstration in north Dublin May 17, 2011. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth arrived in Dublin on Tuesday for a historic state visit steeped in symbolism and surrounded by security after a makeshift bomb was found, highlighting the lingering hostility of a small minority. REUTERS/Darren Staples (IRELAND – Tags: ROYALS CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) Tue May 17, 12:34 PM ET | |||
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Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip (R) and the Provost of Trinity College Dublin, John Hegarty, view a portrait of Queen Victoria at Trinity College Dublin May 17, 2011. REUTERS/John Stillwell /POOL (IRELAND – Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION ROYALS) Tue May 17, 2:03 PM ET | ||
| Irish broadcaster Ryan Tubridy shows Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip the panoramic view from the Gravity Bar, during a tour of the Guinness Storehouse, one of Ireland’s most popular sites, in Dublin, Wednesday May 18, 2011. The Queen and Prince Philip, were on the second day of the first-ever state visit to Ireland. (AP Photo /pool) Wed May 18, 7:45 AM ET |  |
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| Britain’s Queen Elizabeth leaves after visiting Government Buildings in Dublin May 18, 2011. The Queen is on a four day state visit to Ireland which is the first state visit by a British monarch since Ireland’s independence. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (IRELAND – Tags: POLITICS ROYALS SOCIETY) Wed May 18, 7:49 AM ET | Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh looks at Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, during their visit to the National Stud Farm in Kildare, Ireland, Thursday, May 19, 2011. Queen Elizabeth II indulged in her love for horses on a trip to the Irish National Stud. The trip marked her first trip outside of Dublin and gave her a chance to learn about Irish horse breeding. (AP Photo/Pool) Thu May 19, 8:49 AM ET | |||
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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth smiles as she arrives at Government Buildings in Dublin May 18, 2011. The Queen is on a four day state visit to Ireland which is the first state visit by a British monarch since Ireland’s independence. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (IRELAND – Tags: POLITICS ROYALS SOCIETY) Wed May 18, 7:31 AM ET | ||
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| Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, celebrating her 85th birthday, takes part the traditional Royal Maundy Service at Westminster Abbey, Thursday April 21, 2011. According to Buckingham Palace, it was the first time the Queen’s birthday had fallen on Maundy Thursday. (AP Photo /Arthur Edwards, pool) Thu Apr 21, 11:14 AM ET |
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip attend a Maundy Service on her 85th birthday at Westminster Abbey in London April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Arthur Edwards/Pool (BRITAIN – Tags: ROYALS RELIGION SOCIETY) Thu Apr 21, 10:40 AM ET | |||
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| Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, celebrating her 85th birthday, and Prince Philip attend the traditional Royal Maundy Service at Westminster Abbey in London, Thursday April 21, 2011. According to Buckingham Palace, it was the first time the Queen’s birthday had fallen on Maundy Thursday. (AP Photo /Arthur Edwards, pool) Thu Apr 21, 10:31 AM ET |
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Peristiwa bersejarah lain pada seputar ulang tahunku 17 Mei 2011 selain yang aku tulis di “Man Chest Rahma United Memerlukan Siti” dan “Ulang Tahunku 2011 Dan Tim Balap Paris Hilton Menang Pertama Kali Pada Balap MotoGP 125cc Di Le Mans“, adalah kunjungan empat hari Ratu Elizabeth ke Republik Irlandia yang merupakan kunjungan pertama beliau dan juga kunjungan pertama kepala kerajaan Inggris sejak 100 tahun lalu, sejak tahun 1911.
Pada tahun 1911 kunjungan terakhir kali dilakukan oleh Raja George V, saat itu beliau baru saja dilantik menjadi raja Inggris sedangkan Irlandia waktu itu masih dibawah kekuasaan Inggris. Seiring perjalanan waktu, Irlandia yang sejak lama memang cenderung bergolak kemudian berhasil merdeka pada tahun 1922 menjadi Republik Irlandia, yang disebut oleh DailyMail sebagai “freedom from Britain would come at a price – a bloody war of independence and a painful partition in 1922”. Sejak saat itu pulau Irlandia terbagi dua, Republik Irlandia yang sudah merdeka dan Irlandia Utara yang tetap dibawah Inggris.
Setelah kemerdekaan itu, pertikaian berlanjut di pulau Irlandia antara kelompok yang setuju merdeka dan yang ingin tetap dibawah Inggris. Aku juga masih ingat dulu di TV sering muncul berita terjadi ledakan bom di Irlandia yang dipasang oleh kelompok yang bertikai. Dari data di Internet, ada bom mobil yang cukup terkenal yaitu pada 17 Mei 1974, meledak di tiga kota sekaligus di Irlandia. Mobil-mobil itu dirampas beberapa jam sebelum dipasangi bom dan diledakkan. Jadi berbeda dengan bom mobil di Bali yang dibeli beberapa hari sebelum diledakkan, kalau di Irlandia mobil-mobil itu dirampas cuma beberapa jam sebelum dipasangi bom dan diledakkan, menunjukkan bahwa kelompok yang melakukan memang ahli dan terlatih. Pertikaian bertahun-tahun itu baru berakhir setelah perjanjian damai pada tahun 1998.
Menjelang keberangkatan Ratu Elizabeth dalam perjalanan bersejarah ke Irlandia 17 Mei 2011, muncul ancaman bom dari teroris kelompok republikan Irlandia yang mengancam akan meledakkan bom di pusat kota London. Dan dua bom juga ditemukan di Irlandia, satu bom palsu di dalam kota Dublin dan satu lagi bom asli berbentuk pipa di dalam sebuah bus di kota Maynooth dekat Dublin.
Kunjungan bersejarah ini mau tak mau seperti terkait juga dengan kesediaanku ketemu ajal untuk kebaikan umat manusia. Sebab selain dilakukan tepat pada hari ulang tahunku, juga karena kediaman resmi presiden Irlandia itu disebut dengan Aras An Uachtarain yang mengingatkan pada kata “Arasy” yang biasa dikaitkan dengan singgasana Allah SWT. Jadi sesuai kesediaanku untuk ketemu ajal menghadap Allah SWT untuk kebaikan umat manusia.
Selain itu ada kejadian bersejarah lain yaitu ulang tahun ke-85 Ratu Elizabeth pada 21 April 2011 yang lalu merupakan ulang tahun pertama yang jatuh pada hari Maundy Thursday, yaitu hari sebelum perayaan Jumat Agung umat Kristiani. Kata “Maundy” itu seperti berarti “mau end” terkait kesediaanku untuk “end”, ketemu ajal untuk kebaikan umat manusia.
Pada saat ulang tahun 21 April 2011 itu Ratu Elizabeth memakai baju dan topi biru muda seperti biru muda pada jilbab kamu di lukisan “Sid Paris Rahma Maia At The Gym” yang mulai aku kerjakan tanggal 10 Februari 2011.
Jakarta, 25 Mei 2011.
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