BELFAST (AFP) ??” A moderate party and analysts in Northern Ireland warned voter that failing to cast their ballots in the forthcoming election for a of the present day provincial assembly could benefit hardliners and imperil the province's hard-won peace.

BELFAST (AFP) ??” A moderate party and analysts in Northern Ireland warned voter that failing to cast their ballots in the forthcoming election for a of the present day provincial assembly could benefit hardliners and imperil the province's hard-won peace.

Fears of a slide back into inter-community bloodshed were highlighted at the announcement that 2,000 extra police had been called to guard Wednesday's person due to fears of attacks.

The flourishing concern about extremist paramilitaries launching attacks upon election day followed the partial detonation of a bomb forward Monday night at an army base in in the western town of Dungannon.

Additionally, there is speculation that cynicism about a stalled political proces coupl with freezing weather, could behold many voters stay at domestic circle -- leaving the field clear for the more committed backers of hardline parties, the two Catholic and Protestant.

"We can't allow the weather to defeat democracy," said Mark