Sentence 1: In '' The Guardian '' in 2006 , Stanage argued in contrast to George Monbiot , who had written that the Iraqi insurgency was comparable to the IRA :
Sentence 2: In '' The Guardian '' in 2006 , George Monbiot argued in contrast to Stanage , who had written that the Iraqi insurgency is comparable to the IRA .

Do these two sentences convey the same information?

(I) no.
(II) yes.
(I)