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The Scientist (OP) User ID: 1201183 United Kingdom 07/26/2012 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New IRA: full statement by the dissident 'Army Council' - IRA to attack security forces and other British interests "the new paramilitary force includes several hundred armed dissidents, including some former members of the now disbanded Provisional IRA" Looks like we are heading for the return of the bad old days of bombs in pubs and town centres on the UK mainland. Last Edited by The Scientist on 07/26/2012 06:24 PM |
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The Scientist (OP) User ID: 1201183 United Kingdom 07/26/2012 06:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New IRA: full statement by the dissident 'Army Council' - IRA to attack security forces and other British interests I think the recruitment of the 'Republican Action Against Drugs' group from Derry is a major escalation, don't forget Derry is where the troubles began in 1969, the RAAD group is made up entirely of ex provisional IRA. [link to en.wikipedia.org] Heres some background.. Republican factions Until this week there were four separate violent groups opposed to Sinn Féin's peace strategy. As a result of this merger three republican terror groups have become one, reclaiming the banner of the IRA: The Real IRA was formed out of a split within the Provisional IRA (PIRA) in 1997 and was responsible for the Omagh atrocity a year later. Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) – a group comprising ex-PIRA members whose purpose was to run an armed vigilante campaign against drug dealers. It has agreed to coalesce with other anti-ceasefire republicans. Independent republican factions – until now an amalgam of terror groups operating in Northern Ireland. They are sometimes referred to collectively as Óglaigh na hÉireann. Continuity IRA, the fourth republican faction, remains wholly independent. The adoption of the name IRA is an attempt by the dissident republicans to reclaim from history the title of the movement that dominated republican politics in the 20th century. Since the Irish war of independence there have been several mutations of the IRA from a mass movement of armed fighters in the 1918-1921 Anglo-Irish war to a small band of diehards who conducted the 1958-62 border campaign. Its use has withered since the peace agreement in 1998. Last Edited by The Scientist on 07/26/2012 06:37 PM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 9658935 United States 07/26/2012 06:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New IRA: full statement by the dissident 'Army Council' - IRA to attack security forces and other British interests This is the full statement released by the new dissident republican group in Northern Ireland on Thursday 26th July 2012, attributed to "the IRA Army Council": Quoting: The Scientist "Following extensive consultations, Irish republicans and a number of organisations involved in armed actions against the armed forces of the British crown have come together within a unified structure, under a single leadership, subservient to the constitution of the Irish Republican Army. "The leadership of the Irish Republican Army remains committed to the full realisation of the ideals and principles enshrined in the Proclamation of 1916. "In recent years the establishment of a free and independent Ireland has suffered setbacks due to the failure among the leadership of Irish nationalism and fractures within republicanism. The root cause of conflict in our country is the subversion of the nation's inalienable right to self-determination and this has yet to be addressed. Instead the Irish people have been sold a phoney peace, rubber-stamped by a token legislature in Stormont. "Non-conformist republicans are being subjected to harassment, arrest and violence by the forces of the British crown; others have been interned on the direction of an English overlord. It is Britain, not the IRA, which has chosen provocation and conflict. "The IRA's mandate for armed struggle derives from Britain's denial of the fundamental right of the Irish people to national self-determination and sovereignty – so long as Britain persists in its denial of national and democratic rights in Ireland the IRA will have to continue to assert those rights. "The necessity of armed struggle in pursuit of Irish freedom can be avoided through the removal of the British military presence in our country, the dismantling of their armed militias and the declaration of an internationally observed timescale that details the dismantling of British political interference in our country. "Signed Army Council … IRA." Wow - the day before the opening ceremony for the Olympucs... |
The Scientist (OP) User ID: 1201183 United Kingdom 07/26/2012 06:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New IRA: full statement by the dissident 'Army Council' - IRA to attack security forces and other British interests This is impossible because guns, and especially assault weapons, are banned in the UK. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14881771 Those collection tins will be rattling again in the US soon enough... if they had ever stopped? Last Edited by The Scientist on 07/26/2012 06:39 PM |
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tripping with tripper User ID: 20079455 United States 07/26/2012 06:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New IRA: full statement by the dissident 'Army Council' - IRA to attack security forces and other British interests This is impossible because guns, and especially assault weapons, are banned in the UK. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14881771 Those collection tins will be rattling again in the US soon enough... if they had ever stopped? ya but one thing different those tins that are rattling are because the ones that are coming to get our guns are scared out of their gourd and with plenty of reason they will get our weapons 1 bullet at a time tripper.dark |
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