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| | Provisional Irish Republican Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The GAC is the IRA's supreme decision-making authority. | | | While the Officials were initially the larger organisation and enjoyed more support from the republican constituency, the Provisionals came to dominate, especially after the Official IRA declared an indefinite ceasefire in 1972. | | | The IRA also threatens to kidnap or kill Irish cabinet ministers and the President of Ireland. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
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| | Paramilitary Organizations in Northern Ireland |
| | The IRA is the chief republican paramilitary group. | | | The Continuity IRA is opposed to any deal not based on a united Ireland and is dedicated to the removal of all British forces from Northern Ireland. | | | It declared a ceasefire in 1998 and was the first republican paramilitary group to declare that the war was over. |
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http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/dg78/100.3/documents/ira3.htm
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| | USATODAY.com - Irish Republican Army gives up 'totality' of its arsenal |
| | "Successive British governments have sought final and complete decommissioning by the IRA for over 10 years," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said. | | | BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The Irish Republican Army has given up its entire arsenal of weapons, demonstrating that its 35-year campaign to overthrow Northern Ireland by force is really over, the Canadian general who supervised the tortuous process said Monday. | | | When Blair took office in 1997, he allowed Sinn Fein into talks with a renewed cease-fire but no disarmament. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-09-26-IRA-disarms_x.htm
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| | Irish Republican Army (IRA) |
| | The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) was formed in 1969 as the clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein, a legal political movement dedicated to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland. | | | At the end of August, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced her finding that the cease-fire was being observed, allowing Sinn Fein, the political party closely identified with the IRA, entry into negotiations on Northern Ireland's political future. | | | On 19 July 1997, the IRA declared a cease-fire, effective July 20. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/ira.htm
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| | MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |
| | This failure gave birth to the Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA). | | | While the cease-fire briefly broke down in 1996, negotiations resumed in the summer of 1997, following the election of Tony Blair as prime minister. | | | By 1921, the Irish separatists, led by the political party Sinn Fein, had reached an agreement with the United Kingdom, called the Anglo-Irish Treaty. |
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| | HUNGER STRIKE COMMEMORATIVE WEB PROJECT |
| | One of the first events which served to mobilize the Provisional IRA against the British Army and set the "war" in motion was the establishment of a curfew on the Catholic Falls Road on July 3-5, 1970. | | | Because of the continuing escalation of violence and the ineffectiveness of internment, on 24 March 1972 Prime Minister Heath announced that Stormont, the Northern Ireland parliament and seat of government, would be prorogued for a year, and that the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act would set up Direct Rule. | | | We declare our allegiance to the Thirty-Two County Irish Republic proclaimed at Easter 1916, established by the first Dail Eireann in 1919, overthrown by force of arms in 1922, and suppressed to this day by the British-imposed Six County and Twenty-Six County partitionist states. |
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| | BSI Reports: Week 107: 3-6 Nov 2003 |
| | McGuinness to be a prominent member of the Provisional Republican Movement at the time however he did not know he was in the IRA. | | | He said he presumed NICRA were told of the decision and that they were in contact with Chief Superintendent Frank Lagan of the RUC. | | | A crucial decision was made not to respond to the army’s attack. |
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http://www.birw.org/bsireports/100_120/report107.html
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| | WashingtonPost.com: N. Ireland Special Report |
| | Leaders of Protestant and Catholic groups meet in October, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair holds landmark talks with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams. | | | An international commission led by former U.S. senator George Mitchell offers compromises to resolve the stalemate plaguing the peace talks. | | | Catholics protest discrimination in voting rights, housing and unemployment. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/nireland/timeline.htm
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| | Irish Republican Army -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | Northern Irish trade unionist and political activist who was interned (1942–45) by the British for his involvement in the Irish Republican Army, but he renounced violence, cofounded (1970) the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party, and served as minister of health and social services in the short-lived power-sharing executive of 1973–74. | | | Irish political activist who became chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1962 and whose relatively moderate stance helped trigger the 1969 split between his Official IRA, which called a cease-fire in 1972, and the more militant Provisional IRA (b. | | | political wing of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9311828
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| | ipedia.com: Official IRA Article |
| | The term "Official IRA" relates to one of the two elements of the Irish Republican Army - the other being the Provisional IRA - that emerged from the ideological split in the Irish Republican movement in 1969-70. | | | The term "Official IRA" relates to one of the two elements of the Irish Republican Army - the other being the Provisional IRA - that emerged from the ideological split in the Irish Republican movement... | | | One reason which was never shown publicly was also that the IRA seemed to be drifting away from its Republican roots into Marxism. |
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http://www.ipedia.com/official_ira.html
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| | What Is An Ira |
| | Fought the Anglo-Irish war, later split between "regulars" (became the Irish army) and "irregulars" (became the Official IRA). | | | Provisional Irish Republican Army: the current dominant republican group, which the term 'IRA' almost always now refers to. | | | Ira Glickstein, PhD is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland University College, teaching an online graduate course in Systems Engineering. |
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http://www.wwwtln.com/finance/205/what-is-an-ira.html
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| | Dáil Éireann - Volume 411 - 31 October, 1991 - Written Answers. - Official IRA Membership. |
| | What is prohibited by the Offences Against the State Act is membership of an unlawful organisation and any organisation — such as the Official IRA — [2326] styling itself the Irish Republican Army — also the IRA and Óglaigh na hÉireann — is declared by order under the Act to be an unlawful organisation. | | | Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if, arising from his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. | | | 162 and 163 of 22 October 1991 which confirmed the existence of the Official IRA, he will outline the circumstances of the last occasion when a conviction was brought and upheld involving such membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. |
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http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie/D/0411/D.0411.199110310065.html
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| | United Irelander: Official IRA/UVF Meetings |
| | In August 1973 a meeting to discuss such issues was held in the West County Hotel outside Dublin, attended by high-powered delegations from both organisations. | | | The UVF side was led by Jim Hanna accompanied by Billy Mitchell and other senior figures whose names Goulding could not remember. | | | The Official IRA delegation was led by the party leader Thomas MacGiolla and included Goulding and Sean Garland. |
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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- British official: IRA must 'deliver on its promises' to disarm |
| | Unlike the IRA, whose Sinn Fein party has grown to represent most Catholics, their representatives enjoy no significant backing from Protestant voters. | | | BELFAST, Northern Ireland &; The outlawed Irish Republican Army must deliver soon on its July 28 promises to disarm and cease all threatening activities, the British secretary of state for Northern Ireland said Wednesday in his first major speech on the peace process. | | | Bereft of political clout, the UDA and UVF have focused on their long-established criminal rackets, including drug-dealing, counterfeiting and smuggling, and fought several deadly internal feuds since 2000. |
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050921-0635-northernireland.html
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| | Starry Plough: Interview with INLA |
| | Asked as to whether Flynn was acting as a maverick, the INLA said that "we have no doubt that the instigators of Costello's murder still held rank within the Workers Party. | | | So it is not true that Flynn acted on his own when he shot Costello? | | | After the murder of Costello, the Officials violated all of the usual Republican procedures and the traditions. |
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| | BBC - History - War and Conflict - Official IRA |
| | After the split the Official IRA had to deal with taunts from disaffected republicans in Belfast that it was militarily unprepared to defend Catholics in 1969. | | | The Official IRA called a unilateral cease-fire in May 1972 after admitting shooting dead Ranger William Best who was home on leave in Derry. | | | But as late as 1992 government ministers in Dublin and Belfast claimed the Official IRA was still an active organisation. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/troubles/factfiles/ira.shtml
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| | Dáil Éireann - Volume 342 - 19 May, 1983 - Written Answers. - Official IRA. |
| | Manning asked the Minister for Justice if the organisation known as the Official IRA is still in existence; and, if so, if he will give details of its size, membership, methods and objectives. | | | Noonan,Limerick East:) I am informed by the Garda authorities that the organisation referred to is still in existence. |
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http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie/D/0342/D.0342.198305190035.html
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| | Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Official IRA leader accused in US |
| | The indictment of Sean Garland, 71, and six other men by a federal grand jury in Washington marks the first time in a 16-year investigation that the US government has alleged in court documents that North Korea plays a major role in counterfeiting 100 dollar bills, known as Supernotes. | | | The party is the political wing of the Official Irish Republican Army, which took its name after a split with the Provisional IRA. | | | Official IRA leader accused in US A leader of the Official Irish Republican Army has been indicted in the US on charges he conspired with North Korea to circulate millions of dollars in phony US currency, prosecutors said. |
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| | The Counterterrorism Blog: "Official IRA" Leader Worked With North Korea to Pass Counterfeit Dollars |
| | Matthew Levitt testified before a U.S. Senate committee in May about the use of counterfeiting and criminal enterprises by terrorists (Acrobat file). | | | Blasts in Vladikavkaz leave four people injured (Russia) | | | No North Koreans were named, but the indictment states that "North Korean nationals acting as ostensible government officials engaged in the worldwide transportation, delivery, and sale of quantities" of the $100 bills. |
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| | The Ulster Defence Association |
| | The subsequent trial of Haughey and Blaney later collapsed as the actions were deemed “legal” by a jury due to the fact that the Minister of Defence had authorised them. | | | As a result the Irish state provided financial succour, military training and provided armaments for the Provisional IRA who certain sections of the Irish state regarded as the bastions of “traditional” republicanism. | | | This split resulted in the creation of two factions: the Official IRA and the Provisional IRA. |
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http://loyalistcommissionforideologicaleducation.00freehost.com/udahistorypartone.htm
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| | IRA - Free Encyclopedia |
| | Provisional IRA (sometimes called the PIRA, a republican breakaway group in the 1970s associated with Sinn F?n (this is the dominant IRA) | | | There are several terrorist (or paramilitary) groups which claim the title 'Irish Republican Army', and advocate an all-island Irish state achieved though force with no ties to the United Kingdom. | | | The Individual Retirement Account (legal name: Individual Retirement Arrangement) or IRA, a private retirement account in the USA that enjoys certain tax benefits. |
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| | Ireland's OWN: History |
| | Séan MacStiofain became Chief of staff of the Reorganised IRA led by the "Provisional" Army Council in 1969/70. | | | During the next 30 years, the IRA were a small and ill-armed unit of men and women, dedicated to the ideal of a 32-county Ireland and the removal of British presence in the north of Ireland; but since the border campaign of the late 50s and early 60s, the IRA existed in name only. | | | Ruairí Ó Brádaigh went on to form REPUBLICAN SINN FÉIN, and it had been suggested by the media that the |
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| | BBC ON THIS DAY 30 1972: Official IRA declares ceasefire |
| | The Northern Ireland Secretary, William Whitelaw, welcomed the move and a spokesperson said it was "a step in the right direction". | | | A statement was read out from Dublin after last night's meeting of the executive of the Northern Republican Clubs, a political movement allied to the IRA. | | | The official wing of the IRA in Northern Ireland has announced a ceasefire, reserving the right of self-defence against attacks by the British Army and sectarian groups. |
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| | BBC News NORTHERN IRELAND Lawyers seek Official IRA material |
| | The inquiry, chaired by Lord Saville of Newdigate, was set up three years ago to examine the killings of 13 Catholic men and youths when British Army paratroopers opened fire during a civil rights march in Londonderry on 30 January 1972. | | | The five former official IRA members include two men alleged to have opened fire on Bloody Sunday. | | | Their lawyer said the move would allow others to "build up a large ball of mud and throw it straight at them". |
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| | Alexandria, Minnesota SIMPLE IRA Plan Official Agrees To Repay Plan for Delinquent Contributions |
| | Minneapolis, Minnesota - The president of Double A Electric, Inc. of Alexandria, Minnesota, agreed to repay $8,937.27 to the company’s SIMPLE IRA plan for failure to forward employee contributions, according to a consent order and judgment obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor on March 17. | | | Alexandria, Minnesota SIMPLE IRA Plan Official Agrees To Repay Plan for Delinquent Contributions | | | Please specify which news release when placing your request. |
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| | Ira, Vermont, New England, USA |
| | In 1780 a petition from 40 associates, including Ira Allen, for whom the town is named, asked the legislature for a grant of what they referred to as the "District of Ira." Probably the grant was made, for the Governor and Council established the granting fee and set the date for its payment. | | | For the next ten years, Ira kept appearing on the agenda of the legislature and the Governor and Council because most of the grantees had not paid their shares of the fees. | | | About that same time he requested and received grants for the towns of Irasburg and Alburg. |
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| | Scotsman.com News - Bloody Sunday inquiry - IRA man 'tried to fire at army' |
| | He said a decision was taken not to engage with the army on the day of the civil rights march. | | | He said he had expected his former lawyers to apply for anonymity when he gave evidence but they had failed to do so. | | | Nottingham-born Reg Tester, who was the Official IRA’s quartermaster on 30 January, 1972, when 13 civilians were shot dead in the Bogside area of Derry, said he lost his cool after hearing about the shootings and attempted to fire an M1 Carbine. |
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| | Irish Echo Online - News |
| | This was at the center of the controversy in early 1992, when reformers led by Prionsias De Rossa were demanding that the party get rid of the military leftovers. | | | The Workers' Party met with British government officials and the police in the North on a regular basis, as they did south of the border. | | | The more militant wing, calling itself the Official Republican Movement, was threatening a feud with its former colleagues. |
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| | Leader of 'Official IRA' in forgery plot |
| | Panorama also reveals that the profit from passing the currency is used to fund the republican group - which split with the better known Provisional IRA in 1970. | | | The claim is also backed up further with signed statements from several members of the Official IRA who confirm that Garland was involved in the spreading of counterfeit money in the UK and Ireland. | | | An Irish republican leader is responsible for flooding the UK money markets with near-perfect counterfeit money, it has been claimed. |
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| | RTE News - Former Official IRA members may give Bloody Sunday evidence |
| | It is now expected that lawyers representing members of the Official IRA will today indicate a willingness to testify if their identities are protected. | | | Barrister Gareth Purvis made a preliminary approach on behalf of his clients, five men, including three former members of the Official IRA, this afternoon. | | | The relatives have said that the whole truth of the events of that day must be made known in every respect. |
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| | Roger Waters Ca Ira opera official press release announcement |
| | As we have reported (most recently on 1st May), Roger Waters has completed his long-awaited opera and we have today received the official press release for the project. | | | The well-respected and successful songwriter Etienne Roda-Gil and his wife, Nadine, had created an original libretto for an opera, written in French, as part of the Bicentennial. | | | Before the rise and fall of the guillotine, before the terror took hold, the People of France fought for a better world based on the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity rather than one ruled by a callous and outmoded nobility. |
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| | Sinn Fein, British Official Debate IRA Disarmament |
| | Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew said he told Adams "bluntly" that his IRA supporters had to start dismantling their guerrilla arsenal, but Adams said Britain should withdraw its troops and free IRA prisoners as part of an overall settlement. | | | WASHINGTON -- Britain's top Northern Ireland official and Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams held their first official talks -- and spelled out sharply differing views on disarming the IRA. | | | This is only an excerpt from the full story. |
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| | BRmovie.com: Ira Friedman talks about the Official Blade Runner Souvenir Magazine |
| | It was in that brick building, known to the outside world as The Egg Company, a variety of departments were housed, including: senior management, legal, accounting/finance, marketing/ publicity, and licensing, which included all merchandising, publishing and the official Star Wars Fan Club. | | | While George was based in Northern California (Marin County) where ILM was located along with other key filmmaking talent, the corporate headquarters were in North Hollywood, just across the street from Universal Studios. | | | Send check or money order only, via mail, to: |
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