The IRA

By Derek C. and Eduardo M.2/7/14Pd. 1

What is terrorism?

• (Noun) The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.

Thoughts on it

• Personal opinions: We thinks it’s dumb. We Probably think they’re fighting over something that means nothing. See no point in doing so.

What is the IRA?• Stands for the Irish

Republican Army.• Their main location is in

Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

• They were formed in 1922.

• Were the longest-operating terrorist organization in Western Europe.

Size of the organization

• Their size was approximately 1,000 members.

Goals/Target(s)• Their goal was to

create a united Ireland independent of British rule.

• Since the late 1960’s, their primary targets were British troops, police officers, prison guards, and judges.

Catholic schoolchildren play near graffiti supporting the Irish Republican Army in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The weapons used• Two main sources for the weapons were from the U.S. and

Libya.• List of weapons they have: M1 carbines, 9 mm pistols ,

Armalite AR-15 rifles, M-16s, AK-47 rifles, Heckler & Koch G3 rifles, M-60 MGs, RPG-7 rocket launchers, MAC-10 SMGs, and A LOT of explosives.

Known terrorist activities• the July 1972 bombing spree known as

Bloody Friday, in which downtown Belfast was rocked by twenty-two bombs in seventy-five minutes, leaving nine dead and 130 injured.

• the 1979 assassination of Lord Mountbatten, Queen Elizabeth II's uncle and the last Viceroy of India.

• the 1984 bombing of a Brighton hotel where then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet were meeting, which wounded several British officials and killed four other Britons.

• bombings of civilian targets, including pubs, shops, and subway stations, in Northern Ireland and Britain throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

locations

• The majority of the terror attacks were carried out in Northern Ireland, Ireland.

Citations• "Terrorist Organization Profile." www.start.umd.edu. UMD, n.d. Web. 4 Feb 2014.

<http://www.start.umd.edu/tops/terrorist_organizations_profile.asp?id=55>. • , ed. "History of Irish Republican Army." www.geni.com. Geni, n.d. Web. 4 Feb 2014.

<http://www.geni.com/projects/History-of-Irish-Republican-Army/8511>. • Gregory, Kathryn . "Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) (aka, PIRA, "the provos," Óglaigh

na hÉireann) (UK separatists)." www.cfr.org. Council on Foreign Relations, 16 Mar 2013. Web. Feb 4 2014. <http://www.cfr.org/separatist-terrorism/provisional-irish-republican-army-ira-aka-pira-provos-glaigh-na-hireann-uk-separatists/p9240>.

• "Irish Republican Army (IRA)" 05 October 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://people.howstuffworks.com/irish-republican-army-info.htm> 04 February 2014.

• Sean, Boyne. "Uncovering the IRA ." www.pbs.org. PBS, 1 Aug 1996. Web. 4 Feb 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/inside/weapons.html>.