reply to post by HarryJohn
here's the link to your article
www.irishcentral.com...
These "Real IRA) are going against everything the Provisional IRA (the ORIGINAL, TRUE IRA) is trying to do! They're making it harder to unite
Ireland! The PIRA put down it's weapons over a decade ago, after signing an agreement with Britain that said that both sides would put down their
weapons, and Britain would leave N. Ireland. Granted, Britain hasn't held up it's side of the bargain, but the RIRA have now made sure that Britain
won't leave. In fact, because of these attacks, Britain has stepped up it's forces in North Ireland! It's not a fight between Catholics and
Protestants, it's actually a fight between the Irish and the Brits.
I know that one of the leaders of the RIRA is Bobby Sands' sister in law, but she is going against what he died trying to do! The Irish who were in
prison for protesting against the Brits went on a hunger strike in prison. The prisoners refused to wear the prison clothes and refused the prison
food, saying that they were not terrorists, but prisoners of war. There were protesters all over the world supporting the hunger strike, and they
refused to end it until the Brits left Ireland. Unfortunately, the Brits refused to back down, and 10 of the hunger strikers died, including Bobby
Sands. The others dropped out due to various reasons. Afterward, the Brits and their PM, Margaret Thatcher, claimed a victory for refusing to be
bullied, but were seen to be bullies, causing even more of an uprising against them.
The Great Hunger Strike was a peaceful protest, and the RIRA is going against what the strikers did. Therefore, anyone supporting the RIRA, according
to many Irish, are traitors to Ireland, whether they know it or not! Sinn Féin had been so close to a political, non-violent solution, and the RIRA
ruined it all when they killed those soldiers and the pizza delivery man just before St. Patty's Day. Sinn Féin was about to meet with President
Obama and gain his support in the fight, but that was ruined.
More info on the Great Hunger Strike here:
www.irishhungerstrike.com...
Erin Go Bragh! May she be a nation once again, and may it be soon!
(BTW, I side with Sinn Féin, and I prefer the political peace process. I loathe it when people resort to violence.)
More info on Sinn Féin, their supporters, and the peace process:
www.sinnfein.ie...
www.irelandofequals.com...
www.sinnfein.org...
www.anphoblacht.com...
irishnorthernaid.com...
irishnorthernaid.com...
www.socialistdemocracy.org...
www.marxists.org... - an article from 1908
www.experiencefestival.com...
irishnorthernaid.com...
www.libraryireland.com...
republican-news.org...
irelandsown.net...
irelandsown.net...
www.cfr.org...