I remember Irish Republican Army (IRA) as a serious resistance group. It's suspicious that they are not active against all the madness going on in UK today.
My understanding is the IRA is an organ of British Military Intelligence which is as we know itself an organ of Mossad and Zion, that the great heroes of the IRA Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams are and were double agents on behalf of the Brits. Link.
The IRA has been an organ of British Military Intelligence thence MI6 and Jews since forever. Read Steaknife. What is the Stakeknife scandal? The agent code named “Stakeknife” was one of British military intelligence’s most valued assets, operating inside the Provisional IRA. Recruited in the late 1970s, the spy rose through the IRA’s ranks in Belfast to become head of the paramilitary group’s informer-hunting unit known as “the nutting squad”.
He had the power of life and death over IRA members accused of being informers for the security forces during the Troubles. His unit used torture methods to extract admissions from those in the IRA accused of treachery. Often their so-called “confessions” were taped and on occasion played to their close relatives to convince them that the victim had been “guilty” of treachery.
Who is Stakenife .. since 2003 it is alleged that Stakeknife is Freddie Scappaticci, a 73-year-old Belfast man who in the early 1970s was interned without trial by the British army. Later it is claimed he was recruited by an undercover British soldier as an agent. Scappaticci has consistently denied he was Stakeknife or a spy for military intelligence’s Force Research Unit including a denial on oath in a Belfast court. One of the most senior British officers to serve in Northern Ireland during the Troubles described Scappaticci as “the jewel in the crown … the golden egg” for military intelligence in the conflict between 1969 and 1997.
Why is an agent who served the British state generating such controversy.. Stakeknife is accused of being responsible for multiple murders of alleged IRA informers, many of whom were beaten and tortured to extract “confessions”. This means that while operating as a paid agent of the state, the super spy was allowed to commit serious crimes in order to bolster his macho and fearsome reputation within the republican movement.
The families of those abducted and killed by Stakeknife’s IRA unit – known ghoulishly in republican strongholds as “the head hunters” – claim his handlers could have saved their loved ones but failed to act. The intelligence the agent was passing about the inner workings of the IRA including its leadership was much more important to the British state than saving lives, the families say.
What happens now .. the scandal could lead to the possibility that senior British military intelligence veterans, police handlers and former leading IRA figures be prosecuted for crimes ranging from malfeasance in public office up to torture and murder. The final decision on charging not only Scappaticci (who will insist he is not Stakeknife in any court of law) but security force personnel rests with the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.
What are the implications if Stakeknife and others are charged - Such a scenario could prove to be politically embarrassing for both the British state and the IRA high command particularly if Stakeknife is forced to go to court. In open court there would be the potential for a former high-grade agent to disclose some of the darkest secrets from the “dirty war” that was waged by all sides during the Troubles.
This could implicate everyone from former British Cabinet ministers to key figures in Sinn Fein who once held dual IRA membership. Veteran and more cynical observers of the Northern Irish conflict still believe thought that Scappaticci will never be brought into an open court. If they are proved right then many of those dark secrets will remain locked away for a generation. IrishExaminer.
The IRA was created by British Intelligence, the same way and for the same reason HAMAS was created by Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood was created by the CIA, it has nought to do with freedom and liberty. FiT.
There are quite a few different IRAs, as there always were really. The IRA you remember is likely the PIRA (provisional Irish Republican Army, or provos). They were very active during the troubles alongside the smaller but more brutal INLA (Irish National Liberation Army, political wing IRSP). Both the PIRA and INLA signed up to the Belfast Agreement commonly known as the Good Friday Agreement (GFA). Signatories to the GFA agreed to disband and decommission their arsenals, so while the PIRA and INLA likely still exist to a degree, they are no longer particularly well armed and mainly serve as muscle for Irish drug gangs.
There are now newer iterations of the IRA who reject the GFA (New IRA, RAAD, RIRA, CIRA etc.) these groups are quite small and seem remarkably easy to infiltrate. The RIRA in Dublin tried to tax local criminals and drug dealers a few years back to secure funding and assert dominance. In response their Dublin leadership were all murdered, which illustrates how little respect these groups have compared to their PIRA forebears.
Very important to note about all modern forms of IRA is that they are very much socialist in their outlook (republican is even used synonymously with socialist in Ireland). They’ve obviously waged campaigns against the British down the years, but this was very much under the guise of anti imperial militancy. While there are some traditionalist members/factions within these groups it would be naive to expect them to oppose internationalism on principle. Also, since their main strongholds are in Catholic areas in Northern Ireland, they all live in mono-ethnic enclaves, making them in many ways just a working class version of the diversity loving middle classes only too happy to impose their principles on others but never suffering them themselves.
Tl;dr the IRA is gone, what remains are Marxist fruitcakes, they ain’t gonna save us and if they’re to be considered at all should be regarded as enemies.
I can't speak to the leadership, but back in the 90s I knew a half dozen IRA members who were living in Florida, basically in hiding because they were wanted men. Some of the best people I ever met.
They tried to take out the entire British government in one fell swoop in Brighton in 1984, but only killed 5. They killed over 700 British soldiers, over 300 policemen, and over 30 prison screws during their campaign. The notion that they only targeted civilians is utter nonsense.
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Stakeknife: The Inside Story of IRA Double agent Freddie Scappaticci.
He had the power of life and death over IRA members accused of being informers for the security forces during the Troubles. His unit used torture methods to extract admissions from those in the IRA accused of treachery. Often their so-called “confessions” were taped and on occasion played to their close relatives to convince them that the victim had been “guilty” of treachery.
Who is Stakenife .. since 2003 it is alleged that Stakeknife is Freddie Scappaticci, a 73-year-old Belfast man who in the early 1970s was interned without trial by the British army. Later it is claimed he was recruited by an undercover British soldier as an agent. Scappaticci has consistently denied he was Stakeknife or a spy for military intelligence’s Force Research Unit including a denial on oath in a Belfast court. One of the most senior British officers to serve in Northern Ireland during the Troubles described Scappaticci as “the jewel in the crown … the golden egg” for military intelligence in the conflict between 1969 and 1997.
More Lives Lost Than Saved in Troubles Due to British Spy, Stakeknife Report Finds.
The families of those abducted and killed by Stakeknife’s IRA unit – known ghoulishly in republican strongholds as “the head hunters” – claim his handlers could have saved their loved ones but failed to act. The intelligence the agent was passing about the inner workings of the IRA including its leadership was much more important to the British state than saving lives, the families say.
What happens now .. the scandal could lead to the possibility that senior British military intelligence veterans, police handlers and former leading IRA figures be prosecuted for crimes ranging from malfeasance in public office up to torture and murder. The final decision on charging not only Scappaticci (who will insist he is not Stakeknife in any court of law) but security force personnel rests with the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.
What are the implications if Stakeknife and others are charged - Such a scenario could prove to be politically embarrassing for both the British state and the IRA high command particularly if Stakeknife is forced to go to court. In open court there would be the potential for a former high-grade agent to disclose some of the darkest secrets from the “dirty war” that was waged by all sides during the Troubles.
This could implicate everyone from former British Cabinet ministers to key figures in Sinn Fein who once held dual IRA membership. Veteran and more cynical observers of the Northern Irish conflict still believe thought that Scappaticci will never be brought into an open court. If they are proved right then many of those dark secrets will remain locked away for a generation. IrishExaminer.
The IRA was created by British Intelligence, the same way and for the same reason HAMAS was created by Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood was created by the CIA, it has nought to do with freedom and liberty. FiT.
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There are now newer iterations of the IRA who reject the GFA (New IRA, RAAD, RIRA, CIRA etc.) these groups are quite small and seem remarkably easy to infiltrate. The RIRA in Dublin tried to tax local criminals and drug dealers a few years back to secure funding and assert dominance. In response their Dublin leadership were all murdered, which illustrates how little respect these groups have compared to their PIRA forebears.
Very important to note about all modern forms of IRA is that they are very much socialist in their outlook (republican is even used synonymously with socialist in Ireland). They’ve obviously waged campaigns against the British down the years, but this was very much under the guise of anti imperial militancy. While there are some traditionalist members/factions within these groups it would be naive to expect them to oppose internationalism on principle. Also, since their main strongholds are in Catholic areas in Northern Ireland, they all live in mono-ethnic enclaves, making them in many ways just a working class version of the diversity loving middle classes only too happy to impose their principles on others but never suffering them themselves.
Tl;dr the IRA is gone, what remains are Marxist fruitcakes, they ain’t gonna save us and if they’re to be considered at all should be regarded as enemies.
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"we hate israel, so let's blow up regular people."
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I know four OG that are in the Michigan militia (mid west)
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