The Americans Who Ran Guns for the I.R.A.
One-party rule by Ulster unionists, Watkins writes, left Catholics with “few jobs, poor housing and threadbare resources.” In ...
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Philly gun smugglers helped the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles. A new book uncovers their operation.
The Next One Is For You' by Berks County native Ali Watkins traces a conspiracy to send weapons to paramilitaries in Ireland.
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To neighbors, they were suburban dads. In secret, they were running an international gun smuggling ring
‘This was a bunch of suburban dads,’ says journalist Ali Watkins, whose new book The Next One Is for You: A True Story of Guns, Country, and the IRA’s Secret American Army will be published ...
Arsenal of weaponry found in south Armagh bunker ‘probably imported on behalf of the Provisional IRA decades ago’, court told
Among the contents of the bunker were two sawn-off shotguns, a pump-action rifle, Glock pistol and approximately 2,000 rounds ...
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The Next One Is for You: A True Story of Guns, Country, and the IRA’s Secret Army
The guns began arriving in 1971 ... It wasn’t until the 1990s, when the Philly-to-IRA pipeline dried up, that the IRA moved on to sources in the Middle East and the power of NORAID waned.
New IRA leaders arrested in MI5 sting at loggerheads with hardliners over push for ceasefire
Senior New IRA figures want to call a ceasefire before nine alleged leaders go on trial charged with directing terrorism.
South Armagh weaponry arsenal likely imported on behalf of Provisional IRA decades ago, court hears
An arsenal of weaponry found in a south Armagh bunker was probably imported on behalf of the Provisional IRA decades ago, the ...