(64.) Kathryn Gregory,
Provisional Irish Republican Army, Council
From this impression of isolation originating from the government, including the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the
Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA)--an offshoot of the Irish Republican Army (IRA)--organized itself into a paramilitary organization to defend the Catholic minority's civil rights and to unite Ireland.
The
Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Morality of Terrorism, Timothy Shanahan (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009), 256 pp., $115 cloth, $38 paper.
Maguire became active with the peace movement after three children of her sister, Anne Maguire, were run over and killed by a car driven by Danny Lennon, a
Provisional Irish Republican Army man who was fatally shot by British troops while trying to make a getaway.
The
Provisional Irish Republican Army, Hizbullah and other extremist groups have all used this tactic of deniability, creating 'false flag' groups as a smokescreen while keeping their political options open.
Using records only recently released, McGladdery describes how the
Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) of using strategy of bombing "civilian" targets in England affected British government policy toward Northern Ireland.
"Some of the money collected in the US is finding its way into the hands of the militant
Provisional Irish Republican Army.
During the 1970s and 1980s, various terrorist organizations arose in democratic countries, including the Red Brigades in Italy, the
Provisional Irish Republican Army in Ireland and the United Kingdom, and the Baader-Meinhof Gang in West Germany.
He noted the long history that the British capital has had in dealing with terrorism from the
Provisional Irish Republican Army.