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NORAID was a major funder of the IRA terrorist group, and we all assumed it was a dead duck after the peace agreement, but the Continuity IRA and Real IRA are still active, and still getting funds from the US of A.
It's true, much of their funding comes from smuggling and other illegal activity, but one also has to look at who is involved in that.
U.S. businessman funded Real IRA soldier killers by smuggling cigarettes into Ireland Daily Mail Online
Boston was a major centre of terrorist funding, but I'm unsure they'll still be as keen on sending murder money after they tasted the realities of terrorism.
Will Boston still fund the Real IRA The Spectator
One wonder what the terrorist fund raises thought of the Boston bombs, and how those who contributed to terrorism reacted to the news of the bomb.
They were probably disgusted at whoever funded the terrorists that killed Americans.
I'm sure someone will remind us the real IRA was designated a terrorist group by the US government, but their sister terrorist group is still getting funds from America, as are the Real IRA.
Continuity Irish Republican Army CIRA
Can we all join together in condemning Americans who fund and assist terrorist groups?
It's true, much of their funding comes from smuggling and other illegal activity, but one also has to look at who is involved in that.
U.S. businessman funded Real IRA soldier killers by smuggling cigarettes into Ireland Daily Mail Online
An American businessman has been accused of funding the Real IRA by masterminding a cigarette smuggling ring that has netted them hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The case highlights the criminal activities which underpin the funding of terrorism in Northern Ireland.
Roman Vidal, 57, arranged for shipments of millions of cigarettes from Panama to Dublin where they were collected by contacts linked to the terror group.
Boston was a major centre of terrorist funding, but I'm unsure they'll still be as keen on sending murder money after they tasted the realities of terrorism.
Will Boston still fund the Real IRA The Spectator
One of the first world statesmen to send a message of sympathy to Boston after last week’s outrage was Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein. ‘Just watching news of the explosion in Boston,’ he tweeted, ‘Sympathy with people of that fine city.’ Mr Adams has every reason to think fondly of Boston. Throughout the troubles, while he sat on the IRA war council, Boston was one of the major American centres which he (through Noraid) could rely on for support and funding. Bostonian money would have been used to help pay for the IRA attack on Margaret Thatcher’s democratically elected government in Brighton, the grotesque Birmingham pub bombings that left 21 dead, and of course the Lisburn van bombing of 15 June 1988. On that terrible occasion six off-duty British soldiers were killed by an IRA bomb just after they had completed a half-marathon for charity.
One wonder what the terrorist fund raises thought of the Boston bombs, and how those who contributed to terrorism reacted to the news of the bomb.
They were probably disgusted at whoever funded the terrorists that killed Americans.
I'm sure someone will remind us the real IRA was designated a terrorist group by the US government, but their sister terrorist group is still getting funds from America, as are the Real IRA.
Continuity Irish Republican Army CIRA
External Aid
Has received aid from a variety of groups and countries and considerable training and arms from Libya and, at one time, the PLO. May also have acquired arms and materiel from the Balkans in cooperation with the Real IRA. Also is suspected of receiving funds and arms from sympathizers in the United States.
Can we all join together in condemning Americans who fund and assist terrorist groups?