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Date Posted: 12:43:58 08/13/02 Tue
Originally posted to "Stormont-Watch" - www.voy.com/70381/
>IRA-R cell is linked to prison bomb bid
>
>A unit of Oglaigh Na hÉireann – (Reconstituted –
>IRA-R*) based in Co. Armagh is now believed to have
>been behind a bomb bid at HMP Maghaberry, according to
>the Irish News (May 3).
>
>The latest development came after a number of garages
>were searched in the Armagh area by detectives of the
>new colonial PSNI, formerly RUC, investigating the
>latest attack by anti-treaty militants.
>
>A 150-lb. device, packed with homemade explosives, was
>abandoned outside Maghaberry prison in Co. Antrim on
>Sunday evening.
>
>It was planted in a white Mitsubishi jeep, which was
>stolen in Dublin. It failed to go off, but the
>detonator exploded.
>
>The getaway car used by the unit was later found burnt
>out in Lurgan.
>
>Last night a spokesperson for the British occupation
>forces confirmed that an IRA-R * “cell” operating in
>Co. Armagh was being linked to the well-planned
>operation.
>
>The occupation forces believe that the leader of the
>anti-treaty IRA-R is also based in the area.
>
>The Brit source commented: “ It (Lurgan) was a
>convenient place to burn the car. They (IRA-R) are a
>serious threat and people need to be vigilant”.
>
>Both the Gardi and the Stormont colonial police
>service are monitoring the activities of the Co.
>Armagh cell, which, according to the Irish News, is
>believed to have accumulated hundreds of thousands of
>pounds through cigarette smuggling.
>
>Brit sources believe that the Co. Armagh units are
>working closely with a number of former Provisionals
>who have defected to the reconstituted, anti-Stormont
>republican army. They claim that the militants are
>also operating in Cos. Donegal and Sligo.
>
>The newspaper’s chief reporter, Sharon O’Neill,
>reminds readers, “Earlier this week the Irish News
>revealed that republican dissidents, both the
>Continuity and Real IRA* (IRA-R), have been heavily
>recruiting and “rooting out informers as they step up
>their campaign of violence”.
>
>Meanwhile, three Co. Louth men have pleaded guilty
>after being ensnared by MI5 and Slovak police. It is
>claimed that they were trying to obtain detonators,
>rocket-propelled grenades, handguns, sniper rifles and
>a wire guided missile.
>
>The trio was arrested in Piest’any, Slovakia, last
>July and were extradited to Britain.
>
>[Additional information on possible CIA/MI5 links
>deleted]
>
>They were captured following an elaborate six-month
>sting involving MI5 agents who suspected them of being
>anti-Treaty operatives. The agents posed as arms
>dealers from Iraq and held several meetings with them,
>including the final one in Slovakia. After the meeting
>they were seized by a team of Slovak police who were
>collaborating with British Intelligence.
>
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* The above is from an internal document. Within the
>IA-PL the organization mentioned above is internally
>referred to as the IRA- R (R = Reconstituted), rather
>than the media-invented term Real IRA. This may be
>confusing for some, but the term is preferred as it
>refers to the fact that these anti-Treaty militants
>reconstituted Oglaigh Na h-Éireann once it became
>clear that their erstwhile comrades were signing up to
>administer colonial rule in the six occupied counties.
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