[QUOTE]Dissident republicans have claimed they carried out a shooting in Dublin on Friday in which a man was killed and two others wounded.
The Continuity IRA (CIRA) said it also plans to carry out further attacks "on drug dealers and criminals".
Irish police said they were "keeping an open mind in relation to the criminal groups involved".
Three of the gunmen wore police-style SWAT team uniforms and were armed with AK47 assault rifles.
The police also said at least six people were involved in the attack at a weigh-in for a boxing match.
It came ahead of a Clash of the Clans boxing bout between Dubliner Jamie Kavanagh and Portuguese boxer Antonio Joao Bento.
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) European lightweight title fight was due to take place on Saturday night.
The man who died was David Byrne, 33, from Raleigh Square in Crumlin in the south of the city.
In a statement to the BBC, a man claiming to speak on behalf of the leadership of the Continuity IRA said its members were responsible.
A hard-line republican group, CIRA is violently opposed to any deal not based on a united Ireland. "Continuity" refers to the group's belief that it is carrying on the original IRA mission to force Britain out of Ireland.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35523444[/url]
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[I]Two of the six attackers[/I]
I'm not totally informed about the present situation of the IRA within Ireland and the UK, but isn't this specific group basically just an organized crime family masquerading as a paramilitary group?
-snip, didn't see the "Continuity" in the group name-
[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;49699993]I thought the IRA was exterminated years ago though? Or was I misinformed?[/QUOTE]
The IRA that existed from around the early-to-mid 20th century disbanded/split into a bunch of much smaller (but still signifigant) splinter groups in the late 60's. The most well known of them is probably the Provisional IRA, who disabanded in the 90's. There's still a constantly fluctuating number of groups that call themselves the IRA and claim to be the "legitimate" continuation of the old IRA. Mostly, they sit around jerking eachother off about how someday they'll reunite the north and south, or go on marches from the graves of dead IRA members and shit, but occasionally they perform some vigilante attack on drug dealers or plant a bomb somewhere up north. I'm simplifying a bunch, but that's the jist of it.
These guys being ballsy enough to carry rifles around and execute a hit in the middle of Dublin in broad daylight is a pretty big surprise, honestly.
-snip, ninja-
Ok what the fuck, someone got a picture of two of the attackers, and the BBC blurs their fucking faces? Why?
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;49700517]Ok what the fuck, someone got a picture of two of the attackers, and the BBC blurs their fucking faces? Why?[/QUOTE]
The picture in the OP doesn't seem to be blurred to me. They are wearing black ski masks.
[QUOTE=Adarrek;49700606]The picture in the OP doesn't seem to be blurred to me. They are wearing black ski masks.[/QUOTE]
Read the article.
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Total bullshit. Even if it was the IRA, nothing will come of it, their chance passed about 20 fucking years ago.
you think the irish are these cute little ginger critters running around drinking guiness all day, but forget the IRA at your peril
[QUOTE=MagicCookie948;49701278]Total bullshit. Even if it was the IRA, nothing will come of it, their chance passed about 20 fucking years ago.[/QUOTE]
The post-1922 IRA/PIRA/RIRA/CIRA/OIRA (holy shit there were so many of these) never really even had a chance, the original, pre-1922, War of Independence-era IRA disbanded when the Anglo-Irish treaty was signed.
The guys who stuck around past that point, all the way up into the 60's and onward, were opposed to a treaty that had already been signed, and were trying to force two separate countries to do something they'd both agreed was a terrible idea and would only end up getting more people killed.
If they ever really had a chance, it was almost a hundred years ago.
It's no longer really a matter of keeping a unified Ireland, it's more-or-less just family blood feuds between Catholics and Protestants.
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;49700517]Ok what the fuck, someone got a picture of two of the attackers, and the BBC blurs their fucking faces? Why?[/QUOTE]
probably to keep away vigilante justice cause it's fucking awful
Do you guys think Ireland will ever be united?
Hang on. I haven't live in UK for a long time now but i was under the impression that the IRA stopped this sort of shit sometime ago?
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;49702178]Do you guys think Ireland will ever be united?[/QUOTE]
Honestly, never.
Unless NI suddenly decides to pull a Scotland and vote on it, it'll never happen.
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;49700517]Ok what the fuck, someone got a picture of two of the attackers, and the BBC blurs their fucking faces? Why?[/QUOTE]
This has to do with british laws regarding suspects that have not been charged yet. To be honest, it's a good policy. If they're wanted (they are), their faces will be posted shortly.
This same policy prevents people who are suspected rapist's faces from being posted, which is good because a rape allegation WILL ruin your life if that gets out, true or not.
[QUOTE=Passing;49702207]Hang on. I haven't live in UK for a long time now but i was under the impression that the IRA stopped this sort of shit sometime ago?[/QUOTE]
The "real" IRA (even though there's that about a dozen splinter groups) officially stopped being active after the Good Friday Agreement but from time to time you have asshats like these who show up in the news. Both them and the Unionists like to take vigilante action against drug dealers but ironically in the case of the latter one of their senior members admitted they're involved in the drugs trade themselves whilst others have said the same about the 'IRA'.
I saw this yesterday, got really worried because I came across this article while googling David Byrne of Talking Heads...
I heard someone mention last year that there may well be attacks in Ireland this year, especially due to the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising happening this year.
So this may be related to that.
[QUOTE=Shalaska;49700011]The IRA that existed from around the early-to-mid 20th century disbanded/split into a bunch of much smaller (but still signifigant) splinter groups in the late 60's. The most well known of them is probably the Provisional IRA, who disabanded in the 90's. There's still a constantly fluctuating number of groups that call themselves the IRA and claim to be the "legitimate" continuation of the old IRA. Mostly, they sit around jerking eachother off about how someday they'll reunite the north and south, or go on marches from the graves of dead IRA members and shit, but occasionally they perform some vigilante attack on drug dealers or plant a bomb somewhere up north. I'm simplifying a bunch, but that's the jist of it.
These guys being ballsy enough to carry rifles around and execute a hit in the middle of Dublin in broad daylight is a pretty big surprise, honestly.[/QUOTE]
I'd like to understate the bomb comment by pointing out that said bombs are typically a car bomb that hurts one person at worst.
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