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IRA: Strategies, Targets, and Methods of Operation

IRA: Strategies, Targets, and Methods of Operation. http://www.coc.ilcannocchiale.it/mediamanager/sys.user/13174/IrishRepublicanArmy.jpg. http://www.crethiplethi.com/wp-content/uploads/ira-plo-mural01.gif. Jacob Ward. Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). Active from 1969-2005

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IRA: Strategies, Targets, and Methods of Operation

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  1. IRA: Strategies, Targets, and Methods of Operation http://www.coc.ilcannocchiale.it/mediamanager/sys.user/13174/IrishRepublicanArmy.jpg http://www.crethiplethi.com/wp-content/uploads/ira-plo-mural01.gif Jacob Ward

  2. Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) • Active from 1969-2005 • Formed after split in IRA due to differences in ideology • Goal: Achieve a united Ireland by use of force http://ansionnachfionn.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/the-irish-republican-phoenix-out-of-the-ashes-arose-the-provisionals-the-provisional-ira.jpg

  3. Strategies • Two different types of strategy • Violent • Non-Violent • Changed over time • Overall goal stayed the same http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_69quosc2EDA/TOA5sFYc3zI/AAAAAAAABaQ/LiDFIzQrg1w/s400/ira_undefeated_army.jpg

  4. Targets • Politicians • Diplomats • Unionists • Loyalists • Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) • British Army http://news.bbc.co.uk/furniture/in_depth/northern_ireland/2001/provisional_ira/info_graphics/1.status_victims_pie.gif

  5. Methods of Operation Violent Riots Bombings Assassinations Kidnappings Non-Violent Hunger Strikes Negotiations http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/214/b/b/IRA_quote_by_ookami_no_getsuei.jpg

  6. Conclusion • The Provisional IRA is no longer around today • They would say that their strategies were successful in forcing the UK out • The Good Friday Agreement has led to the IRA moving towards politics rather than using violence http://www.fermanaghsouthtyronesf.com/media/lg_sfunitingireland.jpg

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