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Irish Republican Army
This paper discusses the conduct and motivation of violence-oriented Provisional Wing (Provos) of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as example of a terrorist group.
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages) |
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1990
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"Between 1969 and 1981, at least 1525 civilians were killed in the "troubles" in Northern Ireland or Ulster.1 This is by far the highest death toll inflicted by political violence in recent years in Western Europe, or indeed anywhere outside of the Third World. Most of this civilian death toll has been inflicted by several terrorist groups representing both the "Catholic" and the "Protestant" sides in Northern Ireland's civil conflict. Of these, the most violent and the best known is the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army, commonly known as the IRA Provos or simply the Provos.In this study, the conduct and motivation of the Provos will be used as a case study of terrorism in general: who commits it, why it is committed, and what--if anything--is gained by it. The thesis of this study is that political terrorism is morally, ... "
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