NORAID, MONEY AND GUNS
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The table below lists the weapons supplied to IRA terrorists from the US. Most of the IRA's weaponry is supplied indirectly from third country sources such as Libya, where weapons export is more accessible and has the support of a regime sympathetic to terrorism. |
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ORIGIN
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YEAR
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TYPE
OF WEAPONS
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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USA
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1969/70
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70
Small Arms: (M1 Carbines, M3 "Grease Guns", some small arms and 60,000
rounds of ammunition.)
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N/A
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USA
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1970
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Armalite
AR-15 Rifles.
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Irish
Government seizes weapons. Four later acquitted in famous arms trial.
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USA
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1971
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Small
arms and ammunition.
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Smuggled
by Republican sympathisers in Philadelphia.
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Czechoslovakia
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1971
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4.5
tons of small arms
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Seized
by police at Dublin port after being unloaded from a US ship.
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USA
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Early
1970s
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M-16s
and AR-15s.
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N/A
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USA
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1974
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100
Rifles.
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Czech-made
weapons supplied by Colonel Ghadaffi. Seized by Irish authorities.
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USA
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1977
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M-60
MGs x6 and M-16 Rifles x100.
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US
Treasury Department foils IRA plot. Five later imprisoned in the USA.
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USA
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1973-78
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Estimated
500,000 5.56 x 45 mm cartridges.
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Arms
stolen from US Army Depot - Transported to Ireland by "Harrison network".
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USA
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1979
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More
than 150 guns and 60,000 rounds. Included M-60 MGs, M-16s, M-14s
and AK-47.
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Stolen
from a US Army base in North Carolina. Transported by "Harrison network".
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USA
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1981
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MAC-10
SMGs x350 and AK-47 x12.
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Smuggled
to Ireland by "Harrison network". Seized at Dublin port by police.
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USA
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1982
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50
firearms and ammunition.
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FBI
foils plot by "Harrison network". Leads to the network's break-up.
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USA
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1982
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200
cases of mixed ammunition.
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In
Newark US Customs discovers arms in truck. Four IRA men later imprisoned.
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USA
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1983
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Explosives.
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Five
men arrested entering USA from Canada. Suspected of intending to buy
ammunition for IRA - "shopping list" found.
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USA
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1984
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Seven
tons of arms, ammunition and explosives.
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FBI
foils IRA bid to smuggle weapons in Wyoming. Man arrested.
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USA
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1985
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Small
arms.
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Irish
Navy seizes cargo onboard "Marita Ann". Men jailed in USA and Ireland.
Supplied by notorious Boston drugs gang.
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USA
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Date
Unknown
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Small
arms.
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FBI
foils bid to buy arms. Irishman deported.
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USA
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1986
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Redeye
SAMs, M-60 MGs, M-16 Rifles, 11 Bulletproof vests.
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N/A
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USA
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Date
Unknown
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Small
arms
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FBI
foils plot to fly arms cargo by plane from Boston to Ireland. Several
convictions follow.
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USA
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1988
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Small
arms (designated as "high-powered rifles")
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N/A
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USA
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1982-88
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Bomb
detonators, anti-aircraft missile system.
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US
Customs foil bid to buy arms from Alabama gun dealer. Two men jailed.
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USA
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1990
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Homemade
missile system.
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Group
of IRA supporters jailed in Boston.
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USA
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Late
1980s/Early 1990s
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Stinger
Missiles
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FBI
foils IRA plot to purchase Stinger missiles on the Black Market.
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This
is the extent of statistics available at present, the IRA and
other Republican groups continue to be supplied with
weapons from the US, the most recent discovery was in the summer of
1999. Most imports go undiscovered and
unreported.
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