or is this just a myth
2006-09-08 13:57:44 · 8 answers · asked by Ilooklikemyavatar..exactly 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Can anyone cite any sources. I have two opposing opinions
2006-09-09 14:01:35 · update #1
The government of the USA does not fund the IRA. Or the UDF or any other such group.
However, individual Americans, mainly of recent Irish descent, have sent money to the the Republican movement in Northern Ireland.
2006-09-08 14:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by mahgri 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
~The IRA, Ossama Bin Ladin, the Shah, Marcos, Diem, the list is endless. The US supports terrorists the world over when the dance to Uncle's tune. The are called patriots and freedom fighters during this phase. Then, when Uncle turns on them or abandons them, or they turn on Uncle, they are renamed as terrorists.
As to the IRA, among other examples, iIn Hartford, Connecticut a monument was dedicated to Bobby Sands and other members of the IRA jailed for involvement in a myriad of crimes including bombings and assorted murders, in 1997. The monument stands in a traffic circle known as "Bobby Sands Circle", at the bottom of Maple Avenue near Goodwin Park.
2006-09-08 14:28:03 · answer #2 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Federal Government had nothing whatsoever to do with the IRA, if you mean Irish Republican Army. So yes, it's a myth. Not a very well known one.
2006-09-08 14:11:26 · answer #3 · answered by EW 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of Individuals in the US funded them. Not the government.
2006-09-08 14:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by TalkingDonkey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every time they pass the hat in an Irish bar.
2006-09-08 15:22:41 · answer #5 · answered by Woody 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it, but individual Americans may have.
2006-09-08 13:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just a myth, and stupid inane one at that
2006-09-08 14:02:56 · answer #7 · answered by C_Millionaire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they do, that's like really sexy.
2006-09-08 14:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋