2007-01-16 04:00:29 · 10 answers · asked by cloudbunny 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
as a government we did not ( individuals in many locations did - both private citizens and organizations - the difference in the US was the FREEDOM to talk about it ! )
2007-01-16 04:03:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The US Government never supported the Provisional Irish Republic Army... The State Department and CIA declared them a Terrorist Organization in the early 1970's.
Private citizens within the USA may have contributed to the Provo's or the "Real IRA" through NORAID (Irish Northern Aid Committee) after it's inception in 1969.
However, the British and U.S. governments accused Noraid of being a front for the IRA, an accusation that has always been denied by Noraid. Noraid's former leader, Martin Galvin, was banned from the United Kingdom in the 1980s. NORAID are widely believed to have been involved in fundraising for the Provisional IRA arms importation from North America since the early 1970s. In May 1981, the U.S. Department of Justice won a court case forcing Noraid to register the Provisional IRA as its "foreign principal", under the Foreign Agents Registration Act 1938. A compromise was reached which allowed Noraid to include a written disclaimer against the court ruling stating the document had been signed under force and that Noraid maintained that the IRA was not its "foreign principal". Federal attorneys agreed to this, and Noraid resumed filing its financial returns in July 1984.
2007-01-16 04:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We didn't support the IRA. We gave support to the British Army against the IRA.
2007-01-16 04:04:37 · answer #3 · answered by By Your Command 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
who knows? not so keen on getting bombed themselves are they?
to all those that said "we didn't..." read this:
The IRA has also received weapons and logistical support from Irish Americans, in the USA especially the NORAID group.This has been the main source of overseas IRA support. U.S. support has been weakened by the War against Terrorism, and the fallout from the events of 11 September 2001. US Political backing for Sinn Féin was badly damaged by the Robert McCartney killing in late 2004. McCartney, a Catholic, was killed by IRA members in a pub brawl.
In the United States in November 1982, five men were acquitted of smuggling arms to the IRA after they revealed the CIA had approved the shipment.
2007-01-16 04:04:37 · answer #4 · answered by mookvey 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because so many senators and people in the government had pro ira voters and so it was in the interest of the government to support them for years
2007-01-16 05:19:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many Americans are of Irish descent and know very well the terrible treatment received by the Irish from the English over the years.
2007-01-16 04:04:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
why does the US support a lot of things?
2007-01-16 04:04:07 · answer #7 · answered by mmh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no clue
maybe some link with the Irish cops here.
2007-01-16 04:03:27 · answer #8 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same reason they supported the talibans, and now they are killing them:
Money and power
freedom and justice is just a cover
2007-01-16 04:06:59 · answer #9 · answered by gone 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they didn't next question
2007-01-16 04:03:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋