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Ben Briscoe was an important figure in getting arms into Ireland past .... The real IRA broke off from the IRA and or Sinn Fein, not Shin Bet, but …
Ben Briscoe - Wikipedia
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- Briscoe is one of Ireland's most famous Jewish politicians. The small Irish Jewish community have been enthusiastic …
Fascinating Links Between Irgun and IRA | The Broken Elbow
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3 jan. 2014 - … the Irgun was re-organized “on IRA lines”, according to Walton, by Robert Briscoe, father of Fianna Fail TD and Mayor of Dublin Ben Briscoe, ...
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Provisional Irish Republican Army arms importation
In 1984 An IRA arms shipment is seized on the fishing boat Marita Ann by the Irish Navy. Men jailed in USA and Ireland. Seven tons of arms (known to include M16A2s, MAC-10s, and other weapons), ammunition and explosives procured by the Irish Mob in Boston.[44]
In 1985 The FBI foils another IRA bid to buy small arms in Colorado. An Irishman is deported.
In 1986, 40 firearms, including: 13 FN FAL rifles, an AK-47, 2 hand grenades, drums of nitrobenzene, 70,000 rounds of ammunition are seized in the Netherlands by Dutch police. Four IRA men are arrested.
Irish police seize 10 G3 (AK4) rifles in 1986, part of a batch of 100 stolen from a Norwegian Reserve base near Oslo by a criminal gang and sold to the IRA.
The FBI set up a sting operation to catch the Harrison gang again. A well-known IRA East Tyrone man on the run for killing British forces on the European Continent walks into their traps and attempts to buy Redeye SAMs, M-60 MGs, M-16 rifles, MP5 SMGs and a 11 Level III bullet-proof vests. He later goes on the run, returning to Europe before being captured in 1989 and deported to the US.
Between 1985–87 four shipments of arms and explosives successfully landed in Ireland by boat skipper Adrian Hopkins, totalling around 150 tons. The fifth, on
Eksund, is intercepted by French Customs. Libya had sent a total of 300 tons of weaponry including 150 tons of Romanian AKMs, SA-7s, Semtex-H, RPG-7 rocket launchers, Taurus pistols, and other materiel
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France novembre 1987 - Krononations France
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... dont un haut responsable de l'IRA, arrêtés lors de l'arraisonnement du cargo l'
Eksund le ..... L'intermédiaire aurait été un industriel suédois, Karl Erik Schmitz.