By Derek C and Eduardo M 2714 Pd 1 What is terrorism Noun The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce especially for political purposes Thoughts on it Personal opinions We thinks its dumb We Probably think theyre fighting over something that means nothing See n ID: 626303
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The IRA
By Derek C. and Eduardo M.
2/7/14
Pd. 1Slide2
What is terrorism? (Noun) The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.Slide3
Thoughts on it
Personal opinions: We thinks it’s dumb. We Probably think they’re fighting over something that means nothing. See no point in doing so. Slide4
What is the IRA?
Stands for the Irish Republican Army.
Their main location is in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
They were formed in 1922.
Were the longest-operating terrorist organization in Western Europe. Slide5
Size of the organization
Their size was approximately 1,000 members.Slide6
Goals/Target(s)
Their goal was to create a united Ireland independent of British rule.
Since the late 1960’s, their primary targets were British troops, police officers, prison guards, and judges.
Catholic schoolchildren play near graffiti supporting the Irish Republican Army in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Slide7
The weapons used
Two main sources for the weapons were from the U.S. and Libya.
List of weapons they
have: M1 carbines, 9 mm pistols , Armalite AR-15 rifles, M-16s, AK-47 rifles, Heckler & Koch G3 rifles, M-60
MGs
, RPG-7 rocket launchers, MAC-10
SMGs
, and A LOT of explosives.
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Known terrorist activitiesthe July 1972 bombing spree known as Bloody Friday, in which downtown Belfast was rocked by twenty-two bombs in seventy-five minutes, leaving nine dead and 130 injured.the 1979 assassination of Lord Mountbatten, Queen Elizabeth II's uncle and the last Viceroy of India.
the 1984 bombing of a Brighton hotel where then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet were meeting, which wounded several British officials and killed four other Britons.bombings of civilian targets, including pubs, shops, and subway stations, in Northern Ireland and Britain throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.Slide9
locations
The majority of the terror attacks were carried out in Northern
I
reland, Ireland.Slide10
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