The PIRA did not target civilians. The PIRA are the largest IRA unit, the CIRA and RIRA are small time operations compared to the PIRA.Originally Posted by gokufusionss1
The PIRA targetted economic and military targets, and where famous for it. They gave warnings on thier bombs, that is no terrorist, that is a freedom fighter, my freedom fighter. They where never involved in drug trades. Punishment beats are mainly carried out by the CIRA (I should know, they control my area), because the police did not do thier job. The loyalist forces however are heabily in the drug trade and have been tracked down by mi5 for it, including the majority of thier members also members of the National front and other such groups.
The British army war crimes are lists long. The most famous is probably bloody sunday. Loyalists forces busting into catholic or republican homes and shooting dead families in thier sleep is terrorism. Not to mention the police and British army have been linked to helping Loyalists (michael stone for one).
Cuchulainn basically posted everything I was going to say. I've lived here all my life, I've had British army soldiers walk my streets and raid houses when I was a kid, I can bet not a lot of people here who say the IRA are terrorists have seen that.
