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Operation Flavius (also referred to as the Gibraltar killings) was a military operation in which three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) were shot dead by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. [1] [2] The trio were believed to be planning a car bomb attack on British military personnel in ...
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The report stated that the mass graves were evidence of genocides conducted by IS in the region, including the genocide of Yazidis. Seventeen graves were discovered in Syria, with the rest being found in Iraq. At least 16 of the graves in Iraq contained remains that were not counted, as they are located in dangerous conflict zones.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
The Officials were Marxist-Leninists and worked to form a united front with other Irish communist groups, named the Irish National Liberation Front (NLF). [3] The Officials were called the NLF by the Provisionals [4] [5] and "stickies" by nationalists in Belfast (apparently in reference to members who would glue Easter lilies to their uniforms ...
In July 1997, the Provisional IRA called a ceasefire. On 10 October 1997, a Provisional IRA General Army Convention was held in Falcarragh, County Donegal.At the convention, Provisional IRA Quartermaster General Michael McKevitt—also a member of the 12-person Provisional IRA Executive—denounced the leadership and called for an end to the group's ceasefire and to its participation in the ...
Michael McKevitt (Irish: Mícheál Mac Dhaibhéid) (4 September 1949 – 2 January 2021) was an Irish republican and paramilitary leader. [1] He was the Provisional Irish Republican Army's Quartermaster General. Due to the Provisional IRA's involvement in the Northern Ireland peace process, he formed the Real IRA in protest.
Ten days later on 30 August the SAS shot dead 3 more IRA Volunteers at Drumnakilly. [8] One day later 3 civilians were killed when somebody triggered an IRA booby-trap bomb by mistake. [9] Twenty-nine people were killed in the month of August alone. [10] 104 people died in 1988 compared to 61 in 1986 and 57 in 1985. It was the worst year since ...