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Khomeini is quoted as saying on November 5, 1979, "[America is] the great Satan, the wounded snake." [20] The term was used extensively during and after the Islamic Revolution, [21] and it continues to be used in some Iranian political circles. Use of the term at rallies is often accompanied by shouts of "Marg bar Amrika!" ("Death to America").
Many Irish-Americans saw the IRA and Fianna Fáil as one and the same at that point and Clan na Gael and McGarrity's hostility to them caused much friction. [7] By July 1929, the Clan's membership in one of its strongholds, New York City, was down to just 620 paid members. Then in October that same year Wall Street Crashed and the Great ...
During the Civil War a cousin of Harrison, Michael Duffy, was shot while fighting as a part of the Anti-Treaty IRA. Both these incidents contributed to his growing belief in Irish Republicanism. [1] At age 16 in 1931, Harrison joined what remnants remained of the Irish Republican Army. However, by this point, the IRA was at a low ebb and his ...
According to Ze'ev Maghen writing in The Wall Street Journal, "there's a critical distinction in Iran attitudes toward the 'Great Satan' and the 'little Satan', which should not be ignored; Although they chant 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel' with equal fervor,' they tactically know 'that the Great Satan is . . . great.'" [12] In an address to the United States House of Representatives ...
In America the coup was originally considered a triumph of covert action, but later came to be considered by many to have left "a haunting and terrible legacy." [53] In 2000, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, called it a "setback for democratic government" in Iran.
He founded a successful carpentry business in Holly Springs in 1867, and his wife Lizzie became known as a "famous cook". [ 11 ] Ida B. Wells was one of their eight children, and she enrolled in Shaw University. [ 12 ]
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) of 1922–1969 was a sub-group of the original pre-1922 Irish Republican Army, characterised by its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty. It existed in various forms until 1969, when the IRA split again into the Provisional IRA and Official IRA .
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to anti-imperialism through Irish republicanism , the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic free from British colonial rule.