Why isn't Republican Sinn Fein classified as a terrorist group in the UK ?

[Lionel Fauquier]

Originally Posted by Ulsterman

Mark Devenport is a BBC News reporter who interviewed George Harrison in NY

In George Harrison's view the conflict is an anti-imperialist struggle, pure and simple, and if Northern Ireland's million Protestants don't see the light by realising their Irishness and renouncing their Britishness there is no alternative but for some generation of patriots to push them into the sea. I knew this apparently lovable old guy had been responsible for supplying more guns to the IRA than any other individual with the exception of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi.

What's interesting about George Harrison is that he and his cohorts were acquitted at their 1981 trial based on their claim of their gunrunning operation being sanctioned by the CIA . Which makes the claim of American deep state involvement with the Provos all the more plausible .


Come to think of it the claim of the US purposely turning a blind eye to Provo gunrunning with the intention of destabilizing the UK and making it more dependent on the US , makes good sense in light of the former Cold War context .

[Ulsterman]

Originally Posted by Lionel Fauquier

What's interesting about George Harrison is that he and his cohorts were acquitted at their 1981 trial based on their claim of their gunrunning operation being sanctioned by the CIA . Which makes the claim of American deep state involvement with the Provos all the more plausible .


Come to think of it the claim of the US purposely turning a blind eye to Provo gunrunning with the intention of destabilizing the UK and making it more dependent on the US , makes good sense in light of the former Cold War context .

Washington is behind a lot of the subterfuge which goes on. Thatcher admitted she had been influenced by them. And then of course there was the Irish votes.