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AR-18 Armalite: A Rifle Made Infamous by the IRA
The AR-18 entered the initial design phase in 1963 and was produced from 1969 to 1985, with 1,171 total specimens built.
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Philly gun smugglers helped the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles. A new book uncovers their operation.
The Next One Is For You' by Berks County native Ali Watkins traces a conspiracy to send weapons to paramilitaries in Ireland.
The Americans Who Ran Guns for the I.R.A.
One-party rule by Ulster unionists, Watkins writes, left Catholics with “few jobs, poor housing and threadbare resources.” In ...
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Leading IRA figure Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane has died - top figures in Sinn Fein pay tribute to man who helped slaughter five people in the Bayardo Bar attack
The book states that “the attack was carried out by three IRA men who first sprayed people on the road with gunfire from an Armalite rifle before throwing a duffle bag containing a bomb through ...