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nktheIRA'isa savlorto the
and It.falis under.the umbrella:of the
T
Irish'Republican movement,"he sald
it Noraid]is'a front for the purchase
peopOtherwiseitheBritishwould
He added that:when someone was
of:weaponsI'msure'I could findsyou
killi:them:allThey'diburn:themout.
jailed:fn.NorthernIreland,his.famlly
a dozen'people in.Chicago:who.could
Ifthe British havegunswe can have
recelvedfinancialsaid fromjthe
vouchthatit's posiuvely true,the
"But/anothermember:who asked
been.thrown out ofa.Chicago Noraid
nottobeidentifiedcautioned'the
something,shesald.
meeting:forspeakingsagainstysup
two.men.on-theiristatementsrwhen'
porting.violence.
they:spoke to a reporter.
governmentsay,ithelocaltNorald
I:veitoldithem:local Noraid offl
tEverybodyknows-sthe-IRA.is
group maintainsithat it:isopen and
ciais]about that-hereand they tell
there functioning in Northern Irelan
jhonestand.isworkingforashumanl"
pime tobecome enlightened:
d:she said-"Don'tInvolve them in
tariancause. Itsayssitsimembership
Thei man said he thoughtsthat/at
s:openito.anyone who:willipay they
Anotherwoman-who.also.did.not
s5-per-year.dues..
pest*local:Noraidrmemberswere
want.to be Identifiedsaid she would
haive if:they.belleved thelrdonations
seriouslyreconsider-her-role/in No
Patrick:Creighton's:wife,Shella,the
reallywent.tosupportIrishfamilies.
raidif.the government.could prove it
group'svicepresident.
Want'a united Ireland
had finks to arms purchases.
FederaleJudgezCharles.tHaight
The.slocalNoraldmembers.say
Stuart:McLaughlin,a:salesmant
ruledinNewYorkinMay 1981that
such(talk:is hogwash:They/say.thats
Whoghails:fromBelfast:agreedAl
Noraidewas:an-agentrot thexIrish
in'addition'to helping prisoners'fam-
though:he.saidhe-was:personally
RepublicanArmyTheydecislon
illes,they-are.inthetgroup to:show.
pro'anything:thatwillget.theBritish
stemmedefromaysuitfledby*the
their.support for.a united-Irelandand
outof/Ireland,"cheadded,"we'rea
lgovernmentstocompelithe-group:to
topush for the dissemination ofwhat
family/group.Izhave:eight/kids.y1.
makesfull:disclosures:in,compllance
they.call:accurate information·onthe
on'twant to see anybodyget hurt
with·the Foreign Agents Registration
Inganginterviewyathishome,
Act:The decision,was:upheld:inan
Creightonysaidhewasconcerned
Those in:the.chapter.here,like.the
about the image Noraid might have
Creightons,who/hail:from:Northern
OnkMarch10thelocalNorald
-tWe.don't/want-radicals-In.the
Ireland;have personal;horror,storiese
group:will:march-in:the'StPatrick's
aboutconditlons there;twhlch-they
groupr.
saidWere here.to ralse money.to
share occasionallyat-theirmonthly
meetings.They/say.they:fear:tor-re-
Jauvesleft behind.
mattershu
IthinktheIRAisa
Some ofthe American-born:mem-
Crelghton?has;hadenough:trouble
saviorto the people.:
bersucorrespondwithvfamiliesin
inhls.ownfamilytolast:himalife
OtherwisetheBritish
NorthernIreland,andthrough:them
time.hesaldwhenhewasi14years.
they:feel:personally/attacheditothe
old-andelooking:for:histfirstjobhe.
wouldkillthem all
washired andfired thesameday
(The:Noraid members contend that:
when:his:employerfound:outhe:was
Denis O'Donoghue?
the,probleminusteris.notreligious,
Catholicw
a'fightbetween-a Cathollc,minority.
and7aProtestant-majority/aSome,
neighborhood,was:forced:to.leave
rade.is:sponsored:by.they1:300-mem
suchy/as-Creighton,pointoutthats
her:home:because-/somebody:xelse
ber/Shamrock Club.the·largest:Irish
they/haveProtestantsrelatlves.They
wantedthe.house.TheBritlshstood
social'groupin.town.
willitelliyou-howCathollc.and;Prot
by:and:laughed as:shetand:herthree
Althoughthere are no formal ties
estant'Irishmen'fought'sideby side In
childrenweresforcedout,Crelghton
WorldWarIlish
said.
ClubsomeShamrock-membersalso
《They:sayAtheyquestlon-is:onerof
His nephewsa semi-literate;dys-
belong/to Noraid-and/attend/Noraid!
polticsrandeconomics,ofedenialofo
lexic.young man:who.Creighton:says
events,/saldEarl'Powell/Shamrock
Cjobs/andhousing,basedtonpolitical
could-notthavewrittenhis-alleged7
presldent: Powell said, however,that
confession,wassentenced'tolifein
TaylargeynumberpotyShamrock
Protectingfamilies
LongKeshprison:on'a charge:ofact-
membersdon't endorse their stand.
ingiasra lookoutwhen-another:man
rhey.[Noraid] may be instrumen-
One:memberwho-askednotto:bey
was killedr
identifiedwouldsadmitthatNoraid
tal: In heping.togetguns,Powell
Creighton:says:he.has seen:young
wasindirectly/helping:the:IRAby
peopleishot:on:Ulster streetsiforvir
relievingthe IRAof the responsibil-
twallynoreasonHe tellsof:interro
tyof/helpingtheiprisoners'familes.
tion:centers:where:youngpeople
He characterized the localNoraid
Butrhe,too,"deniedithat Noraid/fi-
heldwithoutbeing,chargedwith
leadersas'goodpeople,but'saidthey
nanced arms purchases.
allcrimelwhererconfessionssare
might:beibeing dupedwith regard to
Severalotherssaid they were phil-
forcedthroughztorturejofstrials
their.collections.
osophicallybehindthesIRA'sactuvi
There Isnocontrol of.their.mon-
withoutjuries.
ties.
-He.hasa huge.rubber.bulletin-his
ey.onceHit isoutortheirhands.
TheBritish came In and turned on
Theyvebeenledtobellevetheycan
the peoplethey createdthe-IRA,
home,thekind he;says;British'forces
Mbeeffective.Powell sald
have used.tokillUlster children.
CreightonsaidThe:IRAIsprotect
One Shamrockmember who-did
wwhenuLgetgoingsitimakesyou
nghomes'andfamles
burn.lnside,"Creighton:said:*Ipd
notwant to be identified sald he con
Said·DenisO'Donoghue,also from
sidereditdangeroustomakeal
sonallywouldsendguns,butI.car
involye NoraidIn.that:
statementthat'sxnotpositive-about
uwe/[Noraid]areyauthorn inthe
British side?Thatmakes.us'feelgood
WhenThatcher mentioned NoraidIn
regardto.the Harrodsbombingl Ifel
good.If:I:can:botherherthatmuch
then:Imrdoingsome-goodShe:let
youngmen die InLongKesh
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