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._ who lives on Hollington Cres., Mis-
souri, a charter airline. Security sissauga, to an athletic association
forces believe the company might
official in Toronto, or to Martin
have been used to transport the
Galvin, the New York City-based
armsoutoftheU.S.
head of NORAD, a group that
The terrorist pipeline through
raises funds for the IRA in Ameri-
Toronto was firstuncovered just
ca.
Jover 18 months ago.
The Mississauga man, a landed
An immigration officer at Toron-
immigrant, met the visitors at
" to International Airport was suspi-
Toronto airport, and took them to
: cious of a man carrying an Irish
"safe houses" in North Toronto,
passport travelling on a KLM Air-
Oshawa, Hamilton or Niagara
:lines flight from Amsterdam. The
Falls.
man was later identified as an IRA
Authorities decided to act this
member.
week with the latest arrival of IRA
Officials suspected that the
men.
Belfast-Dublin-Amsterdam-Toron-
Ellis, travelling under the name
to route wasa favorite way for IrA
of.Weir, and Edward Howell, 35. of
men to avoid the scrutiny of intelli-
Belfast,arrived in Toronto on Jan.
gence forces.
31, on a CP Air flight from Paris.
At the time, the IRA men were
They were met by the Mississau-
coming to North America chiefly
ga man and placed in a “safe
to attend propaganda and money-
house" for almost a week. They
raising functions, primarily in New . visited the New Windsor pub on
York City, Boston and Toronto.
Church St. - a favorite hangout
Among those.who used the route
for peopie of Irish descent.
are Rory Brady, president of the
They were introduced to three St.
Provisional Sinn Fein, the political
Catharines residents who were to
wing of the IRA; Joe Cahill, the / be their escorts into the US.
vice-president, and Desmond
The five used two cars - one
Mackin, who was wanted in North-
carrying the IRA visitors, the other
ern Ireiand for shooting a British
acting as lookout. Before midnight
soldier.
last Saturday, they drove across the
But security officials later learn-
Whirlpool Bridge at Niagara Falls,
ed that the purpose of the visits had
and into the arms of U.s. immigra-
changed. Now the visitors were
tion officials.
looking for ammunition.
They were carrying 5,000 Eng-
The first leg in the,pipeline was a
lish pounds (about $11,000), 200
telephone call from Ireiand an-
Irish pounds (about $450), and
nouncing that “one of the boyos is
stashed beneath the front seat was
on his way."
the shopping list.
The calls were made toa man
It inciuded 70 cases of 8millime
ter shells (for Czechosiovakian sub
machine guns); 10 cases of 5.56 mil-
limeter shells (for Russian-made
Kalishnikov rifles) and a yariety .of
cases for many types of rifles, auto-
matic, semi-automatic rifles and
' hand guns.
US. authorities plan to charge
the three Canadians with trying to
smuggle the two IRA men illegally
into the country.
The two IRA men also face pass-
port yiolation charges, while the
G51
fate of Elis is undecided.
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souri, a charter airline. Security sissauga, to an athletic association
forces believe the company might
official in Toronto, or to Martin
have been used to transport the
Galvin, the New York City-based
armsoutoftheU.S.
head of NORAD, a group that
The terrorist pipeline through
raises funds for the IRA in Ameri-
Toronto was firstuncovered just
ca.
Jover 18 months ago.
The Mississauga man, a landed
An immigration officer at Toron-
immigrant, met the visitors at
" to International Airport was suspi-
Toronto airport, and took them to
: cious of a man carrying an Irish
"safe houses" in North Toronto,
passport travelling on a KLM Air-
Oshawa, Hamilton or Niagara
:lines flight from Amsterdam. The
Falls.
man was later identified as an IRA
Authorities decided to act this
member.
week with the latest arrival of IRA
Officials suspected that the
men.
Belfast-Dublin-Amsterdam-Toron-
Ellis, travelling under the name
to route wasa favorite way for IrA
of.Weir, and Edward Howell, 35. of
men to avoid the scrutiny of intelli-
Belfast,arrived in Toronto on Jan.
gence forces.
31, on a CP Air flight from Paris.
At the time, the IRA men were
They were met by the Mississau-
coming to North America chiefly
ga man and placed in a “safe
to attend propaganda and money-
house" for almost a week. They
raising functions, primarily in New . visited the New Windsor pub on
York City, Boston and Toronto.
Church St. - a favorite hangout
Among those.who used the route
for peopie of Irish descent.
are Rory Brady, president of the
They were introduced to three St.
Provisional Sinn Fein, the political
Catharines residents who were to
wing of the IRA; Joe Cahill, the / be their escorts into the US.
vice-president, and Desmond
The five used two cars - one
Mackin, who was wanted in North-
carrying the IRA visitors, the other
ern Ireiand for shooting a British
acting as lookout. Before midnight
soldier.
last Saturday, they drove across the
But security officials later learn-
Whirlpool Bridge at Niagara Falls,
ed that the purpose of the visits had
and into the arms of U.s. immigra-
changed. Now the visitors were
tion officials.
looking for ammunition.
They were carrying 5,000 Eng-
The first leg in the,pipeline was a
lish pounds (about $11,000), 200
telephone call from Ireiand an-
Irish pounds (about $450), and
nouncing that “one of the boyos is
stashed beneath the front seat was
on his way."
the shopping list.
The calls were made toa man
It inciuded 70 cases of 8millime
ter shells (for Czechosiovakian sub
machine guns); 10 cases of 5.56 mil-
limeter shells (for Russian-made
Kalishnikov rifles) and a yariety .of
cases for many types of rifles, auto-
matic, semi-automatic rifles and
' hand guns.
US. authorities plan to charge
the three Canadians with trying to
smuggle the two IRA men illegally
into the country.
The two IRA men also face pass-
port yiolation charges, while the
G51
fate of Elis is undecided.
16