Irish Republican Army Part 01 · p.357

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Gun-running'suspectsrange
average-Americanrcitizens,some:re
from
Martin Galvin，national publication
crulted inIbluecollar/Irish bars.that
director-of:NorthernIrishAId (NO
are hotbeds of·IRA support,to'llegal
RAID),denies-thatanyof his'group's
allensfrom·Ireland.whomovedtothe
money.fromdirect*contrbutons,
United-States'speciflcallyto-further
dinnerstrandmerchandise.isales
the IRA cause.
finances.gun-running.
*Assistant/USAttorneyRichard
uThat's:absoluteinonsense-The:
Stearns,who is prosecutingthe Bed-
Americangovernmentisour-clearest
proofof.that."Galvinsald*f.our.
Irish community In Boston and.acol-
:monles-werekbelngusedefor-illegal:
purchase otexport.of arms. our.lead
has:really lost:itsgrip on Irish Re
erswouldhavebeenput:inJailand
publicpoliticstoday.Ithinkthe.IRA
our*organizationshut-/downmany
isseensun-Iny/kind7ofromantic
yearsago.:.oy.qmcwy.taot
terms.
Galvinsays.NORAIDhasraised
TheBedford:stingbeganearlyin
about'S4mlllonfn the:UnitedStates
1985intheShamrockTaverninBos-
since/it wasformed:in?1970.InBel
ton'sBrighton.section/when one
fast.government'sources.told:United
suspectoffereditoputan undercover.
PressInternationaltheybellevethe
FBI:agent:in-touch:with:people.seek-
total·NORAIDhas raisedIs more like
ing to.buyM-16s.
$1'1'million
BillO'Donnelleditorof,the.7,300-
NoelMurphy,26,describedsmorelas
circulationBoston'Irish，Echo:weekly
a:sympathizer.than:as'alleading:IRA
newspaper,saysifund-raising-for
member,wasthekingpin.Officials
weapons in.thejIrishcommunity is no
allege thathe sat-in'a:local'barlast
ongeretheblatantpractlce'sthat:it
fall:and.told,the undercoveragent he
wasin.the.1970s.
wasatryingtoyestablishvaregular
NORAIDIs.the.most-active.fund
businessofsupplyingxarmstoxthe
ralser-inregard-to-fighting for-Irish
rule,and-itseems.tome.thatmostof
The:agent:playedalongforsmore
the-fund-raising:is:pretty muchJup-
thana:year.In April,Murphyythree
front/attheirbanquets."O'Donnell.
Other:Irishmenand fourBoston:men
sald
were arrested on:charges of:plotting
There is also substantial fundsrais-
to:shlp$73.000:worth:of/weapons,
ing/In-the*UnitedsStatesthatgoes
including-100M-16-riflesfand-a.sur
towardpeacetand,reconcillatfonin
NorthernIrelandnot to theIRA
face-to-alrimissile,:to.the:provisional
Thereland:Fund,based inBoston,
raisedmore than(S2million last:year
AtabailhearingStearnsksaidi
for:programs:that:enhancepeace,
fMurphy,inzonerrecordedconversaty
tion,admitted·he.was:an illegalalleny
culture;andicharitysin NorthernIre-
in search ofmoney forthe:IRAand
landF!:
"We'retalking about&very-differ
lorhimselfsomesort:ofadvanced
Ireland:Fund executive directoruwe
Inthatconversaton,Murphysald
hearsfrompeople:whowant.to.get
whe:was dissatistledwithithetraining
involved intheprocess ofpeace,who
availablerthroughtheIRAHetold
come.tousbecause:we're:not:asso-
the.agent:about:a/trip to.the Cuban
ciatedwith the men of violence
embassyInMexicoCitytoaskfor
The:peoplerinIreland-aremuch
enrollmentingone:ofitheirtraining
more fed.up with this than·the peoples
schools
overwhere'swith:romanticnotions
wouidunderstand,McNallysald:
really/is.a terrorist.networkinther
Much-of/-theIRAgroup-isvery.
world:and.certain governmentsare
Marxist-oriented-Americans.who
Interested Insustaining it.
McGortysaid,uThere Isnoway
support the notion wouldbe'appalled
wecanreally.tell.how.much.money
:if-they.knewwhattheywere
supporting."y
isinvolyedA.there:isnowaywe
can:really.tell what.they are collect-
ng at barsyat dances.Most is collect
ed:in.cash,so.it;is.Impossible.to estl