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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
(Indicatepage,name of
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 03-08-2011 BY
newspaper,city and state.)
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pleaded guilty'to.a gun charge.
Fourmen,includinganotherNoraid
member,were arrestedon theNew.
York end·and.laterconvicted:of.
conspiring'to:smuggleweapons.to
ONTHURSDAYaformerU.S
marine:fromChicago,John,P
Crawley,was among.fivemen who
wenton trial inconnectionwith the
seizureof7tonsof:American
madeweaponsroff..the'coastiof
Irelandon:Sept.29..Authorities said
the armshadbeentransferred toan
Irishvessel;froma·Boston-based
trawler,·which·wasseized:by.the
U.S.Customs,Service when.it.,re-
turnedhome.AnAmericanspy
satelliteisbelievedtohavetracked
the-trawlerand:photographed.the
allegedtransfer.
Irish officials: quickly,charged
that:thearms.were tied.to Noraid
members,an assertion:denied:by
Noraid and'so:far unsubstantiated
The.accusation'returnedNoraid
totheheadlines.inIrelandandBrit-
ain,where·the.group'sbacking'of
theIRAhas-beenadullachefor
more·than'a.decade:Thepain be-
camesharp·on0ct.12,when-an
IRA bombplantedina:hotelin?
Brighton,England;killed.five.peo-
'Tnbune photo by James Mayo
AlexanderMurphy,headof.theSouth.Sideunitof the lrishNorthern.
pleandnearlywipedoufThatcher.
Aid:Committee,hoids'awoodenCelficcross:madebyan IRApartisan
andher.Cabinet:
anger atAmericansupportfor the
IRA and prompted the U.S.ambas-
group;,they're,freedom fighters,says Murphy.
sador toBritain,Charles Price,to
pledge new cooperation"to cut 'the" reduce indiscriminate bombings."here."we fully support the IRA"
somemisguidedAmericansgiveto-ment targetsreinforce.thebelief.of:theProvisional wingsplit from the..
:theIRA
"fightingalegitimatewar.spaign ofindiscriminateviolence
part of a new IRA strategy.toMurphy,72,a retired-businessmandemned the Provos for “mindless!
solidify American backing by pro-:who heads Chicago's South Side unit violence.
ving that it can attack,Britainand.
ofNoraid,one of the'three chapters.
With40millioncitizensofIrish
FBI/0OJ
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
(Indicatepage,name of
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 03-08-2011 BY
newspaper,city and state.)
b6
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
b7C
Date:
Edition:
Character:
or
Classification:
Submitting Office:
Indexing:
pleaded guilty'to.a gun charge.
Fourmen,includinganotherNoraid
member,were arrestedon theNew.
York end·and.laterconvicted:of.
conspiring'to:smuggleweapons.to
ONTHURSDAYaformerU.S
marine:fromChicago,John,P
Crawley,was among.fivemen who
wenton trial inconnectionwith the
seizureof7tonsof:American
madeweaponsroff..the'coastiof
Irelandon:Sept.29..Authorities said
the armshadbeentransferred toan
Irishvessel;froma·Boston-based
trawler,·which·wasseized:by.the
U.S.Customs,Service when.it.,re-
turnedhome.AnAmericanspy
satelliteisbelievedtohavetracked
the-trawlerand:photographed.the
allegedtransfer.
Irish officials: quickly,charged
that:thearms.were tied.to Noraid
members,an assertion:denied:by
Noraid and'so:far unsubstantiated
The.accusation'returnedNoraid
totheheadlines.inIrelandandBrit-
ain,where·the.group'sbacking'of
theIRAhas-beenadullachefor
more·than'a.decade:Thepain be-
camesharp·on0ct.12,when-an
IRA bombplantedina:hotelin?
Brighton,England;killed.five.peo-
'Tnbune photo by James Mayo
AlexanderMurphy,headof.theSouth.Sideunitof the lrishNorthern.
pleandnearlywipedoufThatcher.
Aid:Committee,hoids'awoodenCelficcross:madebyan IRApartisan
andher.Cabinet:
anger atAmericansupportfor the
IRA and prompted the U.S.ambas-
group;,they're,freedom fighters,says Murphy.
sador toBritain,Charles Price,to
pledge new cooperation"to cut 'the" reduce indiscriminate bombings."here."we fully support the IRA"
somemisguidedAmericansgiveto-ment targetsreinforce.thebelief.of:theProvisional wingsplit from the..
:theIRA
"fightingalegitimatewar.spaign ofindiscriminateviolence
part of a new IRA strategy.toMurphy,72,a retired-businessmandemned the Provos for “mindless!
solidify American backing by pro-:who heads Chicago's South Side unit violence.
ving that it can attack,Britainand.
ofNoraid,one of the'three chapters.
With40millioncitizensofIrish
FBI/0OJ