Dissidents republicans attempt to kill Limerick man in British Army.

MakeEmLaugh · 19-12-2012 08:58PM #1

Came across this news story online earlier today. Hopefully it will be more widely reported in the coming days. Disgraceful.

Irish police have foiled a plot to kill an Irish national serving in the British army. According to The Guardian, the soldier has been warned not to travel home to Ireland for Christmas because dissident republicans have threatened to kill him.

Irish police told the press the plan was to kill him while he was visiting his family in Limerick over the holidays.

A faction of the Continuity IRA (CIRA) has reportedly been under investigation in the city. According to reports it is believed they had already successfully sourced a weapon to shoot the soldier, who is in his 20s.

The CIRA reportedly learned of his plan to return home by monitoring his Facebook page, having falsely befriended him in recent months so as to track his movements.

Irish detectives contacted the soldier and his family when they learned of the plan, leading to the soldier postponing his Christmas trip home. Whilst investigating the plot, a previous plan to kill the soldier in August was also uncovered.

Meanwhile police investigations into republican dissident organisations in the Republic over the last few months have led to 15 arrests.

The Guardian reported that the CIRA was planning to present the murder of a serving Irish member of the British army as a so-called 'spectacular,' to enhance their credibility within dissident republicanism.

franktheplank · 19-12-2012 09:00PM

If that's true it's appalling.

Plumpynutt · 19-12-2012 09:02PM

Scum

hyperborean · 19-12-2012 09:02PM

The dissident IRA is full of absolute morons, a few nasty criminal types hypnotizing brain dead young lads into doing stupid and dangerous **** in the name of a cause nobody gives a flying about except other morons...

arybvtcw0eolkf · 19-12-2012 09:03PM

Disgusting shower of little bastards.

Dunny · 19-12-2012 09:04PM

Is it Git?

upstairs for coffee · 19-12-2012 09:07PM

Deplorable scumbags.

Difference Engine · 19-12-2012 09:07PM

Fair play to the Gardai. The dissident groups must be 90% informants at this stage. It seems they can't do much these days without the police finding out.

pablomakaveli · 19-12-2012 09:09PM

Bunch of *****. Glad they were caught.

Andy-Pandy · 19-12-2012 09:10PM

Pricks,

Man I cant stand these retards. These are the exact same circumstances that resulted in me only being able to meet my father for the first time a number of years ago. One day they will wake up and realise that nobody cares anymore, and the people that do care are idiots.

My name is URL · 19-12-2012 09:19PM

They're just scumbags who want to see the world burn. I don't know why the media buy into the whole 'dissident' thing. They would call another group of scumbags a Mafia Syndicate just because it's what they believe themselves to be.

awec · 19-12-2012 09:35PM

Lock them up and throw away the key. These people aren't fit to walk our streets.

Chuck Stone · 19-12-2012 09:59PM

Thugs wrapped in a Tricolour, drizzled in bitterness, served with a garnish of irrelevance.

Sunnyisland · 19-12-2012 10:11PM

Where I agree with all the comments above,Why has no one being charged and brought before the courts on conspiracy to murder ? and if there is not enough evidence for that why leak it to a journalist in the first place ?why not monitor the monitors until enough evidence is gathered for charges to be implemented.

pablomakaveli · 19-12-2012 11:38PM

realies wrote: »

Where I agree with all the comments above,Why has no one being charged and brought before the courts on conspiracy to murder ? and if there is not enough evidence for that why leak it to a journalist in the first place ?why not monitor the monitors until enough evidence is gathered for charges to be implemented.

Id imagine its better to move early rather than increase the risk of the lad being shot.

awec · 20-12-2012 01:47PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20794895

I see they tried to kill a Catholic police officer last night. Apparently the officer in question shot back and managed to arrest both men who tried to kill him. Fair f**ks to him if that's true.

ETA: Though it all sounds a bit holywoodish tbh.

Gee Bag · 20-12-2012 06:09PM

awec wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20794895

I see they tried to kill a Catholic police officer last night. Apparently the officer in question shot back and managed to arrest both men who tried to kill him. Fair f**ks to him if that's true.

ETA: Though it all sounds a bit holywoodish tbh.

Seems to have been someone else....

Two men aged 45 and 60 are being held in connection with the shooting of an off-duty police officer. The incident happened at about 7.30pm on Wednesday in the affluent Springhill area of Bangor, Co Down. It is understood the officer was grazed in the attack but not badly hurt.
At this stage the attack is not believed to be terror related.

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/two-held-after-police-officer-shot-16252608.html#ixzz2Fc216tRV

Also here's the link for the story quoted by the OP, it's worth reading to understand the bullsh1t primary motive for the failed plan...
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ira-christmas-plot-to-shoot-british-soldier-here-is-foiled-3330545.html

Stheno · 20-12-2012 06:11PM

Gee Bag wrote: »

Seems to have been someone else....

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/two-held-after-police-officer-shot-16252608.html#ixzz2Fc216tRV

Also here's the link for the story quoted by the OP, it's worth reading to understand the bullsh1t primary motive for the failed plan...
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ira-christmas-plot-to-shoot-british-soldier-here-is-foiled-3330545.html

So the poor guy can't come home to visit his family due to a shower of thugs?

Border-Rat · 20-12-2012 06:16PM

awec wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20794895

I see they tried to kill a Catholic police officer last night. Apparently the officer in question shot back and managed to arrest both men who tried to kill him. Fair f**ks to him if that's true.

ETA: Though it all sounds a bit holywoodish tbh.

Says who? Bangor is a Unionist town. There have been riots this week, funnily enough the rioting has been carried out by Loyalists. Don't let that stop you making things up as you go. If you'd have known what I just pointed out, you wouldn't have even mentioned it.

Hurricane Carter · 20-12-2012 06:16PM

awec wrote: »

Lock them up and throw away the key. These people aren't fit to walk our streets.

Oh but only on the condition they get let out to their families at Christmas time.

GRMA · 20-12-2012 06:18PM

Apparently its not the actual CIRA but an offshoot of an offshoot Limerick based faction. Apparently there are two "Real Sinn Féins" going around... I'm confused.

Lyaiera · 20-12-2012 06:19PM

I met a guy dressed up in an RAF uniform on Halloween, he was a bit pissed and slightly off kilter. I said to him, "That's a really good costume." And he said "Thanks I put a lot of effort into it." Then it dawned on me that it wasn't a costume, it was his actual RAF uniform. I got talking to him and he was in bits about wearing it out. First off, he could theoretically get in trouble from his CO for wearing it out on the piss. What really got to him though (and me, as all this really got to me) was that he was afraid to wear any other time in Ireland, because of the abuse he would get. He said he had been given abuse in his town when people learned he had plans to join the RAF, so he was terrified of the idea of wearing it any time other than Halloween, where he could write it off as having bought it on E-Bay or something.

It was absolutely heartbreaking, that this guy was so afraid of showing off what he was doing with his life. I would have bought him a pint if he wasn't already at the point of gawking everywhere. And I'm not even a fan of the military, especially the British and American militaries, but this was something else.

Mr Benevolent · 20-12-2012 06:21PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Thugs wrapped in a Tricolour, drizzled in bitterness, served with a garnish of irrelevance.

And deep fried in hatred with the spice burger of intolerance.

GRMA · 20-12-2012 06:22PM

"The murder of a member of the British Army in the Republican would have given them the publicity they craved," a senior garda said last night.

Was he drunk?

awec · 20-12-2012 06:22PM

Border-Rat wrote: »

Says who? Bangor is a Unionist town. There have been riots this week, funnily enough the rioting has been carried out by Loyalists. Don't let that stop you making things up as you go. If you'd have known what I just pointed out, you wouldn't have even mentioned it.

And what Bangor is a unionist town? You think these guys care what a town is when they set out to murder someone? :pac:

We'll find out soon enough I'm sure either way!

No matter who did it, or what delusions run through their minds, it's pretty obvious this deserves condemnation and those behind it are low life filth.

.jacksparrow. · 20-12-2012 06:25PM

The attempted murder in bangor wasn't terror related.

Border-Rat · 20-12-2012 06:26PM

awec wrote: »

And what Bangor is a unionist town? You think these guys care what a town is when they set out to murder someone? :pac:

We'll find out soon enough I'm sure.

And when we find out that it was Loyalists who shot at a PSNI officer, in a Loyalist town over the removal of a foreign flag, there won't be a thread on it here. Because people like you only do Fenian condemnation.

pablomakaveli · 20-12-2012 06:27PM

Lyaiera wrote: »

I met a guy dressed up in an RAF uniform on Halloween, he was a bit pissed and slightly off kilter. I said to him, "That's a really good costume." And he said "Thanks I put a lot of effort into it." Then it dawned on me that it wasn't a costume, it was his actual RAF uniform. I got talking to him and he was in bits about wearing it out. First off, he could theoretically get in trouble from his CO for wearing it out on the piss. What really got to him though (and me, as all this really got to me) was that he was afraid to wear any other time in Ireland, because of the abuse he would get. He said he had been given abuse in his town when people learned he had plans to join the RAF, so he was terrified of the idea of wearing it any time other than Halloween, where he could write it off as having bought it on E-Bay or something.

It was absolutely heartbreaking, that this guy was so afraid of showing off what he was doing with his life. I would have bought him a pint if he wasn't already at the point of gawking everywhere. And I'm not even a fan of the military, especially the British and American militaries, but this was something else.

Thats a pretty stupid idea to be fair and illegal here as well i think. I'd never even consider doing something like that over here. I dont even feel comfortable wearing my uniform in public in the UK yet alone over here.

I do understand how he feels though. I hate having to lie to people at home about what i do for a living but unfortunately as the news story shows there are still idiots about.

awec · 20-12-2012 06:28PM

Border-Rat wrote: »

And when we find out that it was Loyalists who shot at a PSNI officer, in a Loyalist town over the removal of a foreign flag, there won't be a thread on it here. Because people like you only do Fenian condemnation.

People like me? Elaborate.

getz · 20-12-2012 06:29PM

Border-Rat wrote: »

And when we find out that it was Loyalists who shot at a PSNI officer, in a Loyalist town over the removal of a foreign flag, there won't be a thread on it here. Because people like you only do Fenian condemnation.

i am sure border-rat you will start one

Border-Rat · 20-12-2012 06:30PM

awec wrote: »

People like me? Elaborate.

I won't give you the satisfaction of going into your little handbag/control panel. Carry on making up nonsense as you go.

Dissidents republicans attempt to kill Limerick man in British Army.

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