Irish National Liberation Army INLA

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Irish National Liberation Army(INLA)
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FORMATION

• Since the late 1960s, there has been armed
  conflict, in Northern Ireland, between the Roman
  Catholics (Republicans / Nationalists), who want
  Northern Ireland to become part of the Republic
  of Ireland, and the Protestants (Loyalists /
  Unionists), who want Northern Ireland to remain
  part of the U.K.
• This conflict revived the Irish Republican Army
  (IRA), which was originally formed in 1919.
• In 1969, the IRA slit into two groups
• The Provisional IRA
• Went on to become the largest and most powerful
  of the Republican groups

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FROMATION cont

• Official IRA
• Less ideologically committed to armed struggle
• Leaders were leftists with Marxist ideology
• The leaders believed that Protestant and Catholic
  working-class could overcome sectarian interests.
• More open to political solutions and
  intercommunity dialogue
• In 1972, the Official IRA declared a cease-fire,
  hoping to change their military strength into
  open political power.
• On December 8, 1974, a small group of Official
  IRA members were upset with the cease-fire, so
  they split off and formed their own group, the
  Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).

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INLA

• Few dozen members more than 100 members
• Communist/Socialist
• Nationalist/Separatist
• Marxist-Leninist ideology
• Brutal violence
• Northern Irelands Protestant people and
  institutions
• Other Aliases
• Catholic Reaction Force (CRF)
• Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)
• Peoples Republican Army (PRA)

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KEY LEADERS
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FIRST ATTACK

• In 1975, a feud erupted between the INLA and the
  IRA, after the IRA was upset with the departure
  from their group.
• The first death committed by the INLA was an
  Official IRA leader, Paul Crawford, in April
  1975.
• That same year, they INLA also killed Billy
  McMillan, who was a leading Official republican
  in Belfast.
• Throughout the entire year, and the years to
  follow, the INLA would be involved in several
  more feuds with other paramilitary forces and
  within the group itself.

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OTHER NOTIBLE ATTACKS

• 1979 car bombing of the House of Commons, killing
  Airey Neave
• 1981 prison hunger strike, led by IRA member
  Bobby Sands 10 men died
• 1982 bombing at the Droppin Well disco, killing
  17 people
• 1997, 3 INLA prisoners obtained a gun and
  assassinated Billy King Rat Wright, leader of
  the Loyalist Volunteer Force, in the courtyard of
  the Maze Prison.

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CEASE-FIRE

• On August 22, 1998, following the Omagh bombing
  by splinter group the Real IRA, the INLA declared
  a cease-fire.
• Government security forces believe that the INLA
  and the Real IRA provided mutual aid but the INLA
  provided the vehicles for the bombing.
• The INLA is thought to be responsible for 125
  150 deaths throughout the groups existence.
• The INLA has not disarmed and claims they retain
  the right to engage in armed campaigns.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Irish National Liberation Army.
  http//www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/i/ir
  /irish_national_liberation_htm (9 October
  2005).
• MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base. Irish National
  Liberation Army (INLA). http//www.tkb.org/Group.
  jsp?groupID54 (9 October 2005).
• Sluka, Jeffrey A. Hearts and minds, water and
  fish Support for the IRA and INLA in a Northern
  Ireland ghetto. Greenwich, Conn. JAI Press,
  1989.
• Stevenson, Jonathan. MAD DOG. New Republic
  210, no. 16 (1994) 12. Military Government
  Collection, EBSCOhost (9 October 2005).
• Wars and Conflicts. Paramilitaries Irish
  National Liberation Army. http//www.bbc.co.uk/hi
  story/war/troubles/factfiles/inla.shtml (9
  October 2005).

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PICTURE SOURCE

• Costello, Seamus - http//irsm.org/fallen/costello
  /seamus.jpg
• Gallagher, Gino - http//irsm.org/fallen/gallagher
  /gino-04.jpg
• McGlinchey, Dominic - http//irsm.org/fallen/mcgli
  nchey/dom.jpg
• OHara, Patsy - http//www.irishhungerstrike.com/i
  mages/pict8.jpg
• Car bombing -http//news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/da
  tes/stories/march/30/newsid_2783000/2783877.stm
• Billy King Rat Wright - http//www.tiscali.co.uk
  /news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2005/06/22/topnews
  /34kingrat34murderinquiryopensinbelfast.html
• Omagh bombing - http//mt.middlebury.edu/middblogs
  /ganley/contemporaryireland/picture801.jpg