The British Spy War with the Irish Republican Army
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During “The Troubles”—the long struggle of the British state against the terrorist-revolutionaries of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland—the military component was obvious: the British Army was deployed in 1969 under Operation BANNER, which lasted formally until 2007. What has only become clear more recently is the shadow war waged in parallel by British intelligence, specifically the Security Service (MI5), and just how successful it was.
The British Spy War with the Irish Republican Army
The British Spy War with the Irish Republican…
The British Spy War with the Irish Republican Army
During “The Troubles”—the long struggle of the British state against the terrorist-revolutionaries of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland—the military component was obvious: the British Army was deployed in 1969 under Operation BANNER, which lasted formally until 2007. What has only become clear more recently is the shadow war waged in parallel by British intelligence, specifically the Security Service (MI5), and just how successful it was.