The Good Friday Agreement and the Successor Organisations of (P)IRA
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Abstract
The Good Friday Agreement was intended, as a cross community agreement to settle the relation between the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom and Irish Republican Army. However, after signing the agreement, some members of the terrorist organisation disagreed with the capitulation, and insist to create a united Ireland. To implement this idea, they are continuing the modus operandi of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and are also considering their former members as potential targets.
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