By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 January 2019

The bombing in Londonderry over the weekend, ostensibly by “dissident” republican elements,^[1] and the two further security scares in Northern Ireland since then have brought back memories of the separatist terror-insurgency waged against the United Kingdom by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), a war that has largely transitioned into a political phase. One fascinating aspect, looking back on PIRA’s armed campaign, is the foreign support it received, notably from the Soviet Union and its Arab clients. Continue reading →