Posted on 08/26/2006 3:11:23 AM PDT by vimto
IT IS the axis of evil most feared by the security services - veteran, cool-headed Irish terrorists teaming up with Islamic extremists.
Now, in the wake of the failed bid to blow up 10 transatlantic aircraft, the Sunday Express has pieced together the links between the two groups that signal a new era of terror.
There is also a further potent mix to the pot - former special forces' soldiers-turned-mercenaries from Britain and the US who are willing to sell their deadly expertise to the highest bidder.
The Sunday Express has learned:
Continuity IRA terrorists have visited Iran and Syria to sell bomb-making secrets to Hezbollah and Al Qaeda.
Roadside bombs used to kill British troops in Iraq are thought to have been created with the help of Irish bombers.
British students are being recruited for Iran-backed terror camps in South Africa.
Renegade former British special forces' soldiers are being lured by Islamic terror groups to pass on their secrets at terror training camps.
Terror groups are establishing camps in Britain, similar to the ones used by the IRA in the Irish Republic.
A former special forces soldier, now a mercenary, told the Sunday Express: "The Islamic terrorists are well financed and expanding their operations but they lack the professionalism and skills of groups like the IRA.
"They are beginning to realise that and so they are willing to pay for the expertise. That is why they are turning towards experienced and battle-hardened Irish terrorists, who have been made redundant by the peace process.
"There are an awful lot of Irish bombmakers looking for work, cash in hand and no questions asked.
"The roadside bombs turning up in Iraq have mercury-tilt mechanisms and laser triggers - the methods used by Irish terrorists in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles. The next logical step is that they will work with Islamic extremist terror cells here.
Only too pleased to be able to do so. I do not think this has been posted before ( but I stand ready to be corrected).
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The IRA has long been involved in helping PLO bombers and also in the Philippines working with the Abu Sayef terrorists in that area.
Disgusting ... and scary.
This should surprise no one.
The bombs don't ask whether a potential victim is British before going boom; this stuff has to be hurting America even more than Britain. What beef does the IRA have with America? Why do they want to tempt the eagle's reprisal?
Very true.Worthless psychopaths tend to seek each other out.I'm surprised that the Brits don't make an exception to their death penalty ban for scumbags like this and for the likes of the 7/7 bombers.
The kennedy's no doubt continue to support these murdering ba$tard$.
Now, which war did the IRA win?
Continuity IRA terrorists have visited Iran and Syria to sell bomb-making secrets to Hezbollah and Al Qaeda.
Roadside bombs used to kill British troops in Iraq are thought to have been created with the help of Irish bombers.
British students are being recruited for Iran-backed terror camps in South Africa.
Renegade former British special forces' soldiers are being lured by Islamic terror groups to pass on their secrets at terror training camps.
People do not do suicide bombings and other terrorist things for any sort of a cause; they do them because they're ****ed-up people. This is not surprising, given that realization.
they (the IRA) certainly failed, at a hellofa cost in butchery - our Labour Party are still trying to do what they failed to achieve
They're terrorists. You might as well ask what beef Al Qaeda has with the US. Does it matter? If they have a 'legitimate' beef does that make it ok to bomb people? The IRA have always been on the same level as Al Qaeda. They're all murderous bastards who need to be destroyed. It should surprise no one that they are working on the same side.
Yes, I understand that a large number of people were killed and others suffered greatly from the horrific attacks made over a long period of time. I certainly was not trying to minimize these facts.
I'm curious as to how your Labour Party is trying to achieve what they failed to do. While I am aware of the "Troubles", I have to admit I am ignorant on many details.
Amazing and very disturbing. That's called sharpening the axe for the executioner.
Wonder which catherdrals the IRA wants converted to mosques first in Ireland and which stadiums reconfirgured for better viewin of the stoning women?
Oh and forget the beer, whiskey and pubs guys. Gone, done nada.
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