IRA: Strategies, Targets, and Methods of Operation ys.user/13174/IrishRepublicanArmy.jpg wp-content/uploads/ira-plo- mural01.gif Jacob Ward
Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) Active from Formed after split in IRA due to differences in ideology Goal: Achieve a united Ireland by use of force s.com/2011/06/the-irish-republican- phoenix-out-of-the-ashes-arose-the- provisionals-the-provisional-ira.jpg
Strategies Two different types of strategy 1.Violent 2.Non-Violent Changed over time Overall goal stayed the same A5sFYc3zI/AAAAAAAABaQ/LiDFIzQrg1w/s400/ ira_undefeated_army.jpg
Targets Politicians Diplomats Unionists Loyalists Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) British Army depth/northern_ireland/2001/provi sional_ira/info_graphics/1.status_vi ctims_pie.gif
Methods of Operation Violent Riots Bombings Assassinations Kidnappings Non-Violent Hunger Strikes Negotiations ote_by_ookami_no_getsuei.jpg
Conclusion The Provisional IRA is no longer around today They would say that their strategies were successful in forcing the UK out The Good Friday Agreement has led to the IRA moving towards politics rather than using violence f.com/media/lg_sfunitingireland.jpg